Release Notes FY 2026/2027

Release 7.26 - Date 03/06/26

New items 

Analysis with Budget Codes - Funding Stream Detail: Added a “Show funding stream detail” option to the Analysis with Budget Codes report filter. When enabled, the report displays indented sub-rows beneath each budget or analysis code line showing how actual spend is attributed across funding streams (for example, Pupil Premium or Sports Premium).  

Surrey: Budget and Bank Overview Report: Introduced a new Budget and Bank Overview report at Reporting > Records > Budget. The report brings together budget positions alongside cashbook balances and control totals in a single view. A Variance figure confirms at a glance whether accounts are reconciled. 

Fixes 

Reconciliation Display Option: Updated the label for the reconciliation display setting in System > System Setup > Options > Display. The option now reads “Exclude/Include unprinted cheques/Pending BACS”, making clear that the setting also controls whether pending BACS transactions appear on the Bank Processing screen.

Approved Document Watermark: Resolved an intermittent issue where documents that had been submitted and approved did not display the Approved watermark when viewed in the Approvals area. 

LA Rec File - Staff Contract Deletion: Fixed an error that prevented schools from deleting a staff contract where associated salary data existed. 

Bank History Report - Opening Balance: Corrected the Opening Balance row in the Bank History report when a date range is selected. The figure now reflects the carry-forward position at the start of the selected date range (brought forward plus income minus expenditure up to that point), rather than the balance as at report generation time. 

Purchase Order - Post and Packaging Line: Resolved an issue where fields on an auto-created post and packaging line were not editable. 

LA Specific

 ● Sefton: Purchase Order Form: Added a Sefton-specific Purchase Order form (‘order SEFT’) that includes Sefton Council’s official Conditions of Order. 

Release 7.25 - Date 26/05/26

New items

Create new subtype when creating assets on-the-fly: Added the ability to create a new asset subtype directly within the on-the-fly asset creation dialog. 

Staff creation in Assets when Budgeting module is disabled: Introduced a new standalone Create Staff permission (User Details > Records > Create Staff) so that staff can be assigned to Asset records at schools where the Budgeting module is not enabled. 

e-Procurement Copy Down Budget and Analysis Codes: Added a ‘use for all lines’ checkbox to the Line details section of the New Order screen for e-procurement orders. Selecting this applies the same Budget code to all order lines; a separate checkbox does the same for the Analysis code. 

Budget Analysis Report Reconciled Status and Invoice Number: Added the option to view Reconciled Status and Invoice Number to the Cash Transaction Details section of the Budget Analysis Report.

CFR validation rules: Updated the conditions used by CFR validation rules 780, 785, and 875.

Fixes

• BACS payment method missing after PO import: Resolved an issue where BACS was not listed as an available payment method in the dropdown after importing a purchase order for a contact whose payment type is set to BACS. 
• Recon Report: Corrected formatting issues in the recently released Recon Report

LA Specific

• Sefton: Agresso Export Updates: Updated the Sefton Agresso export.
• Surrey: Agresso Export Updates: Updated the Surrey Agresso export. 
• North Yorkshire: Reconciliation total fix for Oracle Central Fund bank: Resolved an issue where reconciling transactions against the Oracle bank from a previous year was incorrectly updating the current year's reconciliation total.

 

Release 7.24 - Date 14/05/26

New items

Staff Salary Commitments in Budget with Analysis Codes Report: Introduced a Staff Commitments option in the Budget with Analysis Codes report. The option is only visible when the MIS API link is enabled, and pulls staff contract data directly from the MIS.

Recon Report: Added a new report under Reporting > Transactions > General, enabling schools to cross-reference bank account balances with budgets. The report is structured in three sections: budget actuals, commitments and remaining amounts by Budget Group; bank account balances and reserves; and a manual reconciliation area for schools to complete.

