This essential reference volume provides up-to-date guidance for all PCCs in the preparation and scrutiny of their annual financial statements and reports. Now in its fourth edition, it offers a major revision to previous versions and is fully updated with regard to the Charities Act 2011 and the SORP 2008 Regulations.

It provides:

• Trustworthy advice on a wide range of legal and regulatory responsibilities in clear and accessible language
• Correlation with the current Annual Return of Parish Finances
  
• Advice for both large and small PCCs in one volume, including technical compliance issues for larger PCCs and clarification on what smaller PCCs need to know
  
• A complete guide to Receipts and Payment accounting, previously only available online
  
• Reworked specimen Annual Reports and Accounts

This is a vital resource for PCC Treasurers, Diocesan secretaries, Auditors, Stewardship advisers, Chairs of Diocesan Boards of Finance and all with responsibilities for local church or diocesan finances.