For further information contact the financial controller
John Hardcastle
Provides guidance to help treasurers to implement adequate financial controls, ensure good financial management, achieve high quality reporting to the PCC and the parish.
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Welcome | Aims of the manual | Limitations of the manual | How to use the manual | How to improve the manual | Thank you!
Appointment of a Parish Treasurer |Role of the Parish Treasurer |Person specification for a Parish Treasurer |Change of treasurer |Responsibilities of the PCC
Record keeping | Routine expenditure | Cash collections | Fees for occasional offices – baptisms, weddings and funerals etc. | Banking arrangements | Cash management | Investments | Insurance and risk management | IT issues | Budgets and budgetary control
What the PCC is accountable for | Financial Statements | Independent Examination or Audit | Statistical Returns
Parish Loans | NatWest cash management scheme | Payroll service
VAT | Income Tax | Income Tax and National Insurance contributions for staff | Tax and the clergy
Tax efficient giving | Grants and loans | Legacies | Fundraising events
Introduction | Allocation to deaneries | Allocation to parishes | Payment of Parish Share

Parish Treasurer's Manual