Keeping Financial Records

These resources are designed to support group and district treasures to keep good records of income and expenditure.

If you’d like an Income & Expenditure Sheet created for your Group/District (see below), please email ros.epson@woodcraft.org.uk to request this.

You can download template spreadsheets from this page to support your record keeping:

• Bank reconciliation sheet
• Subs payment tracker

Simple financial records guidance

You will find a standard set of record keeping guidance below along with a set of guidance which covers the use of cash. There are various “annexes” which are relevant to both sets of guidance.

Standard version: 

1. Introduction
2. Setting up – you need three things
3. Blank Income & Expenditure Sheet (read only)
4. Running your financial records

Version including cash handling:

1. Introduction (version inc. cash)
2. Setting up – you need four things (version inc. cash)
3. Blank Income & Expenditure Sheet (version inc. cash) – read only
4. Running your financial records (version inc. cash)
5. Handling cash

Annexes (relevant to both sets of guidance):

• Annex: bank reconciliation guidance
• Annex: key issues in financial record keeping
• Annex: using the Income & Expenditure Sheet
• Annex: what goes where on the Income & Expenditure Sheet
• Annex: your financial records folder