St John's Beaumont is a successful boys preparatory school in Old Windsor with 350 pupils aged from four to thirteen years. As such, it is a charity having a range of charges and fee rates and, although its turnover would class it as a small/medium sized business, there are a number of peculiarities in its accounts which might lead to the need for specialist accounting software.
Indeed that is what the School used until 2001. The result was a complex package, not fully integrated, not user friendly, inflexible and imposing a heavy, costly training burden. St John's therefore sought a solution based on an industry standard which was flexible enough to cope with the specialist aspects of its accounts. It needed to be reliable, easy to use, well supported and competitively priced. Accounting Answers offered a package based on SAGE Payroll, SAGE Line 50 and EnterpriseMRM.
The transformation in the Bursar's office was dramatic. Notwithstanding the inevitable disruption caused by a change in system there was a significant immediate and sustained improvement in efficiency. The package generated confidence from the start and has needed a minimal amount modification and fixes. The ease of recruiting SAGE trained staff and the ease of obtaining inexpensive high-grade development training has been hugely beneficial. Software upgrades are readily available as needed but not imposed so frequently as to become an irritation.
Accounting Answers have been responsive to all our needs: a prompt, constructive attitude prevails. The School receives a personal touch and excellent continuity; it has no hesitation in endorsing Accounting Answers and the EnterpriseMRM solution. It has been a great success due to the inherent strengths of the system and to the helpful, expert work by Accounting Answers.
Any client who wishes to confirm our view is welcome to contact The Bursar - Tel: 001784 471939; E-mail .
I hope that this is of some help to you.
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