Bookkeeping - An Introduction to Bookkeeping Controls - Stapleford Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

Are you thinking about working in a job role. e.g. Accounts Trainee or Finance Clerk, but you’re not sure yet if that’s what you want to do? Or perhaps you have previous experience of bookkeeping, but it was a long time ago and you’d like to refresh your skills. Introduction to Bookkeeping Controls is an introductory course suitable for complete beginners and for those with a little understanding of bookkeeping.

You don’t need a maths qualification to attend.

There is no exam, but throughout the course you will be assessed processing financial documentation in work simulated tasks.

You’ll learn basic bookkeeping skills required for employment and/or career progression in the accounting sector. You’ll gain the knowledge and understanding required for further learning for an accounting course with an examining board e.g. AAT.

You’ll carry out a range of financial processes and you will learn how to keep the books with an emphasis on recording credit transactions for both a large company and a sole trader. The course focus is on the system of double entry bookkeeping and the control processes involved when recording financial information.

By the end of the course, you will have explored and gained confidence in a range of bookkeeping methods, produced clear, correct and legible records, and gained skills for employment or for a move to further learning. 

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• record in the cash book and produce a bank reconciliation statement;

• post to ledger accounts to trial balance;

• Identify and correct ledger account errors and record in the journal;

• produce a revised trial balance;

• draw up control accounts;

• differentiate between capital and revenue expenditure;

• prepare a balance sheet.

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Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below, or

Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire).

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

• Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

• Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• North East Combined Authority

• South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

• Tees Valley Combined Authority

• West Midlands Combined Authority

• West of England Combined Authority

• West Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

• York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Hull and East Yorkshire

• Greater Lincolnshire

• Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

• Cornwall Council

• Lancashire Combined County Authority

• Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.