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Closedown 2023/24: End of Year Closedown Deadlines and Requirements (Revenue & Capital – Maintained Schools Only)


End of Year Tasks – Revenue

End of Year Adjustments Workbook

Schools have now been sent the 2023-24 End of Year Adjustments workbook, which can now be completed and returned via AnyComms. If you have not received a workbook, please contact the team via our mailbox: financeschools-mailbox@devon.gov.uk 

If you submit a workbook and then wish to revise your entries, please ensure that you follow instruction number 11 on the first tab of the End of Year Adjustments workbook and please only include your adjustment to the previous submission, for example, to amend a single debtor line submission from £100 to £150 in total:

School EOY Adjustment submission V1: Single line Debtor entry school meals totalling £-100.00
School EOY Adjustment submission V2: Amendment to single line debtor entry for school meals £-50.00
Total debtor processed for school meals: £-150.00

Note that we will process all workbooks that have been received. Further guidance can be found on the following web page: https://www.devon.gov.uk/support-schools-settings/administration-and-finance/finance/budgets/

Please do not use previous versions of the EOY Adustments Workbook

Please contact: financeschools-mailbox@devon.gov.uk if you have any queries.

Deficit/Surplus Balances

Schools have received the Deficit/Surplus balance request form via AnyComms pre-populated form. Procedures for accessing and responding to the form can be found on the following web page: https://www.devon.gov.uk/support-schools-settings/administration-and-finance/finance/budgets/

X-Back Adjustments

Schools have received the AnyComms pre-populated form for this process, further guidance can be found here: https://www.devon.gov.uk/support-schools-settings/administration-and-finance/finance/budgets/

Not received an AnyComms Form? Let us know: financeschools-mailbox@devon.gov.uk

Revenue Deadlines at a glance

20th March 5pm – X-Back Adjustments 2023-24 via AnyComms pre-populated form – Please be aware that this is a submission deadline and further transactions will take place in school accounts beyond this date by DCC departments.

22nd March 5pm – End of Year Adjustments Workbook 2023-24 – Please be aware that this is a submission deadline and further transactions will take place in school accounts beyond this date by DCC departments.

22nd March 5pm – Deficit/Surplus Balance Reporting 2023-24

Please contact: financeschools-mailbox@devon.gov.uk if you have any queries regarding the above.

End of Year Tasks – Capital

Capital Accruals Return

Schools are requested to access the Capital Accruals Return via link provided on the Budgets web page:Budgets – Support for schools and settings (devon.gov.uk). Please ensure that you download a copy to your computer and edit from the desktop version of Microsoft Excel. Please then return this to the Capital Team Mailbox by 5pm 22nd March 2024finance.financeschoolscapital-mailbox@devon.gov.uk

Please ensure evidence is supplied to the Capital Team Mailbox for any accruals with a value of £1000 and above: finance.financeschoolscapital-mailbox@devon.gov.uk

Federations – School Splits

Single budget Federations need to fill out the form provided on the Budgets web page: Budgets – Support for schools and settings (devon.gov.uk), listing all transactions and the individual schools to which they relate. Please make sure you save a copy to your computer before editing and return to finance.financeschoolscapital-mailbox@devon.gov.uk by 5pm 22nd March 2024

Leasing

Please note you should have already received the Leasing report to review and return by 22nd March. If you haven’t received this document or have any questions on it, please email finance.financeschoolscapital-mailbox@devon.gov.uk

Capital Deadlines at a glance

22nd March 5pm – Capital Accrual Return 2023-24

22nd March 5pm – Capital Spend Site Splits 2023-24

22nd March 5pm – Leasing Report 2023-24

For further information relating to Revenue and Capital return requirements, please see the School Finance – Budgets page: Budgets – Support for schools and settings (devon.gov.uk)