📅 Date: Wednesday 24th September 2025
🕒 Time: 3.30pm – 6.00pm
📍 Location: The Stamp Office, Level 5, 10–14 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EG
Join us for an afternoon of specialist updates, sector insights, and peer-to-peer networking designed for bursars and finance professionals working in independent schools.
This event will provide practical knowledge and sector-wide context, helping you manage the changes and challenges in school finance.
Agenda
Our programme will cover key issues and timely updates, including:
3.30pm – Welcome and refreshments
3.45pm – Insights from SCIS: presented by Lorraine Davidson, CEO of SCIS, offering perspective on current and future challenges and opportunities for independent schools.
4.00pm – VAT Focus: with particular attention to the partial exemption annual adjustment and the Capital Goods Scheme.
4.45pm – Audit & Charity Updates: the latest developments impacting the sector.
5.15pm – Networking: an opportunity to connect and share experiences with other bursars and finance staff.
6.00pm – Close