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Course summary

Our London based budget management courses are for everyone struggling to put together and manage a budget within a not for profit organisation. It takes a practical, hands on, straightforward approach to budget making and will give invaluable tools and techniques to help you develop and control your budget.

Course outline

Budget Management Skills Courses in London

This is finance training that focuses on your budget and budgeting skills.  The budget management skills training course looks at the elements of a budget, what to understand before you start to plan the budget, different ways of assembling a budget and how to avoid the common pitfalls.   We will look at the tools used to manage a budget and help you to understand the paperwork produced and used in your own organisation.

The course covers:

• the definition and purpose of a budget
• common pitfalls in the budgeting process and how to avoid them
• budgeting techniques- incremental budgeting, zero based budgeting
• how to prepare different types of budget - revenue, cost, capital, cash
• practical tips for preparing an effective budget
• phasing/profiling the annual budget
• getting buy-in to the budget
• the budget presentation: what you need to be able to answer
• how to manage the budget
• what to look for when you get your monthly management accounts
• predicting expenditure
• investigating differences from the budget
• avoiding overspend and getting back on track

"Very good. I liked the use of practical tasks to help our understanding whilst continually making them relevant to each individual's situation." HT IPPL UK

"The course was very clear and the trainer was happy to explain points and answer questions." JG Diabetes UK

This budget management course takes place at the Centre's central London training suite with easy access to mainline rail, tube and bus routes. This course can also be run in-company for a group of your staff, contact Sally Pearman on 020 7490 3030 for more information.

Did you know you could get funding to take this course through a Government funded Leadership and Management Grant? See here for more details.

Who is this course for?

This budget management skills course is for all budget holders and budget managers in public sector and voluntary organisations including housing associations.

What will this course help me do: learning outcomes?

This budget management skills training course will help you put together a budget that stands up to external scrutiny - by funders, the board and external regulators. This is finance training to give you confidence as well as skills. You will be able to phase your budget accurately over the year so as to understand the peaks and troughs of income and expenditure and you will be able to manage and control your budget to avoid nasty surprises.

Other courses to consider

Other courses available at the centre include: FINANCE FOR NON-FINANCIAL MANAGERS, which is a two day course covering not just budgeting, but all the financial aspects of a manager's role such as costing, pricing and reading accounts.  We also run an in-company course, EVALUATING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. For more information on running this course in-company, please call Sally Pearman on 020 7490 3030 or email sally.pearman@the-centre.co.uk.

Course dates

15 March, 2012
15 May, 2012

This course starts at 10am and will finish by 4.30pm. Lunch and refreshments are provided.

Course fee

• £270 plus VAT small charity price (applies to registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £3m)
• £385 plus VAT not-for-profit price (applies to all other charities and all other not-for-profit organisations, including public sector and housing)
• £430 plus VAT standard price (applies to all other organisations)