Annual financial returns and grants

The following table provides links to brigade grants information, and templates and guidelines for preparing annual returns.

Description	Portal link
Brigade grants
Sets out the guidance for annual grants and allowances, use when: preparing the annual budgets and annual return reimbursing expenditure, including some examples of acceptable expenses providing an honorarium	Urban volunteer brigade grants policy Natural volunteer brigade grants policy
Deductions	Brigade grant and mess allowance
Calculations	Natural volunteer brigade grant calculations Urban volunteer brigade grant calculations
Use when applying for charitable grant funding to source money for equipment, events or other items not supplied through Fire and Emergency funding	Charitable grants for brigades guideline
Annual returns and reports
Use to help complete the financial statements template when preparing annual accounts to submit to Fire and Emergency (if you are not a charitable entity) Notes: You can use your own financial statements template. While annual returns require an indepedent review, they don't require formal auditing.	Financial statements for brigades guideline Statement of revenue and expenses Statement of assets and liabilities
Charitable entities must complete the Charities Services annual return and the completed annual return can be submitted to Fire and Emergency instead of the financial statements template	charities.govt.nz(external link)
Used by the Canteen Manager to report annually	Canteen Manager annual report form

Last modified: 16. April 2024