by Cecil Benjamin | Oct 12, 2022 | Churches, Cyber Security, Financial Management, Risk, Security, Systems
For the background to this blog please read: Cyber security for all of us Part 1 The starting point for dealing with cyber security is to realise that cyber attack/breach/hack can happen to anyone – there is no discrimination: small, individual, family, church,...
by Cecil Benjamin | Oct 5, 2022 | Churches, Financial Management, Risk, Security, Systems
What’s the most important asset you have? What’s the most important asset your church or NFP owns/holds? What is the most valuable information that your church or NFP has access to? The recent high profile cyber security breach by one of our largest comms companies...
by Cecil Benjamin | Aug 3, 2022 | Church finance services, Churches, Financial Management, Not For Profit, Xero
Catch this special Xero webinar and more Attention all Xero users, especially if you are with Benkorp for any form of support. Here is more good news for you to further enhance your financial reporting. At Benkorp we use Xero reports for all the financial reporting...
by Cecil Benjamin | Jul 5, 2022 | Church finance services, Churches, Financial Management, Systems, Xero
Jesus’ ministry included amazing Wisdom for managing In this article we will explore the Wisdom we can learn from the way Jesus managed and taught about administration and financial management. This is a side of Christian discipleship that is relatively unexplored and...
by Cecil Benjamin | Jun 28, 2022 | Church finance services, Churches, Financial Management, Not For Profit, Systems, Xero
Recently I have had calls from treasurers and leaders in churches and non-profits who wanted to talk about the state of their organisation’s administration and finances. Some of these people were not sure about the actual financial position, some were not sure of...
by Cecil Benjamin | Jun 13, 2022 | Church finance services, Churches, Financial Management, Not For Profit, Security
This is a note to management and finance committees, wardens, elders, boards and committees of management – staff and volunteers Last week we had a call from a new treasurer in difficult situation and it reminded me of the many previous times people have called...
by Cecil Benjamin | May 27, 2022 | Church finance services, Churches, Financial Management, Payroll
This year, the ATO has begun the implementation and collection of data via STP 2. STP 2 is the next step on the STP reporting journey: STP1 has been the process of reporting employees’ taxes and super to the ATO, STP 2 expands the program to capture more detailed...
by Cecil Benjamin | May 13, 2022 | Churches, Financial Management, Not For Profit, Save Time, Systems
Would you like to bring all your administrative requirements into one place? It would give your teams more time to focus on your purpose. No more spreadsheets with duplicate contact data, across the organisation and groups, weak security and lots of communication...
by Cecil Benjamin | May 11, 2022 | Church finance services, Churches, Financial Management, Not For Profit, Security
Many people cringe when they see this word and simply think ‘geek speak’. No longer Security of our computers and the data they hold and access is very important and very valuable. If your system software hasn’t been hacked (ie the system software corrupted) just ask...
by Jeanette Korporaal | Apr 26, 2022 | Church finance services, Churches, Financial Management, Superannuation
The 2022 Federal Budget made some changes to the superannuation that are relevant to small-medium Churches and Not for Profit organisations. 1. Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contribution for low-income earners The $450 monthly earnings threshold for superannuation...
