Education

Understanding your needs

We have seen the dynamic of our relationship with many of our academy and education clients evolve in recent years.  Clients have become increasingly commercially aware and proactive, which has led them to explore new aspects of the expertise that we offer and, therefore, obtained more value from our relationship than ever before.

Just as with any business our education clients require help with:

• Year end accounts
• Tax matters
• Monitoring budgets
• Maintaining cash flow
• Reviewing costs

Why us?

• Over 16 years of experience working with schools
• Involved in the writing of the Kreston UK Academies Benchmark Report.
• Currently act for over 200 education establishments, managed by 3 partners
• Extensive charity experience demonstrated as 2 partners have been awarded the DChA (Diploma in Charity Accounting) by the ICAEW
• Used to working with charitable entities – VAT, corporation tax issues and establishment of trading subsidiaries
• Supported by experts within the Kreston network which acts for over 750 academies and over 1,500 charities in England
• Regular client support provided – meetings, newsletters and e-bulletins
• Extensive experience of liaising with the ESFA gained over the last 10 years
• Partners at the firm have been guest speakers for the NASBM and the ISBA
• Regular seminars (previous seminars have been on VAT, procurement, internal assurance and the year end accounts)

What do our clients have to say about us? See our Education testimonials here!

Our team specialises in two main areas of education. Please select your area of interest:

• Academies
• Independent Schools

Read more here:

• Internal Audit
• Academies and Making Tax Digital
• Kreston Benchmark Report 2024
• Academies Newsletters
• Integrated Curriculum Financial Planning (ICFP)