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DCAT Scheme of Delegation/decision making matrix Date of issue: September 2021
Type: Minimum/academies with a below green or light green point in time risk rating (POINTER*)
to evaluate effectiveness as a Church school
To provide high quality support and challenge
Area of Operation: Finance
Members
Trustees
LGB members/Transition Board
Executive/Centre Team
Headteacher
To appoint external auditors and receive annual report
To approve any service contracts for Trustees
To appoint internal auditors
To sign off annual accounts and report
To scrutinise the budgets for its Academies and Executive Team
To approve the financial scheme of delegation
To appoint a finance committee
To approve the annual budget for the Academy Trust
To monitor the income, expenditure and cash flow of an Academy
Ensure the school staff fully comply with the Academy Trust processes
To ensure proper financial controls are in place at the Academy
To maintain a register of business interests relating to the individual school
To ensure provision of free school meals to those pupils meeting the criteria
Responsible for the preparation of annual budget for the Academy and the Trust
To monitor the income, expenditure, cash flow and balance sheet of the Academy and the Trust
To manage the annual budget for each Academy on behalf of the Trust Board
Ensuring adequate risk, financial and asset management systems
To help prepare the annual budget for the Academy with central Team leading
To monitor the income, expenditure and cash flow of an Academy
To ensure proper financial controls are in place at the Academy and to immediately inform the CEO of any breach of controls
To ensure provision of free school meals to those pupils meeting the criteria
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