Spreadsheet Downloads.

Please click the following links to download the Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheets.

In the event you experience difficulty downloading these spreadsheets, you could contact your computer provider.

Receipts and
Payments Accounts

Simple Parish Accounts
Paper Copy
These Spreadsheets are not interactive and are intended for printing for use on paper.

Simple Parish Accounts
(up to £25,000)
Most Parish Accounts have a turnover of less than £25,000. That does not restrict parishes with a slightly larger turnover from using these spreadsheets. These Spreadsheets are in the simplest form, but are interactive, meaning the figures cascade from one set of spreadsheets to another.

More detailed Parish Accounts (up to £249,999)
These spreadsheets give a more detailed analysis of expenditure and income but follow the same principles of cascading as the simple parish accounts. These are designed for receipts and payment accounting only.

Accruals Accounting

Detailed Parish Accruals Accounts
The current accruals level is £250,000 but this has been increased recently from £100,000 and some parishes may have a turnover between £100,000 and £250,000 where they will still need to account in the accruals method.

Contacting us

David Holloman
davidholloman@churchinwales.org.uk Tel: 029 2034 8200.

Louise Davies
louisedavies@churchinwales.org.uk
Tel: 029 2034 8200.

Standard Form of Accounts for Parishes.

Following a consultation exercise with the parishes and approval of the Dioceses and the Representative Body, a Standard Form of Accounts for Parishes is proposed from the 1st January 2010.

The results of the consultation exercise can be seen here.

The attached selection of spreadsheets should cover the accounts of parishes with different levels of income, and is intended as a guide.

The Annual Report and Accounts should comply with the Accounting Regulations set out in the Constitution.

The more complex spreadsheets have additional columns which may or may not be used, and in some cases parishes may not wish to use them for the purpose for which they are indicated but for some other parish purpose.

Each set of spreadsheets has advice on completion of the forms, a layout of the standard form, a suggested layout for the annual report and the layout for the annual financial return.

A simple set of spreadsheets has been sent to each Parish Treasurer. With these spreadsheets a letter was enclosed, which can be downloaded here.

The following table may help you to decided which set of spreadsheets you wish to access.

Current Income Thresholds	Receipts and payments accounts	Accruals and accounting	External scrutiny of accounts	Charity Commission registration and submission of Annual Report and Accounts
Up to £100k	Yes	No	Independant examination	No
£100k to £250k	Yes	No*	Independant examination	Yes
Over £250k	No	Yes	Audit	Yes

*If the Parish already has accruals accounting continue on that basis.

All Parish accounts