File your Church Returns Form (Part 2)

Church Annual Return Form – 2026 Part 2

Accessibility and other requirements:

Paper copies are available upon request. Should you require this, or have any other accessibility requirements, please contact head office at snu@snu.org.uk or on 01279 816363.

Please ensure that this form is completed and submitted to Head Office as soon as possible after your AGM. If you fail to do so, your Church Representative card will not be issued, and you may lose your voting rights. If your Church does not have a Healing Group, please leave the Healing Medium Return section blank.

All correspondence from the Union to the church is sent to the Church Secretary by default. If the committee wishes correspondence to be sent to the church directly, please tick the box below

We request all correspondence to be sent to the Church directly

Church Details

Church Name(Required)

First

Church Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Email(Required)

Website

Social Media Address

Committee Details

Total number of Church Committee members, including Officers.

Please provide details below for all Committee Members

President Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Vice-President 1 Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Vice-President name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Treasurer Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Secretary Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Church Rep 1 Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Church Rep 2 (Only required if the Church has 75 + Full members)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Committee Member Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Committee Member Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Committee Member Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Committee Member Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Committee Member Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Committee Member Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Committee Member Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Registration of Marriages

This section is for Churches that are registered for the solemnisation of marriages and have one or more Authorised Persons appointed by the General Register Office to register marriages in the church (This can be checked with your Local Registry Office)

Is the Church registered for Same Sex Marriage?

Yes

Authorised Person (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Deputy Authorised Person (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Authorised Signatories

This section is for Churches to inform of who the signatories are for the Churches bank accounts. Church Rule 22.3b: the signatories to any account must be the Treasurer and any two other members of the committee, with any two to sign. No person may be appointed as a signatory to an account if he is a spouse, civil partner, close relative, business or personal partner or employee of any signatory to that account.

Signatory Name 1 (please include title)

First Last

Signatory 2 Name (please include title)

First Last

Signatory 3 Name (please include title)

First Last

Trust Property Section

Church Rule 20: This section is for Churches in Sole Trust with the Union

Is part of the property leased or rented?

Yes

If yes, please give details

Please supply a copy of any leases or rental agreements or confirm a date when these were last sent to SNU Head Office

Rental/lease agreements

Max. file size: 32 MB.

Unless previously sent, please provide photographs of the exterior/interior of the Church

Max. file size: 32 MB.

Local Warden (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

National Warden (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Leases/rental agreeements

Max. file size: 32 MB.

Unless previously sent, please send photographs of the exterior/interior of the Church

Max. file size: 32 MB.

Church Independant Examiners

Church Rule 19: You need either one professional or two non-professional Independent Examiners, who must be appointed at the Annual General Meeting

Status:

Professional Accountant

Full Member of your Church

Full Member of another SNU Church

Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Status

Full Member of your Church

Full Member of another SNU Church

Name (please include title)

First Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

1. General

a. A Church which had an income or expenditure of more than £20,000 (not including capital items) in either of the last two accounting years must at its AGM appoint a professional accountant or firm of accountants as its independent examiner. b. In other cases, a Church must at its AGM either appoint a professional accountant or firm of accountants or elect two persons who have been validly nominated for the position.

2. Disqualified Persons

No person may act as an independent examiner if they are: a. a member of the Committee b. a major donor to the Church within the previous accounting year; or c. a spouse, civil partner, close relative, business or personal partner or employee of any of the persons in (a) or (b) above

Annual General Meeting

Church Rule 6 (1) Church Rule 20 (3) Trustees and Wardens must be notified of all General Meetings of the Church and have the right to attend and speak at these meetings.

Date of the AGM 2026

Church Rule 8 (1) – Were any motions requiring three-quarters majority carried at the AGM or any Special General Meeting during 2025?

Yes

If yes, please give the wording of all such resolutions

Insurance

Church Rule 15 (6) (i) see guidance Note no. 4 – Insurance. This section applies only to Churches in their own premises

Name of Insurer(Required)

Policy Number(Required)

Is it index-linked?

Yes

Renewal Date(Required)

Last revision date

What would be the cost of replacing your Church in the event of a total loss?(Required)

What is the total amount your building is insured for?(Required)

What is the total amount of your public liability insurance?(Required)

What was the cost of your insurance premium for 2025?(Required)

Insurance Document

Max. file size: 32 MB.

Church Subscription Fee

Church Rule 21: Please enter the amount paid by each type of member

Full Member

Associate Member

Safeguarding

*Regular for this purpose means any one of the following: -once or more a week -four or more times times in a 30-day period -between 2am and 6am occurring once or more

1. Do you have any regular* activities specifically for children under 18 years of age

Yes

2. Do you have any regular* activities specifically for vulnerable adults?

Yes

3. If answered yes to question 1 or 2, have the people working with these activities been DBS and ISA-checked?

Yes

Your Church Website Entry

Information provided here will be used to update your churches listing on the website

No update required:

The Web listing for the Church is currently up to date.

Church Tel

Church Email

Church Website

Social Media

Please list all services at your church that are open to the general public, including start and finish times.

Please include what the service is, for example, divine services, healing, open circles etc

Does your Church have an active Healing Group?

Yes

Other information

Declaration

We, the undersigned Officers of the Church, certify that the information given in this form is correct.

Officer Name 1 (please include title)

First Last

Position

Date

Officer Name 2 (please include title)

First Last

Position

Date

Income and Expenditure for the year 2025

Please attach completed Income and Expenditure sheet

Income/Expenditure

Max. file size: 32 MB.

Financial Statements

For the Year 2024 This report is to be completed by the Independent Examiner(s) of your accounts and submitted to the Committee and the Annual General Meeting. The Independent examiners must: (i)review accounting periods kept by the Church, including investments (ii)compare the accounts presented with the records (iii)extract or obtain information relevant to the examination from the Rules of Churches, the minutes of general meetings and meetings of the Committee, and discussions with the members of the Committee (iv)consider any unusual items or disclosures (v)check and verify any procedures on which they have significant concerns or doubts and cannot obtain satisfactory explanations from the Treasurer and /or the Committee.

I certify, in connection with my examination of the Church's 2024 account, that:-

(i)no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that proper accounting records have not been kept or that the accounts do not agree with these records (ii)there is no matter to which I consider attention should be drawn in order to reach a proper understanding of the accounts;(If there are matters in which attention needs to be drawn, these should be declared as a note to Accountants) (iii)I am satisfied from the the Church minute book, that the Treasurer is making regular reports of each Church Committee meeting (iv)I have been provided with any information and explanations to which I am entitled

Name of Church /Centre

Name of Church's Banker(s)

Bank address

Examiner 1 Name (please include title)

First Last

Examiner 1 Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Examiner 1 Qualifications

Examiner 2 Name (please include title)

First Last

Only required if Examiner 1 is not a professional accountant

Examiner 2 Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Examiner 2 Qualifications

Date of report

Healing Mediums Annual Return Form 2025

Please note that if you are paying for your Healing Mediums renewals, then you must submit the renewal form which was sent to them

Name of Church

SNU Accredited Spiritualist Healing Mediums

Max. file size: 32 MB.

Signatures

Church Healing Group Leader Name (please include title)

First Last

Date

Church Secretary Name (please include title)

First Last

Date

File

Max. file size: 32 MB.

Disclaimer

If you require this information or documentation in an alternative format, please contact Head office for support, proxy options, or accessible alternatives on 01279 816363 or snu@snu.org.uk