May 5, 2021
HMRC has updated its guidance on Gift Aid for churches and other charities. On Tuesday, May 4, it has added chapter 3.45 to clarify rules on claiming Gift Aid on waived refunds and loan repayments...
April 24, 2021
ECCR has produced a quiz to help church treasurers – among others – reflect on the way their values and faith connect with their decisions around money. The new Bridging the Gap quiz from ...
April 19, 2021
THE Allchurches Trust has made new grants totalling £298,850 to 100 churches and Christian charities based across the UK and Ireland. The latest wave of funding announced earlier this month suppo...
April 9, 2021
INSURANCE giant Ecclesiastical has issued guidance for church treasurers looking to bolster fundraising through “more effective communications”. The guidance notes that “communic...
April 3, 2021
A NEW book entitled ‘The Treasures of English Churches: Witnesses to the History of a Nation’ which features photographs of what may be the earliest ‘Easter Bunnies’ is soon t...
March 29, 2021
THE Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility – ECCR – has updated its free-to-use resource that compares five ethical bank accounts for churches. As well as looking at ethical i...
March 23, 2021
ACAT has launched a new course which is intended to ensure that church trustees have the requisite skills to meet their legal and moral obligations. Our ‘Trustee Training for Churches’...
March 16, 2021
Churches seeking alternative ways to fundraise during these difficult times might want to consider using easyfundrasing. It’s a free to use online fundraising platform where leading retailers wi...
March 1, 2021
ACAT has welcomed the government’s announcement that the Listed Places of Worship (LPW) Grant Scheme has been extended for a further year to the end of March 2022. Through this government-ru...
February 23, 2021
Liberty Accounts has launched a series of free webinars. The company – which is one of ACAT’s Partners in Ministry – provides cloud accounting and payroll software and specialises in support...
February 11, 2021
The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) has appointed a new Executive Director. ECCR is one of ACAT’s longstanding Partners in Ministry and exists to work with individual ...
February 3, 2021
CHURCHES, chapels and meeting houses in Scotland needing funding for urgent repairs and maintenance are being encouraged to apply for grants.The National Churches Trust is administering a £60,000 fu...
January 28, 2021
THE Association of Charity Independent Examiners – ACIE – is hosting a webinar on ‘Receipts and Payments Accounts’ in February.One of ACAT’s longstanding Partners in Min...
January 25, 2021
ACAT members have raised nearly £6,500 for their own churches in the space of just nine months.Last April, ACAT launched a partnership with fundraising website easyfundraising to make the process of...
January 19, 2021
ACAT is acutely aware that the global pandemic has hit churches hard in innumerable different ways. And finances have taken a particularly serious knock. Quite apart from the fact that no cong...
January 8, 2021
Congratulations to Grace Community Church for winning a £100 donation in our recent easyfundraising competition. The church, which is based in Edenbridge in Kent, intends to put the money towa...
January 4, 2021
THE Charity Commission has announced a series of free hour-long webinars which have been tailored to help church treasurers and trustees. A webinar entitled ‘Good Governance in Churches: Exp...
December 18, 2020
ACAT is delighted to open bookings for our first online training sessions of 2021. Being a Treasurer: The Basics will launch our new year’s schedule in late January. Limited places have n...
December 7, 2020
SEVERAL chapters of ACAT’s handbook have been updated to ensure that church treasurers of all denominations remain fully briefed.The handbook is written to provide guidance for treasurers and o...
December 2, 2020
THE National Churches Trust’s online Christmas Carol Concert will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday, December 16, at 7.30pm – with the event being headlined by Bill Bryson, Huw Edwards an...
