UNITED KINGDOM
Metro
Oliver Wheaton for Metro.co.ukFriday 13 Nov 2015
The Church of England makes more money than Starbucks and even McDonald’s, according to figures revealed yesterday.
In 2013 the Church’s income was £1.41billion, whereas McDonald’s in Britain brought in £1.37billion and Starbucks’s British outlets only netted a tiny (in comparison) £399million.
So where is the Church of England getting all this money from?
Almost half comes from regular churchgoers, who each put in an average of nearly £700 a year into the collection plates, through tax-efficient donations.
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