Look after the church building, and keep the record
For fabric committees, churchwardens and the PCC.
Marklet gives the people who look after a church building one place for the periodic inspection and what it recommends, the works that follow, the permissions you hold, grants, building checks, the budget and the committee's decisions. It keeps the record; the decisions stay with you.
One record for the building
The roles change every few years. The record of what was done to the building should not leave with them.
From inspection to works
Record each periodic inspection and its report. The report's recommendations can become works orders or items in the ten-year plan, so the committee can see what has been done about each one and what is still waiting.
The permissions you hold
Record the permission you hold for a works item: a faculty, an archdeacon's List B notice, or a planning or listed building consent, with its reference, conditions and documents. Marklet applies for nothing and does not say whether a works item needs a permission.
Works, contractors and the ten-year plan
Raise works orders, send a contractor a link to the job, and keep the quotes, documents and sign-off together. The ten-year plan holds what is coming, from the roof and rainwater goods to the heating plant.
Grants
Record the grants that fund your works: the funder, the award and its conditions, match funding, reporting dates on the calendar and the invoices each grant paid. Marklet submits nothing to a funder and holds no money.
Building checks
Record the fire risk assessment and its reviews, gas servicing, electrical inspections, legionella and asbestos on the interval you choose, and see what is due and overdue on the calendar. In England, the Fire Safety Order requires the responsible person to record the fire risk assessment.
Budget, meetings and documents
Set the year's budget and track spend against it as invoices arrive, keep committee meetings, agendas and minutes, and file the building's documents in one place. Connect Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or FreeAgent, and put questions to your own records with Ask Mark.
Beside the Church's own arrangements, not instead of them
In England, Church of England churches are inspected at least every five years under the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018. Permission for works goes through the Church's own process as it does today. Marklet is where the committee keeps track of what the inspection found, what was done about it, what it cost and what was agreed.
Getting set up
Church workspaces are set up with us, so there is no form to work through on your own.
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Request access
Tell us about your church and who looks after the building. Church workspaces are set up with us rather than through the online signup.
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We set up the workspace with you
We create the workspace for your building, and you choose which building checks to track and how often.
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Invite the committee
Add the churchwardens and whoever does the work, and give members of the PCC or the fabric committee read access to the works, grants and permissions.
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Record the last inspection
Upload the most recent inspection report and turn its recommendations into works orders or items in the ten-year plan.
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Keep the record as you go
Works, checks, invoices and decisions land in one place, so the next churchwarden or treasurer picks up where the last one left off.
Church buildings: frequently asked questions
Give the building's record a proper home
Tell us about your church and we will set the workspace up with you.