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Specialist Bookkeeping for Churches and Not for Profit Organisations

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From Our Customers

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Bruce Duncan, Veolia

I have always found that your team are very expert and can really help!

Faye Harvey
, Campsie-Earlwood-Clemton Park Uniting Church

The training session was thorough …I am not really a confident person when I start something new. Now I feel confident and have no trouble each month exporting etc… I must admit I have made a few troubles but have always received prompt and friendly assistance from Jeanette. The Xero reports are excellent and so helpful with BAS and Audits. I would thoroughly recommend Xero and Benkorp to anyone looking for an accounting system

Geoff Boyce, Strathfield UCA

I recommend Benkorp’s services to any Church or Charity. I do not believe our Church, Strathfield Homebush Uniting, would be able to meet our accounting needs without Benkorp

Graham Blackadder, Bowral Uniting Church

A very professional and friendly team especially for us Church Treasurers.

Rahul Dougall

Been working with Benkorp for 2 years and ongoing, they are fantastic, responsive and have streamlined our paperwork so well well that audits are a breeze now.

Newtown Mission

Our experience with Benkorp has been extremely positive. They are a very experienced, professional and responsive team that has set up some very good financial processes for us. Their recommendation to move to Xero has been beneficial for audits and our own internal tracking. We would gladly recommend their services.

Bruce Duncan, North Ryde Anglican Church

The training & support I get through Benkorp has given me the capability to use Xero to deliver our finance processes. They have great knowledge and can share it effectively.

Benkorp are a great and talented team. They are a pleasure to deal with and truly care about their customers. Very highly recommended for Church bookkeeping and accounting!

Dianne Woodbury

The tracking reports you put together have met with an enthusiastic reception by the Wardens and Parish Council and have led to a significant reduction in my time required on those issues. So many thanks.

Amanda Lefcovitch, M&I CSR Masonry & Insulation Bradford

I should have said just now, a big thank you to Benkorp team and Jeanette for providing all the audit documents and having support documents in Xero for virtually everything else I needed! Has made the process very efficient! 

Benkorp’s mission is to:

Raise the Standard of Financial Management for His Glory!!

Benkorp’s Bookkeeping & Accounting Services Options

Benkorp has been providing financial management services to Australian Churches & Not for Profits for over 25 years. We’ve developed a well-proven system to ensure effective and efficient financial management.

We can provide full bookkeeping & accounting services or share the role with staff or volunteers within your church/organisation.

FULL Bookkeeping & Accounting services

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Process all supplier & reimbursement payments – choose weekly, fortnightly or monthly – with your signatories’ approvals

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Payroll – process payroll for your employees, regular STP lodgements & annual finalisations, Worker’s Compensation calculations, organising employee payments.

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Compliance – Calculate and submit IAS/BAS

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Year-End Audit preparation – reconcile and prepare all year end reconciliations & documentation for your audit/assurance review including liaising with your auditor/reviewer as required

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Bookkeeping – enter all transactions in Xero Accounting Software and reconcile your bank and credit card accounts – choose weekly, fortnightly or monthly

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Reporting – Produce reports for your wardens/elders/management/board meetings – choose monthly and/or quarterly

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Budget preparation assistance if required

SHARED Bookkeeping & Accounting services

Some churches have staff or volunteers who perform some of the bookkeeping and/or accounting work and contract Benkorp to perform the remaining tasks.

Here are some examples of shared roles:

EXAMPLE A

Organisations with competent administrative staff may organise for the payment and bookkeeping of supplier bills and reimbursements, and have Benkorp perform the remaining tasks. Benkorp also provides training, support and backup for the staff member

EXAMPLE B

Organisations with rented halls or facilities and administrative staff, often prefer their admin person to take responsibility for billing and collections around these rentals and leave Benkorp to perform the remaining tasks

EXAMPLE C

Compliance only – some churches have adequate staff/volunteers who can perform the bookkeeping & payroll services and prefer to outsource the ATO compliance work and year end audit preparation. Benkorp also provides training, support and backup for these staff members/volunteers.

Service Options Packages

    Full Service

    You send information to Xero

    Benkorp does everything else for you:

    Benefits of Full Service

    • No need to manage the HR requirements, & hire & train qualified bookkeeping and accounting staff etc – see the list in the benefits of Benkorp’s ongoing bookkeeping page
    • Enjoy the Full benefits
    Shared Pay bills

    You pay the bills and send the documentation to Benkorp to process in Xero

    Enjoy all other the full-service items

    Benefits of No Xero

    • No need to hire & train staff etc – see the list in the benefits of Benkorp’s ongoing bookkeeping page
    • Enjoy the Full benefits

    Disadvantages of No Xero

    • You have to enter and process the payments in the bank manually
    Shared Bank Reconciliation

    .You produce and send the invoices to customers from Xero.
    You enter bills in Xero and process payments in the bank.
    You reconcile all bank transactions

    Benkorp provides initial training & ongoing support
    Enjoy all other the full-service items.

