A church budget is a promise to the congregation, so it needs to be clear about where giving comes from and where it goes. This template presents the year in eight pages: how giving is built, ministry budgets, staff, the building, mission giving and reserves, with a variance page that explains each change from plan. Each page uses plain numbers, so people who are not treasurers can follow it.

The sample is for the fictional Wrenfield Holdings, a congregation with £210k of planned spending, 62% on staff, a tenth of giving to mission partners and £214k forecast on the quarterly report. Replace the giving forecast, costs and names with your own, phase the budget month by month, and show the reserve as a line of its own.