About this Event
Key details
- Date: 8 August 2024
- Time: 10:30am - 4:15pm
- Venue: Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Nottingham
- For ages: 19+
- Group size: 5 - 15
- Cost: FREE - £15
The aim of this five-hour course is to provide learners with an introduction to manual bookkeeping practices.
This course is suitable for anyone at the starting point of a career in bookkeeping and accounts or those wishing to enhance their skills to progress their career.
It is ideal for those working in, or looking to gain employment in, a job role such as Accounts Trainee or Finance Clerk, or for anyone looking for a refresher course in bookkeeping skills.
There is no exam at the end of this course.
Course Summary:
The manual processing of source documents that underpin accurate record keeping will evaluate learners' abilities to produce accounts for businesses.
Course topics include:
- maintaining the cash book;
- an introduction to ledger accounts (sales, purchases and general ledger)
- the balance sheet.
Information about bookkeeping practices will be shared through explanation, demonstration and group discussions. Learners will receive a variety of documentation to process so they will be able to learn, develop and practice basic bookkeeping skills required for employment.
By the end of the course, you will:
- Transfer the total(s) of a variety of source documents to the respective ledger account(s) and balance off ledger accounts;
- Maintain the cash book;
- Produce a balance sheet.
Suggested Reading for the course:
- Frank Wood's Business Accounting Basics
If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/
To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:
- Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
- Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.
You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.
To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.
Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).
As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:
- Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Liverpool City Region
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
- Tees Valley
- West of England
- West Midlands
- West Yorkshire
Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:
- By phone: 01623 677 200
- By email: [email protected]
Visit the Inspire website for full details and booking options
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Stapleford Library, Church Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 15.00
