What’s New in Church Member Software
Every change that makes church admin easier, newest first. Everything here is included in every plan, at no extra cost.
October 2026
Up to £8,000 of the Small Donations Scheme for every church building
Add up to 15 church buildings at no extra cost and choose the building when you open a batch. Each building can count for up to £8,000 of small cash gifts, and the claim lists each building’s amount for HMRC.
Gift Aid in Church Member SoftwareSeveral churches on one login
Look after every parish in a benefice or every church in a circuit with the same login. Each church keeps its own records, Gift Aid and plan, and you switch between them in a click.
Several churches, one loginThe roll review
Go through your membership roll person by person, every year or every few years. Administrators get a reminder when it’s due, and every decision is recorded with who made it and when.
Reviewing your membership rollPVG checks for Scotland and AccessNI checks for Northern Ireland
Say where your church is when you sign up, and the safeguarding area records the right checks. That’s DBS in England and Wales, PVG and Basic disclosures in Scotland, and AccessNI in Northern Ireland.
Safeguarding recordsGift Aid when your diocese or a bureau claims for you
Churches whose diocese, the Methodist Gift Aid Bureau or a national office claims their Gift Aid can now prepare claims without an HMRC reference. Then download a list of every gift to send them.
If someone else claims your Gift AidPages for each kind of church
See how Church Member Software fits ten kinds of church. They include Church of England parishes, Methodist, Baptist and Catholic churches, churches in Scotland and church plants.
Who it’s forA free Gift Aid calculator
Work out how much Gift Aid and Small Donations Scheme top-up your church could claim in a year. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
Try the Gift Aid calculatorAnswers to 30 common church questions
Short, plain answers to the questions churches ask most about Gift Aid, data protection, money, volunteers and choosing software.
Common church questionsTwo-step sign-in by email
Team members who need two-step sign-in can now get their code by email instead of using an authenticator app. It’s the easiest option for most church volunteers.
Setting up two-step sign-in11 free templates
Download a Gift Aid declaration form, a privacy notice, a data retention policy, volunteer forms, a consent form and more, as Word files or PDFs. You don’t need to sign up.
Free templatesChurch Member Software is live
People and households, giving, Gift Aid on HMRC’s own spreadsheet, rotas, attendance, email, a member area and data protection tools, all in one place. A help centre with step-by-step guides came with it.
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