Accounts and tax
- Cash flow forecasts: guidance for academiesLearn how to manage cash flow as a school business manager (SBM). See what to include in your monthly forecasts to help monitor and report income and expenditure. Download a template from the ISBL and get tips for filling out cash flow templates.
- Monthly financial management for academiesGet to grips with what you need to prepare and do when it comes to monthly budget monitoring reports for academy trusts.
- Procedures for keeping track of money in schoolFind advice for keeping track of money, setting up financial controls, and using petty cash funds in your school.
- Returns required from academiesFind out what data and returns you must submit and when – including your audited accounts, budget forecast return, school resource management self-assessment and Teachers' Pensions returns.
- Rules for off-payroll workers (IR35 rules)Understand off-payroll working rules, and how they affect the way you pay for services from a worker with an intermediary.
- Voluntary funds: what can they be used for?Read guidance from the Charity Commission and our education experts on using voluntary funds. See examples of how schools use their funds, including cases where the school is registered as a charitable organisation.