Accounting software

Accounting software is "application software that records and processes accounting transactions within functional modules such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and trial balance".

The provision of accounting software for charities is dominated by Sage, which according to Charity Finance’s Accounting Software Survey 2009 supplied to 45 per cent of charities, with 35 per cent of charities using the Sage Line 50 package.

A common complaint is that the specific accounting needs of the charity sector mean that many smaller organisations are unable to find an affordable package with sufficient functionality to cope with the likes of fund accounting, payroll and gift aid.

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The benefits of paperless accounting 0

IT | Simon Kearsley | 2 Feb 2010

Topics: Accounting software | Climate change

With the impending demise of cheques and the need for greater environmental responsibility both high on the agenda for charities, is paperless accounting the way to go? Simon Kearsley outlines the benefits.

Cloud on the horizon: the Charity Accounting Software Survey 2010 0

IT | Diane Sim | 1 Feb 2010

Topics: Accounting software

The percentage of charities which would recommend their accounting software supplier to another charity is at an all-time high of 78 per cent, in this year's Charity Accounting Software Survey. Yet for small charities, those with turnover of less than £1m, the rate is just 56 per cent. Diane Sim reports.

Livestock charity opts for SunSystems 0

IT | Gareth Jones | 19 Jan 2010

Topics: Accounting software

International livestock charty GALVmed has chosen to implement the Infor FMS SunSystems financial accounting solution from reseller Sapphire.

British Red Cross goes live with new IT system, and a new website looms 0

IT | Gareth Jones | 9 Dec 2009

Topics: Accounting software | Websites

British Red Cross has implemented Agresso Business World as its new enterprise resource planning system, replacing its previous PeopleSoft application from Oracle.

Top-250 Christian charity to close 0

IT | Tania Mason | 18 Nov 2009

Christian book and bible charity IBS-STL UK is looking to sell all its operations and wind itself up after the implementation of a new IT system went badly wrong and capped off a succession of financial problems. It is the first time in recent history that a top-250 charity has chosen to wind up.

Reduce reliance on cheques, charities told 0

IT | Vibeka Mair | 1 Jun 2009

Topics: Accounting software | Banking

More charities should adopt e-banking and become less reliant on cheques to mitigate risk, according to Peter Mitchell, chief executive of CAF Bank.

Better budgeting and buy-in 0

IT | Tania Mason | 1 Mar 2009

Topics: Accounting software | Budgeting

The National Autistic Society’s finance team needed to simplify its business intelligence to improve budgeting and staff input. The National Autistic Society (NAS) has a staff of around 2,500, and runs six specialist schools and 17 clusters of residential and support services for adults with autism, which account for 85 per cent of the organisation’s expenditure.

Charity Accounting Software Survey 2009 0

IT | Gareth Jones | 26 Jan 2009

Topics: Accounting software | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software

The recession appears to be having an effect on every aspect of a charity's operations, and accounting software is no exception. Making an assessment on whether purchasing a new system is justified at present as spending is reigned in, or whether a new product could bring vital improvements to financial decisionmaking, could be crucial in the current climate. This survey will help make that call.

Exams agency boosts efficiency with document management system 0

IT | Nazia Dewji | 1 Dec 2008

Topics: Accounting software

Cambridge Assessment, Europe’s largest non-profit exam assessment agency, expects to cut manual data entry by up to 75 per cent by introducing an electronic accounts system that will process more than 250,000 documents a year. The agency, a department of the University of Cambridge, will drop its current accounts payable function and take on Version One’s document management, imaging and authorisation systems.

Microsoft products criticised at CFDG meeting 0

IT | Gareth Jones | 1 Dec 2008

Topics: Accounting software

Microsoft’s entry-level accounting software product has not lived up to the hype, according to the CFDG’s special adviser on IT, John Tate. Speaking at the umbrella body’s London members’ meeting in October, Tate gave a downbeat assessment of Microsoft Office Accounting, which was launched in the UK last year and is available for a minimal fee via the Charity Technology Exchange (CTX).

Free stuff 0

IT | Tania Mason | 1 Dec 2008

Topics: Accounting software | Charity shops

For the uninitiated, IT can be scary, intimidating, and expensive. But there are plenty of places charities and other civil society organisations can go for free or cheap advice, hardware and software. By Tania Mason