Making a Donation to the Parish
- The Parish Treasurer is Mr. Michael Moohan.
- The Parish Gift Aid Officer is Mrs. Mary Lambert.
Standing Order
If at all possible, please give by Standing Order.
Giving this way helps the parish greatly because it:
- Removes the need to count, store and bank cash.
- Reduces administration time and the use of parish volunteers.
- Streamlines the Gift Aid claim process.
- Helps the parish to plan its cash-flow.
You can create a new Standing Order either on-line or in branch using the details of the parish bank account which are available from the Parish Treasurer.
The Parish Treasurer.
Parish Office, St. Thomas's Catholic Church,
13-15 Saint John's Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1EB.
Gift Aid
It is a great benefit to the parish if people who pay Income Tax (or any other Tax to the Inland Revenue) sign a Gift Aid Declaration in favour of the parish. The parish is able to claim 25p for every £1 given which has been Gift Aided.
We are required by the Charity Commissioners to keep records of all such donations - the most convenient ways for us to do this are by receiving Standing Orders or weekly donations in Offertory Envelopes which are provided by the parish.
Example: A weekly offering of £10, when Gift Aided becomes £12.50. Over the course of a year this is an extra £130 which the parish will receive on a weekly offering of £10. Gift Aid is a very imporant source of additonal income for the parish.
Gift Aid declaration forms can be downloaded from the diocesan website, here: Gift Aid declaration form
Making a Donation by Cheque
Donations can be made to the parish by cheque. Please make cheques in favour of "Woodbridge Catholic Church" and send to the Parish Treasurer at the address shown above.
Barclays’ Bank, with whom our parish’s current account is held, is no longer willing to accept cheques which do not have the correct name of the parish’s account writtten upon them.
WILLS and TESTAMENTS.
Have you considered whether you might leave something to the parish to support our work and witness after your death ? The Diocese recommends the form of words given here:
“I give to the Parish of Woodbridge with Framlingham, part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (Registered Charity number 278742), the sum of £…… and I declare that the receipt of the Parish Treasurer or appropriate officer shall be a complete discharge to my executors”.
- Please also add the following:
"If at my death, any parish in the Diocese of East Anglia no longer exists or has merged with another parish, my gift should go to the parish of the Diocese at that time serving the same area OR the special fund of the Diocese at that time which supports poor parishes."
"If at my death any charity named in this Will no longer exists or is being wound up, my executors must, if it has merged or is about to merge with another charity, pay the gift to that charity, or otherwise pay the gift to another charity that has objectives similar to those of the charity named in this Will."
The Diocese of East Anglia has provided helpful advice on drawing up a will or legacy. It can be read here: Helpful advice on drawing up a will or legacy.
The Parish Finance Committee
- Fr. Edmund Eggleston.
- Mr. Michael Moohan (Parish Treasurer).
- Mrs. Mary Lambert (Gift Aid Officer).
- Mr. Stephen Leach.
- Mr. Leslie Judd.
Registered Charity
The Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia is a Registered Charity, No. 278742.