Finances for PCC members

All PCCs are charities in law, whether you’ve yet registered with the Charity Commission (as a lot of PCCs now have) or not. That means that PCC members are charity trustees, and have particular responsibilities for the running of the church and parish. The PCCs charitable purposes are very widely drawn: the first function listed in law is “co-operation with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical”.

This autumn we’re offering a series of linked learning events for PCC members (or those who are thinking about becoming PCC members) to help you carry out your responsibilities as well as you can, and support you in doing so.

We are offering all three events in a single morning, onsite at the diocesan office, and each as an individual hour online on evenings through the autumn.
 

Finances for PCC members

PCC members, who are not themselves directly involved with the finances, need to be able to understand and engage with the treasurer’s reports. This session will cover what you need to know about your church finances to ensure your trustee duties are fulfilled and help better plan for mission and ministry. In this session, we will be looking at what your responsibilities are with the finances as a PCC member. We will look at how to read accounts and interpret what they mean, why budgeting is important and how to do it, the different kinds of funds a PCC can hold, and look briefly at how we integrate this into our faith.

To book your place, please click here.

More information on the other sessions can be found here:

Good Governance for PCC members (Wed 24 Sep, 7.00-8.00pm)
Buildings for PCC members (Wed 12 Nov, 7.00-8.00pm)
All-in-one Training for PCC members (Tue 30 Sep, 10.00am-1.00pm)