The Central Finance Board
of the Methodist Church
Deposit Fund
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* A.E.R. as at 16 May 2024
A cash fund offering a competitive rate of interest designed specifically for Methodist churches and charities.
Investment Funds
* Historic yield to 30 April 2024
Our Mission
Our mission, alongside the Church, is to seek practical solutions which combine Christian ethics and investment returns. We therefore aim...
- to provide a high quality investment service seeking above average returns
- to follow a discipline in which the ethical dimension is an integral part of all investment decisions
- to construct investment portfolios consistent with the moral stance and teachings of the Christian faith
- to encourage strategic thinking on the ethics of investment
- to be a Christian witness in the investment community
News
Investment and Ethics Conference
Watch our annual 'Investment & Ethics Conference' presentation. Watch →
The Financial Services Sector
Our Chief Investment Strategist looks beyond the current pressures in the financial services sector Read more →
Turkey and Syria Earthquake Emergency
Our prayers are focused on the horrific earthquake in Turkey and Syria on February 6th. If you’d like to contribute ... Read more →
Ethics
Biodiversity
Thinking around the Climate Emergency and our responsibility to the wider environment has grown in the last few years. Biodiversity has become a focus for investors, with the launch of Nature Action 100 at COP15 in December 2022, and prior to that the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) in July 2021. Epworth are signatories to the
... Continue reading →Tax Justice
Epworth is continuing their engagement with investee companies on the topic of tax justice, promoting the right payment of tax in the right jurisdiction at the right time. Epworth engaged with six new UK companies during the year, as well as following up with two non-responding companies. Epworth has begun an engagement program with its European holdings on the topic of tax transparency. As the Fair Tax Mark has broadened its offering to apply to global companies, Epworth has followed suit and written to seven European headquartered companies.
... Continue reading →Epworth Investment Management
Our sister organisation Epworth Investment Management provides our investment services to non-Methodist churches and charities.