Is your PCC income over £90,000 per year?

Most PCCs are ‘excepted’ charities under traditional charity law. However,
all PCCs with an income of £100,000 or over must now register with the Charity Commission, following changes brought about in the Charities Act 2006.

Most of those PCCs needing to register as a result of their 2007 income have now done so. They have generally found the process reasonably straightforward but they have had to follow guidelines agreed with the Charity Commission specifically for churches.

Some PCCs will not have had an income of £100,000 or more in 2007 but have either crossed this threshold since then or, with an income over £90,000, are about to do so.

If you have exceptional income that has taken you over this figure, perhaps because of a legacy or a building project, there are ways that you can seek dispensation from registration if your income is normally well below the threshold.

If any of this applies to you, please contact Nick Hutton who will tell you what is involved in your particular case and help you through the process. It is important that you do not try to register without talking to him first.

Nick Hutton can be contacted at nick.hutton@sheffield.anglican.org or by telephone on 01709 309151 (direct) or 07764 188847 (mobile).