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Making sense of fund accounting // UPDATED December 2020
Financial planning and budgeting for churches // UPDATED December 2020
Receipts and payments accounts for churches - a real option (NEW) // August 2020
Financial Appeals // UPDATED June 2020
How to think about reserves // UPDATED May 2020
A church-eyed view of going concern // UPDATED May 2020
Help! I've lost my church treasurer // UPDATED November 2019
Financial controls in churches and small charities // UPDATED September 2019
Communicating Financial Information // January 2018
Raising the Standard: Transforming the Culture of Money in the Church // October 2017
Accounting packages for churches and small charities // updated July 2017
SORP 2015: the key aspects // February 2017
Long-term support of missionaries // October 2016
Looking after reserves // August 2016
Charitable Giving – Tax Relief for Higher and Additional Rate Taxpayers // December 2015
Payment of Charity Trustees // December 2015
Is risk management right for churches? // UPDATED January 2021
Charity structure and governance: an overview (NEW) // August 2020
What to look for in a trustee (NEW) // August 2020
Spiritual leaders and trustees (NEW) // August 2020
Trustees - appointment, powers, duties and responsibilities (NEW) // August 2020
Trustees - financial responsibilities and financial reporting (NEW) // August 2020
Effective 'faith based' trustee boards (NEW) // August 2020
Church finance: It's better as a team sport // November 2019
Communicating Financial Information // January 2018
Raising the Standard: Transforming the Culture of Money in the Church // October 2017
Financial planning and budgeting for churches // September 2017
VAT for Churches: a detailed guide (click here to purchase online for £24.50) // (UPDATED September 2017)
Gifts to members // March 2017
Legacy Giving - Where there's a will there's a way // updated March 2017
A church-eyed view of going concern // February 2017
Looking after reserves // August 2016
How to think about reserves // August 2016
People with significant control // July 2016
How to complete your bank's new form: tax residency self-certification under CRS and FATCA // June 2016
Churches and intellectual property // June 2016
Do you know how your grants are being used? // March 2016 (UPDATED November 2020)
Charitable Giving – Tax Relief for Higher and Additional Rate Taxpayers // December 2015
Payment of Charity Trustees // December 2015
Gifts to Pastors // October 2014
Volunteers in churches - some dos and don'ts // December 2013
Guide to churches making payments overseas // November 2012 (UPDATED Feb 2015)
Raising our game: a practical approach to performance management of paid staff in churches // February 2012
Gift Aid carry back // December 2013
Charity FAQ Series - Payment and employment of trustees // December 2015
Charity FAQ Series - "Can a charity...?" // September 2010
Introduction to insurance for churches and charities // July 2009
How to write a business plan // October 2003
Corporate Criminal Offence: Guidance for Churches (by Trevor James of ACAT and Richard Baldwin) (NEW) // November 2020
VAT for Churches: a detailed guide (click here to purchase online for £24.50) // Updated September 2017
Legacy Giving - Where there's a will there's a way // updated March 2017
VAT: churches renting property for their activities // September 2016
People with significant control // July 2016
How to complete your bank's new form: tax residency self-certification under CRS and FATCA // June 2016
Churches and intellectual property // June 2016
Do you know how your grants are being used? // March 2016
Charitable Giving – Tax Relief for Higher and Additional Rate Taxpayers // December 2015
Payment of Charity Trustees // December 2015
Charity FAQ Series - Payment and employment of trustees // December 2015
Prevention and relief of poverty by charities - the tax issues // March 2014
Volunteers in churches - some dos and don'ts // December 2013
Managing asbestos in church buildings // April 2013
Fire risk assessments for churches and charities // April 2013
Building work to church premises // April 2013
Smoke free legislation and church building // April 2013
Charitable Incorporated Organisations for church charities // January 2013
Guide to churches making payments overseas // November 2012 (updated Feb 2015)
Guide to churches on spiritual leadership and trustees // January 2012
Charity FAQ Series - "Can a charity..?" // September 2010
Charities Act 2006: Public benefit and the advancement of religion // January 2010
Church Properties - do we need land registration? // September 2005
Top 10 traps for trustees // December 2004
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: a practical guide for donations received after 5 April 2017 // Updated April 2019
Churches and National Lottery Funding // September 2018
Raising the Standard: Transforming the Culture of Money in the Church // October 2017
Making sense of fund accounting // May 2017
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: a comprehensive guide for donations received after 5 April 2017 // April 2017
Gifts to members // March 2017
Legacy Giving - Where there's a will there's a way // updated March 2017
Looking after reserves // August 2016
How to think about reserves // August 2016
Do you know how your grants are being used? // March 2016
Charitable Giving – Tax Relief for Higher and Additional Rate Taxpayers // December 2015
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: a practical guide // updated September 2015
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: a comprehensive guide // updated September 2015
It's not what you give, it's the way that you give it // updated March 2015
Guide to churches making payments overseas // November 2012 (updated Feb 2015)
Gifts to Pastors // October 2014
Gift aid claims and declarations - are you too late? // March 2014
Gift Aid carry back // January 2014
Withdrawal of personal allowances for high earners // April 2013
Charitable giving and the 45% income tax rate // April 2013
When a charity's income is not its income! Errors and pitfalls in handling donations // September 2006
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: a practical guide for donations received after 5 April 2017 // Updated April 2019
VAT for Churches: a detailed guide (click here to purchase online for £24.50) // Updated September 2017
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: a comprehensive guide for donations received after 5 April 2017 // April 2017
Gifts to members // March 2017
Legacy Giving - Where there's a will there's a way // updated March 2017
VAT: churches renting property for their activities // September 2016
Charitable Giving – Tax Relief for Higher and Additional Rate Taxpayers // December 2015
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: a practical guide // Sept 2015
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: a comprehensive guide // Sept 2015
Tax pitfalls for new churches // June 2015
It's not what you give, it's the way that you give it // updated March 2015
Prevention and relief of poverty by charities - the tax issues // March 2014
Gift aid claims and declarations - are you too late? // March 2014
Gift Aid carryback // January 2014
Withdrawal of personal allowances for high earners // April 2013
Guide to churches making payments overseas // November 2012 (updated Feb 2015)
When a charity's income is not its income! Errors and pitfalls in handling donations // September 2006
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