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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough

The Diocese of Middlesbrough

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The Curia Budget

How Your Money is Spent

Each year, the Diocesan Trustees must approve a budget for all the services provided by the Diocesan Curial Office. We have income from a number of sources on one hand and on the other, the costs of the various Diocesan services. The shortfall we raise by a levy on all the parishes. The central budget does not include the costs of maintaining the parishes. The charts show where the income comes from and where it is spent.

diocesan Pie chart of Diocesan income

Diagram 1 shows that this year we expect to receive income of £1,071,000. Of this, £338,000 will come from investments and property rents, and a further £162,000 from a schools levy (which is the contribution from our primary and secondary schools towards the cost of providing the Diocesan Education Services), together with commissions from insurance and Gift Aid. The balance of £571,000 is made up from the levies on parishes.

pie chart of Diocesan expenditure

Diagram 2 (above) gives a general breakdown of how your money is spent and then in the Diagrams below there are more details of this.

pie chart of monies paid for Diocesan services

The largest expenditure (Diocesan Services) is £613,000 for schools, Child Protection, and the training of future priests etc. There are, in total, 30 services maintained by the Curia Budget.

pie chart of funds paid over

The second largest expenditure is £247,000 which is the monies we pay over to other organisations. These are:

pie chart of Curial Office costs

Next comes:

pie chart of Diocesan agency costs

And finally:

Despite rising costs and significant developments in services, as well as the effects of increasing legislation, the parish levy has remained constant for the past four years as a result of our efforts to build up our investment portfolio and properties for rent. We need to do even more in the future.