Budgets, cash flow, expenditure, reporting, month-end and financial controls. 16 resources for this area of the bursar's office.
School cash moves in big, uneven swings: fees arrive in a few heavy months, while salaries and suppliers run all year. A rolling forecast turns those swings into a plan instead of a surprise.
A monthly management accounts pack shows the board where the school is against budget, cash and fees - in plain numbers, on time. What to include and how to build it.
Buildings, contents, liability, vehicles, learner accidents and the school's own books. A practical guide to the insurance cover an independent school actually needs, and the gaps that hurt most.
School fees at approved South African institutions are zero-rated for VAT, but the detail lives in what counts as a fee. A practical guide to zero-rating, taxable extras and the records SARS expects.
The controls that keep school money safe are mostly simple habits: separate duties, cap who can approve what, and review the numbers every month. A practical guide for South African independent schools.
Most school bank accounts run on a handshake and a shared password. The basics of online banking security, payment approval rules and reconciling what actually moved.
Clean financial statements start with a chart of accounts built for a school. How to structure the ledger so bank reconciliations balance, the board’s reports make sense and the auditor gets what they need.
The school’s buildings, furniture and IT sit on the balance sheet, the insurance policy and the audit file at the same time. How to build and maintain a fixed asset register that serves all three.
Annual payments smooth cash flow but ask a lot of parents. Monthly payments are easier for families but harder to administer. A balanced look for South African independent schools.
Month end in the bursar’s office is the same small set of jobs every time. A plain-language checklist to close the month cleanly, even when school life gets busy.
The same steps, the same order, the same deadline every month: the routine that turns a school's bookkeeping into a board-ready management accounts pack.
A year-end is only painful when you leave it to the last week. The full checklist to close the year cleanly and hand your auditor a file that asks no questions.
Work out a new fee after a percentage increase, or the increase you need to hit a target fee. See the new annual, term and monthly figures side by side.
Track what is billed against what is received and see your collection rate, shortfall and the days of fees outstanding at a glance.
Split an annual fee into monthly, termly or custom instalments and see exactly what each parent pays and when.
