Bookkeeping - Next Steps - Mansfield Central Library - CL - 13:00-15:00

Mansfield Central Library, Mansfield

Key details

Date -
Sessions Mondays: 1pm - 3pm
No. sessions 4
Venue Mansfield Central Library, Mansfield
For ages 19+
Group size 5 - 15
Cost FREE - £36

About this course

Following on from our earlier course Bookkeeping for Beginners, this next steps course offers a further selection of basic bookkeeping topics at beginner level.   


What will be covered on the course?  

  • Record cash book (two and three column) transactions and credit transactions using double entry book-keeping. 
  • Bank reconciliations: Update a cash book from details appearing on a bank statement and recalculate the closing balance.
  • Prepare a bank reconciliation statement  
  • Initial trial balance: Post individual transactions from the day books and source documents to personal ledger accounts.
  • Balance ledger accounts including the cash and bank accounts and bring down the balances to the following accounting period. Extract the trial balance 
Learners will achieve experience through simulated activities to develop their skills to carry out routine book-keeping processes and develop underpinning knowledge of book-keeping principles.  Learners will gain understanding of how to check and process documents involved in financial record keeping.


Resources required by attendee:

Pen, A4 lined paper, simple calculator. 


Suggested Reading for the course  

There are no set textbooks that you must read for the course although you may find the following of interest: Frank Wood’s Bookkeeping and Accounts 

Booking your place and fee information

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:

  • Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, 
  • Greater Manchester, 
  • Greater London, 
  • Liverpool City Region, 
  • Tees Valley, 
  • West Midlands and West of England.

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