This book provides essential and up to date guidance for all PCCs in the preparation and scrutiny of their annual financial statements and reports. This new edition is fully updated with regard to the Charities Act 2011 and the SORPs' 2008 Regulations includes guidance * Technical compliance issues for larger PCCs aligned with current best practice * Correlation with the current Annual Return of Parish Finances * Restructuring to clarify in clear and accessible language what smaller PCCs need to know * Support for modular online use, with optional print version in full Additional features * A complete guide to Receipts and Payment accounting * Reworked specimen Annual Report & Accounts for small and large PCCs.