Academies accounts return: guide to using the online form
Guidance for academy trusts and auditors to complete their accounts return.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
This is the guidance for academy trusts and auditors completing the 2021/22 accounts return (AR) online form. form
The guidancedeadline forto submit the AR 2021/22 ishas now available.
Thepassed. ARInactive onlinetrusts forsubmitting 2021/22their willAR go2022/23 liveusing onthe 18AR October2021/22 2022.Excel TheWorkbook deadlinemay forrefer submissionto isthis 19 January 2023.guidance.
For further details on the accounts return please see the main guidance page.
Last updated
-
The deadline to submit the academies accounts return (AR) 2021/22 has now passed.
-
We have update the SAT Benchmarking Tables - Closing balances in the guide to complete the online form.
-
We have updated this page with guidance and resources to help academy trusts complete their academies accounts return 2021/22
-
We have updated this page with the guide to completing the online form for the academies accounts return 2020/21.
-
We have published the key dates for the academies accounts return. The online form will be available from 4 November 2021.
-
We have updated this page with the guide for academy trust completing the online form for the academies accounts return 2019/20.
-
We have added some new tutorial videos to help users complete the accounts return.
-
We have published a quick guide to help users understand the new accounts return form. The deadline to complete the accounts return form is the 20 January 2020.
-
First published.
Update history
2024-11-05 09:31
Section 1.2 has been updated to show changes for 2023 to 2024 academies accounts return. Updated section 2.1 and 2.2 to update the process for DfE Sign-in.
2024-09-24 14:34
Academies accounts return 2022/23: guide to completing the online form -Section 14. Privacy notices has been added
2024-01-31 11:44
The accounts return deadline has passed.
2023-09-05 13:54
The accounts return guidance has been updated for the 2022/23 return.
2023-05-05 14:21
The Academies accounts return (AR) 2021/22 is now in read-only mode. The AR for 2022/23 will go live on Tuesday 12 September 2023 with a submission deadline of Tuesday 30 January 2024.
2023-01-24 13:34
The deadline to submit the academies accounts return (AR) 2021/22 has now passed.
2022-12-16 14:39
We have update the SAT Benchmarking Tables – Closing balances in the guide to complete the online form.
2022-10-11 09:30
We have updated this page with guidance and resources to help academy trusts complete their academies accounts return 2021/22