2023 Annual Financial Returns

The online portal for 2023 Annual Financial Returns to the RB will be open for data input from Tuesday, 2nd April 2024 to Wednesday, 31st July 2024.  

Please contact the Diocesan Office 01874 623716/ diocese.swanbrec@cinw.org.uk to receive your Ministry Area Password.  Only one person will be issued the password for the whole the Ministry Area. All data must be collated and submitted for the whole Ministry Area.

Individual church accounts should be reviewed at church committees prior to presentation to the MA. 

All annual accounts must be approved at the MA Annual Vestry Meeting prior to submissions.  The deadline for AVMs is 30th June 2024. 

Further information can be found on the Church in Wales website: https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/publications/administration-and-business/Membership_and_Finance_Returns/

Where documentation states “Parish” this means “Ministry Area” for Swansea and Brecon Diocese.

If your former parish/benefice is registered with the Charities Commission you should continue to submit your financial return to the Charities Commission in the usual way.  This will change once your new MA is registered.

A full set of MA Audited accounts os not required at this time, however, it will be required prior to registration and is therefore advisable to compile now.

If you have any queries or require further information, please contact either:

Huw Evans, Finance Manager huwevans@cinw.org.uk

Archdeacon Peter Brooks, Archdeacon for Ministry Areas peterbrooks@cinw.org.uk

Louise Pearson, Diocesan Secretary louisepearson@cinw.org.uk