All public and voluntary bodies need to account properly for the resources that they use - whether they be large County or City Councils, small Parish Councils, Voluntary bodies or others. We can offer support that ranges from technical advice on specialist areas such as Treasury Management, to providing an interim accountant, to offering training courses in financial management for service managers.
A critical part of proper financial administration is the effective preparation and review of budgets. Authorities are under increasing financial pressure and are increasingly looking for rigorous methods of budgetary review including zero based budgeting.
South Derbyshire District Council requested assistance with evaluating the potential for achieving savings through the early repayment of debt, and with analysis of the housing revenue account.
East Dunbartonshire Council has recently asked 'AWICS' to assist with a base budget review of their education service.