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Church Treasurers - practical resources

We hope that the resources listed below will be helpful to you as you serve your church family as Church Treasurer.

Key Resources for Treasurers

	Church Treasurers Welcome Pack This leaflet explains the role of a Church Treasurer and the support that Baptists Together can provide - click here to download the Welcome Pack.
	Financial Guidance Our Finance team maintains a Financial Guidance area of our website with key information including stipend and manse values, subscriptions, deposit and loan fund rates.
	Church Finance Documents The Finance section of the Resources section contains many helpful documents: F01 Leasing a Property to a Church for Use as a Manse F02 Guidelines on Charity Accounts with income under £250,000 F02 Appendix: Document template for Receipt and Payment Accounts F03 Guidelines on Charity Accounts with income over £250,000 F03 Appendix: Document template for Accruals Accounts F03 Appendix: FRS102 Pensions calculation for Accruals Accounts - not currently available F04 Independent Examination of Church Accounts F05 Preparation for Annual Reports F06 Employment Allowance F07 Charity Reserves F08 Budgeting Planning F09 Fellowship Funds F10 Direct Debit Instruction Form F11 Expenditure Budget F12 Income Budget
	Gift Aid Documents G01 Claim for a Top-up Payment for Small Cash Donation G02 New Form of Gift Aid Declaration
	Taxation Documents X01 online filing of minister's tax return X02 Self Assessment and the Minister X03 Taxation Guidelines for Churches and Ministers X04 Guidelines for Ministers holding a property which is rented on a shorthold tenancy
	Deposit Accounts Churches in membership of the Baptist Union of Great Britain with savings and reserves are encouraged to lodge these in a Baptists Together Deposit account. These accounts, provided by the Baptist Union Corporation Limited, offer a competitive rate of interest on deposits. Click here for details.
	Loan Fund Churches sometimes need to borrow money - maybe for a new site or to enlarge or redevelop existing buildings or to buy residential property. Find out about various sources of loans including the Baptist Union Loan Fund which is specifically geared to the needs of Baptist Churches.
	Annual Report Each year we publish our annual report, which provides an opportunity to review what has happened in the past year and look ahead to our plans for the future.
	Transform Transform is distributed to Church Treasurers, secretaries and ministers with their copy of Baptists Together magazine in January, May and September each year. Each edition of has information for all church leaders to keep, including important information for Church Treasurers on financial and legal topics. You can also find the archive of previous editions in our Resource Library.
	Webinars Members of the Support Services Team have hosted a number of webinars on a range of topics of interest to Church Treasurers. Churches are welcome to sign in to these webinars live and to ask questions through the webinar, or to view a video of the webinar after it has taken place. Click here to view these webinars.
	Facebook Group for Baptist Church Treasurers This private Facebook group allows our Treasurers and others involved in finance in Baptists Together organisations to support each other by sharing their wisdom and experience. We hope this will be particularly helpful for new treasurers who would appreciate some guidance from those who have been doing it for a while. You can find the group here and request to join.
	Pensions The Baptist Pension Scheme (BPS) has its own website for all Members, Churches and Employers. Here you will be able to find out about Joining the scheme; information for Active, Deferred and Retired Members; Key documents you may need; and information for churches / employers. Click here for our document FRS102: Pensions calculator for Accruals Accounts.
	Resource Library Our extensive Resource Library is the place to go to download a variety of documents and to view recordings of our webinars and other videos. As well as the documents prepared by our Finance Team, you will find our range of Guideline Leaflets prepared by our Legal and Operations Team on charity, legal, property and trusts issues - click here for the Index for all Legal and Operations Team Guideline leaflets. Do explore the other sections within the Resource Library for resources on a wide range of topics.
	Finance Team The Finance Team is part of the Support Services specialist team, based at Baptist House. They are happy to help churches with finance queries. As well as administering the Home Mission Fund, they manage the collection of Baptists Together Subscriptions and provide a range of Financial Guidance leaflets.
	Utility Aid Baptists Together are working in partnership with Utility Aid, a specialist energy broker focussed on the charity sector. Utility Aid are offering a free energy bill audit to our member churches. If you sign up, Utility Aid will check your bills for any overcharging and work with you to claim any refunds due.

Other Useful Resources

	Church Healthcheck This is a web-based self-assessment tool for churches to review their operating practices to ensure they are meeting their obligations and have the key things in place to enable them to be successful in local mission. Answering some simple yes/no questions will guide you to the advice and guidance you need to get on the right track. Click here to access this new resource.
	Church Update and Annual Returns Church Update enables you to make changes to the information we hold regarding your church throughout the year and complete the Annual Returns process at the appropriate time. Your church secretary will have been provided with a unique login to access the Church Update system and maintain the records for your church. This page also contains a link to download the latest statistics from our Annual Returns.
	Crisis media support From time to time things go wrong in the local church - there could be a difficult issue, or a local disaster or a tragedy might occur. At times like this the local church can feel very vulnerable as they try to cope with crisis media attention and potential negative publicity. We are here to help you navigate through these difficult times.
	Listed buildings If your chapel is listed, it means that it has been identified as one of the best or most important examples of Baptist chapels in the country. Have a look at the Listed Buildings section of our website for guidance on the legal requirements of looking after your listed building, along with information and resources to help you get the best out of your it, not only as a heritage asset, but a resource to your community and mission.
	Online directory Our online directory contains links to the information which was previously available in our printed Directories, including names of all the churches in our Union and a list of our accredited ministers.
	Online shop Our online shop has a selection of books, many of them written by Baptists. We also stock a range of acknowledgement cards for baptisms, infant dedications, marriage and membership along with greetings cards for baptisms and infant dedications. You can also order additional copies of the Baptists Together magazine to share with other people in your church.
	Website and App As well as this website, did you know that we also have a Baptist App which you can add to your smartphone? Just go to www.baptist.org.uk/hubb from your phone and download it free of charge. This gives you easy access to some of the most topical areas of our website.

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