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Severn Vale Deanery

Explore the historical funding evolution of parishes from the Middle Ages to the present, including changes in income sources, church taxation, clergy pensions, and the transition to the modern Parish Share system.

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Severn Vale Deanery

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  1. Severn Vale Deanery Parish Share 2016 – 2020 Presentation to Deanery Synod

  2. Severn Vale Deanery Context Middle Ages: • Monasteries and cathedrals served a wide area around them Parish Share 2016 – 2020 • Feudal lords built churches and hired a minister • Many have become our parish churches today • Priests got their income from their lord and the collection • As the Lords’ power declined, so did their wealth, so… • Many priests lived in considerable poverty Presentation to Deanery Synod • Before the Reformation churches paid tax to Rome • After the Reformation that went to the Crown

  3. Context 18th Century: Middle Ages: • Monasteries and cathedrals served a wide area around them • Queen Anne diverted that revenue into • “Queen Anne’s Bounty” • Feudal lords built churches and hired a minister • Many have become our parish churches today • Priests got their income from their lord and the collection • Applied to improve poor clergy’s incomeand repair run-down parsonages • As the Lords’ power declined, so did their wealth, so… • Many priests lived in considerable poverty • Before the Reformation churches paid tax to Rome • After the Reformation that went to the Crown

  4. Context 18th Century: 19th Century: • Queen Anne diverted that revenue into • “Queen Anne’s Bounty” Industrial Revolution – Many new churches built in new urban areas • Parliament appointed various ‘Commissioners’ to oversee the historical fund and the new churches • Applied to improve poor clergy’s incomeand repair run-down parsonages

  5. Context 20th Century: 19th Century: Industrial Revolution – Many new churches built in new urban areas • 1948 – Those Commissioners were combined into the ‘Church Commissioners’ we know today • They manage those historic assets which are • invested in stock market shares and property • Parliament appointed various ‘Commissioners’ to oversee the historical fund and the new churches

  6. Context 20th Century: We received a subsidy from the Church Commissioners and got used to paying less than the full cost of our ministers • 1948 – Those Commissioners were combined into the ‘Church Commissioners’ we know today • Clergy Pensions: • In 1990s Law changed, clergy entitled to retire at 65 • They manage those historic assets which are • invested in stock market shares and property • Now need to find pensions not previously provided for • Church Commissioners’ income diverted to pensions • Only enough leftover to subsidise poorest parishes • Most dioceses including Gloucester get no subsidy

  7. How do we pay for our Ministry? 20th Century: 20th Century: – Originally it was the ‘Quota’ We received a subsidy from the Church Commissioners and got used to paying less than the full cost of our ministers • Our PCC has replaced the Feudal Lord. • The PCC now effectively hires our ministers, which it does through the Diocese so the PCC has to send the Diocese the money to pay them – originally through ‘The Quota’ • Clergy Pensions: • In 1990s Law changed, clergy entitled to retire at 65 • Now need to find pensions not previously provided for • Church Commissioners’ income diverted to pensions • Only enough leftover to subsidise poorest parishes • Most dioceses including Gloucester get no subsidy • Each parish given a ‘Quota’ of the ministry costs • Complex formulae used to calculate it, eg: • Number of people on your Electoral Roll + relative wealth of your parish, etc

  8. How do we pay for our Ministry? 20th Century: – Now ‘Parish Share’ 20th Century: – Originally it was the ‘Quota’ • Since 2004…. • ‘Quota’ abolished & replaced by ‘Parish Share’ • Allocated in proportion to the number of • priests you have • Our PCC has replaced the Feudal Lord. • The PCC now effectively hires our ministers, which it does through the Diocese so the PCC has to send the Diocese the money to pay them – originally through ‘The Quota’ • ‘Mutual Support’ • The diocese no longer gives a total to each Parish… they only give a total to each Benefice so need to divide it between your parishesaccording to their ability to pay each year • Each parish given a ‘Quota’ of the ministry costs • Complex formulae used to calculate it, eg: • Number of people on your Electoral Roll + relative wealth of your parish, etc you

  9. How’s it Calculated Total Ministry Cost divided into 9 categories Stipends, Grants/On-Costs, Housing, Vacancy Saving, Training, Curates’ Share, Curates’ Adjustment, Diocesan Costs, National Costs Each category shared in proportion to your No. of priests in ratio to the diocesan total, using a complex spreadsheet 82 Columns x 130 Rows

  10. How’s it Calculated Total Ministry Cost divided into 9 categories Stipends, Grants/On-Costs, Housing, Vacancy Saving, Training, Curates’ Share, Curates’ Adjustment, Diocesan Costs, National Costs Adjusted by your ‘Usual Sunday Attendance’ (USA) and ‘capped’ to limit unmanageable increases this gives the ‘Base Allocation’ Each category shared in proportion to your No. of priests in ratio to the diocesan total, using a complex spreadsheet 82 Columns x 130 Rows

  11. How’s it Calculated Subsidy – The ‘Diocesan Stipend Fund’ An hereditary fund from legacies, donations etc Interest (around £800,000 p/a) • Half allocated directly to the benefices • Area Deans consult with Incumbents to determine current need… then meet together to apportion the other half according to that need • This gives the ‘Allocated’ amount. The difference between the ‘Base Allocation’ and ‘Allocated Amount’ = ‘Mutual Support’ (ie: the subsidy)

  12. How’s it Calculated Parish Share Calculator

  13. Sharing in your Benefice • Different benefices use different methods • Simplest: • Same as last year + percent increase • Basic formula, eg: • Shared in same proportion as income • More complex formula combining, eg: • Relative Population • Relative Income • Relative Attendance • No of Services • etc

  14. Sharing in your Benefice • You need to let the Deanery Parish Share Officer (me!) know how you’ve decided to share the Allocation in your Benefice…. By the End of September 2018 by the 17th October!

  15. Sharing in your Benefice • Westbury Method • Newent Method • Highnam Method • Leadon Vale • ???? If you would like any more info….. Please see me afterwards Calculator on Deanery Website: www.severnvaledeanery.co.uk

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