Neil Williams Director of Finance The Old Deanery, The Cloisters Exeter EX1 1HS Tel. 01392 272686 Fax 01392 499594 www.exeter.anglican.org Direct line tel. 01392 294925 Email :
[email protected] All Treasurers 30 January 2018 Dear Colleague Return of Parish Finance Forms, Parish Accounts and the National On-line Parish Return System Once again I would like to thank you for all the invaluable work that you do in supporting the work of your parish and enabling people to spread the word of God in Devon. It is always a joy to meet so many of you across the year, particularly those we see at our annual Treasurers Training days (which we will be running again in 2018). PCC Annual Report & Accounts As a follow up to my initial email to all Treasurers in December, I want to start my letter this year with a quick summary of what must be included within the PCC’s Annual Report and Accounts, as there are still a small number of parishes that do not submit their accounts to us and others where some of the required elements are missing. We completely understand how this can happen, as many people just keep doing what has always worked well in the past, without sometimes realising that the requirements have changed. However, the majority of accounts do comply with all of the requirements. Every set of PCC Accounts must have the following elements, however small the PCC is: Annual Report (see below) Financial Statements, to include Receipts & Payments (or Income and Expenditure) Statement and the Statement of Assets & Liabilities (or Balance Sheet) Independent Examiner’s Statement (see below) The Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance Limited is a company limited by guarantee No.