Accounting support services
The Allied Schools can provide any or all of the following forms of support for all Founder Members and to all New Members by arrangement:
- Supervision of financial health of the school on a monthly or termly basis.
- Monitoring of integrity of accounting practices.
- Expertise on accounting issues and advice through the Helpline and school visits.
- Pre-audit preparation and health checks.
- Contribution of best practice drawn from the experience of a group of schools.
- Assistance with the introduction of monthly cash flow reporting.
- On-the-job training of accounting personnel.
- Assistance with recruitment issues and advice through the Helpline and school visits.
- Preparation of management accounts from trial balance (where systems are compatible).
- Preparation of statutory accounts (in certain cases).
- Benchmark analysis of school performance.
- Advice to Governors on a range of financial issues, including financial viability of strategic projects.
