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Training

Focused, practical learning for clerks, RFOs and councillors.

Free for LCA audit clients

Training included in your audit fee.

Every LCA audit includes free LCA Academy places for your clerk, RFO and councillors.

Every audit client

2 free course seats a year

Any council

Free year-end readiness webinar

LCA Academy 2027

Live online sessions of 90 minutes, each with a workbook, a recording for 30 days and a certificate of attendance. From £49 a place, or free for LCA audit clients (two seats a year).

CourseForDates
Course 1: Preparing for Internal AuditClerks and RFOsLaunching December 2026
Free webinar: Year-End ReadyAnyoneFebruary and March 2027
Course 4: VAT, AGAR and Year-End AccountsRFOsLaunching March 2027
Course 3: Governance and Financial ControlsCouncillors and clerksLaunching June 2027
Course 2: Budgeting, Precept and ReservesRFOs and councillorsLaunching October 2027

To register your interest, email jason@localcouncilaudit.com.

How LCA Academy works

Each course is a 90-minute live online session built on the Practitioners’ Guide, focused on what clerks, RFOs and councillors need to do next. You receive a workbook, a recording for 30 days and a certificate of attendance.

Independence matters

Our courses explain good practice in general. We don’t advise on a particular council’s records during training, so attending never affects our independence as your internal auditor.