Advisory service

Parish and town councils are expanding their roles, delivering various responsibilities and services to their communities. While these efforts bring significant benefits, they require effective financial management and compliance with complex regulations and legislation. The careful handling of funds, particularly those raised through local precepts, is crucial for maintaining essential services and activities.

Our members can access financial advice from professionals specialising in parish and town council finance through their county association. This support comes from our financial advisers or through local arrangements managed by county associations.

Your county association will triage your query, signposting to existing guidance and information or submitting your query to us or a local adviser. We cannot accept queries directly unless your parish or town council is part of the Direct Access Scheme. Once we have logged your query, we will respond to requests for advice within 15 days. We receive a high volume of requests with urgent deadlines. We endeavour to meet these deadlines. This will, however, depend on our capacity.