The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales

Accruals Accounts Pack (CC17)


To assist non-company charities that are below the audit threshold prepare their trustees’ annual reports and accounts on the accruals basis, we have produced packs that provide templates for these documents. When fully completed these meet the recommendations of SORP 2005 and the requirements of law and can be used for submission to the Charity Commission.

The documents in this section are for those charities preparing accruals accounts which include a balance sheet, statement of financial activities and notes.

Non company charities with income under £100,000 can prepare simpler receipts and payments accounts and template packs for this are available as CC16.

Completion notes are available in PDF format.

The pro forma documents are available:

  • in a form for printing out and completing by hand (‘PDF’ format) and
  • as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets (for accounts) or word processing files (Microsoft Word .doc format) to download and complete on a computer.

As an alternative to downloading the forms and notes from the internet, we can supply a pack of all the above forms to complete. Trustees can obtain these by:

  • Contacting Charity Commission Direct on 0845 300 0218  or
  • e-mailing us
Number Document Name Formats available
  Independent Examiner’s Report Word PDF
  Trustees’ Annual Report Word PDF
  Completion notes for Trustees’ Annual Report   PDF
CC17a Accruals Accounts Excel PDF
CC17b Completion notes for Accruals Accounts   PDF