Open doors, and the records behind them.
A rota of volunteers, an old building and a carol service that fills every pew. The checks, certificates and procedures in one place your PCC, elders or trustees can see at a glance.
Most churches are on Small, £19 a month. If 200 or more people can be there at once, Standard, £29. A place of worship never pays the Large price.
- Fire extinguisher checkmonthlyDue Sunday
- Fire risk assessmentyearly reviewCurrent
- Electrical inspection (EICR)five-yearlyDue in May
- Asbestos registeryearly reviewNot on file
- Evacuation procedureMartyn’s LawConfirmed
- Safeguarding policyyearly reviewCurrent
Sound familiar?
- The churchwarden knows where everything is. Until they step down.
- The insurer wants the electrical certificate. Which drawer?
- Three hundred at the carol service, and the stewards have never seen a plan.
- The architect’s report flagged the fire doors. Did anyone follow it up?
None of it is anyone’s fault. It’s what happens when the records live in drawers, inboxes and people’s heads.
Everything your building has to keep
Set up from a few questions about your building, so you start with the right list and nothing you don’t need.
- Fire risk assessmentreviewed every year
- Fire extinguishersmonthly look, yearly service
- Fire alarm and emergency lightingif fitted, tested on a schedule
- Electrical inspection (EICR)every five years
- Gas safety checkevery year, if there’s a boiler
- Asbestos registermost churches pre-date 2000
- Portable appliancestested every year
- Safeguarding policyreviewed every year
- Public liability insurancerenewed every year
- Martyn’s Law proceduresif 200 or more people can be there at once
Intervals are common practice. Where your own fire risk assessment says otherwise, it takes precedence.
How it works for churches
The rota volunteer gets the reminder
The monthly extinguisher check arrives by email and is logged from a phone after the service.
A churchwarden approves it
Two people on every check, and a history that outlasts any one office-holder.
The PCC sees one page
What’s in place and what isn’t, with a read-only link for the archdeacon, the architect or the insurer.
- Leave by the west door.
- Meet at the lychgate.
- A sidesperson checks the vestry and tower.
A church is never in the enhanced tier.
Places of worship are standard tier however large they are. The only question is whether 200 or more people could ever be there at once, counting clergy, choir and volunteers. Carol services, weddings and funerals are what usually tip it. Nothing in the standard tier means works to a listed building.
Questions we hear
Our volunteers aren’t on computers much.
They don’t need to be. No account, no password, no app: a link by email opens on any phone and takes about a minute.
We’re a listed building. Will Martyn’s Law mean alterations?
No. The standard tier is about agreeing what people would do and making sure they know it, not changes to the fabric.
Does it cover the church hall too?
Add the hall as a second building. Each is priced by its own size, on one bill.
Who can see our records?
Only the people you add, plus anyone you send a read-only link to. Everything is held in London.
Most churches are on Small, £19 a month. If 200 or more people can be there at once, Standard, £29. A place of worship never pays the Large price.
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