The Church of England Pensions Board
Church Group:
Church of EnglandMembership Type:
FullOur mission is to administer efficiently the pensions, housing, retirement home schemes and charitable funds entrusted to us to provide the best possible support and care to those who have retired from stipendiary and lay ministry within the Church of England and their dependants.
The principal powers and responsibilities of the Board, first established in 1926, can be summarised as follows:
- to act as administrator of the clergy pension scheme and trustee of the fund providing benefits in respect of service from 1 January 1998;
- to act as trustee and administrator of the Clergy (Widows and Dependants) Pension Fund, the Church Workers Pension Fund and the Church Administrators Pension Fund;
- to administer the Church’s retirement housing schemes· to act as trustee of two charitable funds providing:-
- housing assistance, supported accommodation and nursing home care for retired clergy, widow(er)s, deaconesses and licensed lay workers;
- discretionary augmentation grants for beneficiaries on low incomes;
- to act as administrator under the Ordination of Women (Financial Provisions) Measure.