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Charity Finance for Treasurers: Budgets, Reserves and Accounts

Charity Finance for Treasurers: Budgets, Reserves and Accounts

A plain-English guide for new treasurers and trustees of small UK charities and clubs: controls, funds, budgets, reserves, accounts and reporting. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads.

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Expiry period	Lifetime
Made in	English
Last updated at	Tue Oct 2026
Level	Beginner
Total lectures	60
Total quizzes	0
Total duration	11:21:00 Hours
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Short description	A plain-English guide for new treasurers and trustees of small UK charities and clubs: controls, funds, budgets, reserves, accounts and reporting. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads.
Outcomes	Understand trustees’ duties for money, what a treasurer does, and take over the role with a proper handover Set up bank accounts, dual authorisation, payment routines and monthly reconciliations that follow the Charity Commission’s CC8 guidance Handle cash, card takings and online giving safely, and record income correctly Tell restricted, unrestricted and designated funds apart and keep a fund ledger Build a budget, write one-page monitoring reports, forecast cash flow and present figures to trustees Work out free reserves, write a reserves policy using CC19 and keep a financial risk register Know which accounts and external checks your charity needs, including the thresholds for years ending on or after 30 September 2026, and prepare receipts and payments accounts Meet annual return, grant and serious incident reporting duties, claim Gift Aid correctly, pay volunteers’ expenses properly and protect your organisation from fraud
Requirements	No accounting background: the course explains every term in plain English Basic computer skills: typing, opening documents and using a simple spreadsheet A role, or a planned role, with a small charity, club or community group helps, as the Try it tasks use your own organisation For keeping a cash book and invoices, Rootlet’s Bookkeeping for Beginners is a helpful companion course