      • Benefits of Shared Bank Rec

        • Great to produce and send invoices when you want to.
        • Works well when you have a good admin person with some finance experience already working for you
        • Enjoy all other Full benefits
        • Reduces the price

        Disadvantages of Shared Bank Rec

        • You need to hire or find and manage admin staff
        • Difficulty in finding temps when your staff are on holidays or sick
      Review & Support

      You

      • Do all financial management processing and management work

      Benkorp

          • Completes a review of the accounts for the month each month
          • Provides a report of completion and highlights any accounts or processes to be corrected 
          • Up to 1.5 hours per month, recommended min 3 months for continuity and coordinating with your team

      Benefits of Review & report

          • Reduces the price
          • You have support from our Team who know church accounts
          • Our teams work together to ensure effective financial management for your church

      Disadvantages of Review & report

          • You need to hire or find and manage good finance staff/volunteer
          • Difficulty in finding temps when your staff are on holidays or sick
      Shared AR

      You produce and send the invoices to customers

      Benkorp provides initial training & ongoing support

      Enjoy all other the full-service items

      Benefits of Shared AR

      • Great to produce and send invoices when you want to.
      • Works well when you have a good admin person already responsible for property bookings
      • Enjoy all other Full benefits
      • Reduces the price

      Disadvantages of Shared AR

      • You need to hire or find and manage and train admin and accounts staff.
      • Difficulty when staff are on holidays or sick
      Shared AR/AP

      You produce and send the invoices to customers from Xero
      You enter bills in Xero and process payments in the bank
      Benkorp provides initial training & ongoing support

      Enjoy all other the full-service items

      Benefits of Shared AR/AP

      • Great to produce and send invoices when you want to.
      • Works well when you have a good admin person already working for you
      • Enjoy all other Full benefits
      • Reduces the price

      Disadvantages of Shared AR/AP

      • You need to hire or find and manage admin staff
      • Difficulty in finding temps when your staff are on holidays or sick
      Review & Compliance

      You

      • produce and send the invoices to customers from Xero
      • enter bills in Xero and process payments in the bank
      • reconcile all bank transactions
      • manage & process payroll
      • Produce Monthly reports

      Benkorp

      • review the accounts and processes 
      • compliance work (IAS/BAS) & prepare for audit

      Benefits of Review Compliance

      • Great to produce and send invoices when you want to.
      • Works well when you have a finance person on staff
      • Enjoy all other Full benefits
      • May reduce the fee from full service
      • Our teams work together to ensure effective financial management for your church

      Disadvantages of Review Compliance

      • You need to hire or find and manage good finance staff
      • Difficulty in finding temps when your staff are on holidays or sick
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        Bookkeeping & Accounting Services Agreement Responsibilities

         

        Accounts Receivable
        Frequency Church/Parish Responsibility Benkorp Responsibility
        As agreed Inform Benkorp of ongoing agreements eg Residential & Commercial rent & licenses Set up in accounting system for automatic invoicing
        Forward details of adhoc invoicing required using Benkorp Invoice request form for casual bookings eg Weddings, Funerals Process in the accounting system and email Customer Invoices as required
        Email Weekly completed offering/collection forms to Benkorp Process in the accounting system

        Allocate receipts to invoices and enter other monies received as per bank statement or banking notification

        Allocate all invoices/receipts to relevant departments, properties, missions, fundraising as required
        Ultimate responsibility for debt collection Contact customer and negotiate as required Assist with follow up with customer for debt collection – see process for this below
        Produce Accounts Receivable reports directly from Xero as required
        Accounts Payable
        Frequency Church/Parish Responsibility Benkorp Responsibility
        Weekly, Fortnightly, or Monthly as per agreement Supplier Invoices, approved for payment, scanned by your church and emailed to Benkorp as agreed Process in the accounting system
        Approve payments online banking Enter into your online banking in preparation for your approval & payment
        Notify Benkorp of any payments made by cheque or directly Enter other payments
        Send Benkorp completed Minister’s Expense GST Claim form (see below) Process in the accounting system

        Reconcile bank accounts – import transactions from your bank accounts if required.

        Allocate all payments to relevant departments, properties, missions, fundraising as agreed
        Payroll
        Frequency Church/Parish Responsibility Benkorp Responsibility
        Fortnightly or monthly as agreed Inform Benkorp of details of new employees or changes to existing employee details using Benkorp Forms – see below Set up new employees, process changes to existing employees as required
        Employees enter & managers approve Leave requests and timesheets using Employee Portal – see details below Process approved leave requests and timesheets
        Approve payments online banking as required

        Process payruns – Email payslips to employees.

        Upload Payroll and minister’s expense account details to bank account if required and notify bank signatories
        Monthly or quarterly as agreed Organise for lodgment & payment of Superannuation monthly using Auto Superannuation Function
        Annually

        Reconcile Payroll, Produce & email annual Payment Summaries

        Calculate and submit Workers Compensation documents
        Notify Benkorp using of annual payroll reviews/adjustments using Benkorp Forms Assist with and process annual payroll reviews/adjustments
        Reporting, BAS & Annual Processes
        Frequency Church/Parish Responsibility Benkorp Responsibility
        Monthly – specific date as agreed Finalise Bank & other reconciliations
        Review Reports, ask questions, recommend changes if required. Produce & send monthly reports as agreed:

        • Total Income & Expense (Profit & Loss)
        • Income & expenses for departments, properties, missions, fundraising
        • Balance Sheet
        • Accounts Receivables
        • Accounts Payables
        Monthly or Quarterly

        Calculate & Lodge IAS/BAS

        Notify bank signatories of payments if required
        Annually

        Appoint Auditor

        Lead Budget process

        Assist with audit process

        Assist with Budget process

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