Support Us
Our Financial Status
Our Lady & All Saints is entirely financially dependent on what it receives in donations from parishioners and visitors. In some countries, Italy for example, the state pays for the maintenance and repair of catholic churches. This is not the case in the UK. Whilst the Archdiocese of Liverpool owns the church and the land it is built on, the parish is entirely responsible for every aspect of its own upkeep, maintenance and repair, internally and externally. Our Lady and All Saints very much depends on your contributions, and we thank you in advance for your generosity.
Ways to Donate
There are several ways you can contribute financially to Our Lady & All Saints Church. As well as a one-off direct donation using the Donate to our Parish button here, or at the top of the page, you can also give regularly in several ways.
Regular Giving
Most parishioners support us with a monthly standing order which enables giving to be done consistently, reduces administration costs and enables our Finance Team to budget more effectively.
However, you may wish to give by weekly offertory envelope. Donors are provided with a box of envelopes into which can be placed cash or a cheque. (Cheques should be made payable to ‘Our Lady & All Saints Church’)
If you’d like to speak with someone or for details about regular giving, or either by standing order or envelope, please click the button below.
Contactless Donations
Contactless donations can be made in church, either using the contactless card machine just inside the main door or using the QR code, which is on the porch noticeboard, cards in the benches and on the weekly newsletter. You can opt in for gift aid by inputting your name on the machine.
Boost your Donation using Gift Aid
If you are a UK taxpayer, Our Lady& All Saints can recover an extra 25p for every £1 you donate, through the UK Government’s Gift Aid scheme, at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid can be applied to all donations, whether standing order, offertory envelope or contactless, but you will need to register for Gift Aid by completing the form here.
Legacies
Please consider Our Lady & All Saints when you are making or re-drafting your will. Your gift will have a lasting impact, helping us to inspire and support future generations in their faith.
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3. After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to Our Lady & All Saints Church at no extra cost to you whatsoever! There are no catches or hidden charges and Our Lady & All Saints Church will be really grateful for your donations. Thank you for your support.
What Your Donations Support
Our church and grounds need constant maintenance.
Here is a small list of examples of what your donations have been funding and future works:
2024
Replace altar frontal £690; Mandatory purchase new lectionary £590; Replace broken strimmer £470; Replace light bulbs in church £314; Mandatory building safety surveys £3,516; Replacement of vandalised driveway lights £3,070; Tree management £1,200.
2023
Replace short section of guttering along south side of church £13,000; Replace light bulbs, £1,170 – each light bulb in the church ‘only’ costs about £10, but it’s the labour costs and scaffolding required to replace them that costs a lot of money; Repair bell mechanism, £884; Mandatory building safety surveys £1,292; Tree management £2,133.
2022
Upgrade church sound system £3,500; Replace light bulbs in church £514; Tree management £3,069; Mandatory building safety surveys £4,053.
Yearly Expenses
Utility Bills (church only) are around £7,500 each year; The grounds cost about £3,00 per year to maintain; and our candles cost about £370 per year.
We really are grateful for every single donation. THANK YOU!