Financial leadership

Designed for non-financial professionals, this microcredential will help you develop your accounting knowledge to analyse financial statements, measure performance and assess financial health. Focusing on how to interpret financial reports rather than how to construct them, you’ll gain the confidence to understand accounting terminology effectively. By the end, you’ll have the skills to make sense of annually published financial accounting information so you can make well-informed business decisions.

This microcredential will develop your understanding of how management accounting contributes to a successful business and improve your ability to make better financial decisions. Using best-practice approaches, you’ll gain new skills to interpret information, calculate costs, prepare a budget for planning and control purposes, and evaluate costing methods. Hands-on activities tackling real-world business problems will equip you with essential tools and techniques that can be applied to any organisation, regardless of the size or sector.

As a Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) partner, East Sussex County Council is offering free access to the East Sussex Money Guiders training package. This training supports anyone who gives non-regulated guidance about money—helping you feel more confident talking about finances with residents and offering safe, effective support.

This 10-hour CPD course will help you analyse published financial statements and assess an organisation’s performance. You’ll learn how to calculate and interpret key financial ratios relating to profitability, efficiency, sustainability and results. No prior experience is required.

This edition of the MILE newsletter focuses on financial literacy and leadership–essential skills for adult social care managers. Whether you’re new to financial responsibilities or looking to refresh your knowledge, this issue is here to support you in building financial understanding as part of your everyday role.

It includes learning opportunities, practical resources, and sector updates to help you grow confidence in budgeting and financial planning, make sense of funding and spending reviews, and understand the wider financial landscape shaping health and social care.

This resource page supports health and care organisations to embed financial wellbeing as part of a holistic approach to care. It includes guidance and tools to help you support both your workforce and the people who access your services.

This 20-hour CPD course is a practical introduction to using financial concepts in day-to-day management. You’ll learn to plan and control budgets, understand cost structures, improve cash flow awareness, and use basic investment appraisal techniques. Real-world examples and interactive tasks help you apply the learning directly to your role.

The Money Guiders Competency Framework is designed for anyone who gives any type of money guidance, whether informally or as part of their role. It brings everything into one place to help you feel clear, confident and equipped to offer safe, appropriate support.

The framework outlines the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to deliver impartial guidance on money management and financial wellbeing. It includes 12 areas, or ‘money domains’, which are organised into tiers depending on the level of complexity involved.

This 10-hour CPD course helps you understand and interpret the three core financial statements used in all types of organisations: the income statement, the balance sheet, and the cash flow statement. You’ll gain a clearer understanding of how these reports are structured and what they reveal about an organisation’s financial health.

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