This document provides guidance on completing the Details tab of the PAT 3 form for submitting parish finance information. It explains that the user needs to select their parish from a drop-down list to populate key details. The user then enters the year for the accounts and can rename various account columns. Receipt, transfer, and payment information is entered on other tabs and populates totals on the Details tab.

1. PAT 3 – Guide
Part 2 – The Details Tab

2. PAT 3 – Guide
You will need to complete the following information, as this will
appear on the Return of Parish Finance form
Name
Position: e.g. Treasurer
Date of submitting the Parish Finance Form
Contact (Phone or email)

3. PAT 3 – Guide
You will then need to select your Parish from the drop down list
This should then populate the Churches Included data automatically. If this
information is incorrect, you can manually correct this. We would also be
grateful if you could advise the Diocese of any incorrect Church/es listed.
You will then need to select the year for which you are preparing
accounts

4. PAT 3 – Guide
Boxes 1 to 4 should automatically populate when you pick a Parish Name from
the drop-down list.
The information input into boxes 5 and 6 will feed through to the Return of
Parish Finance form (you cannot enter any data into the form directly).
Therefore, if you undertake activities which relate to Fresh Expressions, please
enter them in these boxes.
The agreed Parish Share Ask appears on other areas of the spreadsheet. It is
important to include this so that people who view the accounts are aware of
what Parish Share is expected, even if the full ask is not met.

5. PAT 3 – Guide
Column 1 includes the different accounts which are used in the year. General Account
and Petty Cash should not be changed. However, Account A to Account J inclusive can
be renamed as you wish.
Column 2 should be used to indicate the type of fund. These are Unrestricted by
default, but can be changed to Restricted, Designated or Endowment.

6. PAT 3 – Guide
Column 3 distinguishes the type of account this is. By default, the general account will
be the main bank account, so is shown as a cash balance. If you have holdings in CCLA
(such as Income Shares, these should be Investment).
Column 4 should be the opening balance for the respective accounts. This should be
the same as the closing balance for the prior year.

7. PAT 3 – Guide
Columns 5 to 9 cannot be adjusted. They are populated by completing information on
the following tabs:
• Column 5 – Receipts
• Column 6 and 7 – Transfers
• Column 8 – Payments
Column 9 is calculated as the total of Column 5 plus Column 6 less Column 7 and 8

8. PAT 3 – Guide
The information in these boxes should be entered as these carry across to the
Return of Parish Finance form.
The Year End Checklist is there to help ensure that key year end actions have
been completed before accounts are finalised.