About us Departments Finance Birmingham Diocesan Trust annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 Download and read report The Finance department of the Archdiocese handles all areas in relation to central and parish finance, and assists parishes in managing their finances by providing support and training on OPAS (the parish finance system) and in completing and claiming their Gift Aid monies from HM Revenue and Customs. In addition to this, we provide financial management support to parishes to support them in balancing often challenging budgets. We also monitor and maintain the central diocesan budgets, providing information to trustees and departments, to ensure that there is robust and good stewardship of the finances of the Archdiocese Curia. We manage the finance of the capital allocation for our Voluntary Aided schools, working closely with schools and the property team here at the Archdiocese. The department looks after all the Archdiocese’s financial compliance, including the completion of the charity’s Trust Financial Statements, Payroll, internal audit programme (audit of parish and other diocesan department accounts) and management of the statutory audit. We also administer the Diocesan investment scheme, a fund which is available to diocesan bodies to invest surplus funds on the investment market, the fund is managed by a third party investment fund manager. Contacts Head of Finance - Sue Simkiss - 0121 230 6283. For enquiries in relation to Finance, compliance and Diocesan investments. Diocesan Finance Manager - Susan De Costa - 0121 230 6234. For all enquiries relating to Diocesan Finance. Parish Finance Support Manager - Stuart Jelf - 0121 230 6222. For all enquiries relating to Parish Finance and parish audit Diocesan Accounts and Payroll Officer - Magdalena Edwards - 0121 230 6244. For all enquiries relating to Diocesan and DES Finance, School’s capital payments and Diocesan Payroll (NB – use [email protected] for schools capital funding enquiries). Diocesan Accounts Assistant - Kerry McKenna - 0121 230 6217. For all enquiries relating to Diocesan and DES Finance, School’s capital payments and Diocesan Payroll (NB – use [email protected] for schools capital funding enquiries). Parish Gift Aid Advisor- John Nolan - 0121 230 6219. For all enquiries relating to parish Gift Aid. Parish Finance and Gift Aid Officer - Rheann Byrne - 0121 230 6262. For all enquiries relating to parish finance and Gift Aid, also parish legacy payments. Parish Auditor - Rod Wigley. For all enquiries in relation to booked audits, please contact Rod by email, or contact Stuart Jelf. For general accounts payable: [email protected] Manage Cookie Preferences