Budgeting Permissions Applied to Salary Reports: Applied the existing Budgeting module permission to the following salary-related reports, ensuring access is restricted to authorised users only:

• Forecast
• Staff
• Salary Spend
• Staffing Commitment

E-Procurement Order Locking After Approval: Restricted editing of posted and approved e-procurement orders in Search and Process. 

E-Procurement: FAO, Supplier Notes and User Order Number in Orders: Added FAO, Supplier Notes, and User Order Number to the data sent when placing e-procurement orders, ensuring suppliers receive the additional information needed to fulfil orders correctly.

E-Procurement: Batch Warning for E-Procurement Suppliers: Added a warning when Batch Transaction is already selected in Options before an e-procurement-enabled supplier is chosen, as E-procurement orders cannot be batched.

Fixes

• Year End System Settings Reset: Resolved an issue where certain system settings including Auto Reconciliation and Manual Selection of Transactions for LA payment files  incorrectly reverted to their defaults after running Year End. Settings configured by schools are now preserved correctly.
• Payment Type Options with Supplier and Alternative Payee: Fixed an issue where selecting both a Supplier and an Alternative Payee on an expenditure transaction caused available payment types to display incorrectly.
• LA Rec File Validation: Resolved an issue where the LA Rec file import validation did not flag transactions referencing a previously deleted budget code. These transactions were being imported with no budget code applied. The validation now correctly detects and flags this scenario.
• LA Rec File: Resolved an issue where LA Rec file schools were able to use the Clear button in Bank Processing to remove the imported LA bank statement, which cannot be reimported. The Clear action is no longer available for the LA bank statement on these schools.
• LA Rec File: Fixed an issue where, if payroll transactions on an LA Rec file resulted in a net credit amount, the salary line showed no value in Bank Processing and did not appear on the bank statement. 
• Switch Accounts Permission: Resolved an issue where the Switch Accounts permission had no effect and users needed to be a Super Admin to switch between accounts. Users with the Switch Accounts permission can now change accounts as expected.

LA Specific

• Sefton: CSV Rec File Import: Introduced a new import capability for Sefton LA's CSV file
• Sefton: Agresso Export Updates: Updated the Sefton Agresso export to align with Sefton LA's revised file specification. Changes are specific to Sefton and do not affect any other LA's reporting

Release 7.23 - Date 24/04/26
 

New items

E-Procurement is now available for all schools. E-Procurement allows schools to save time by returning New Order cart contents directly into Arbor Finance from an approved supplier. Schools may contact a Findel-affiliated supplier in order to set up an integration:

• Findel
• GLS
• Hope Education
• Philip Harris 
• LDA
• Davies Sports 

VAT Report: We have improved VAT memo handling so memo values align more closely with VAT-code-driven expectations, supporting clearer validation when reviewing VAT report lines.

MIS Sync The system now prevents a sync from being initiated once the LA Rec File process has started to ensure data consistency. Sync should be run before starting the LA Rec File process. 

Fixes

User Permissions: We have aligned the profile-level permission buttons with the dropdown selector behaviour

Error 500 message appearing when running Year End: Corrected Year End processing behaviour to prevent intermittent 500 errors

Bank Processing > Transfers Fixed an issue which prevented access to the Transfers tab in previous FY for LA Rec file school

Undoing a Sales Invoice We have corrected VAT reporting behaviour for Sales Invoice payment reversals to reduce period and date variance risks in filtered VAT reporting.

Support Tools Corrected an issue relating to support figure calculations for newly created bank accounts

CFR Fixed an issue related to income signage on analysis code mapping

Migration: Assets module is now enabled for newly migrated schools by default

Cost Centre by Budget Code Report We have fixed committed-value calculations in this report

Bank Reconciliation We have resolved the duplicate rendering behaviour on the auto-reconciliation screen

Unreconciled Transactions Resolved a bug that caused a 500 Error to appear when viewing unreconciled transactions.

FAO Field in PO Form Fixed an issue where the FAO field was missing from certain Purchase Order forms.

LA Specific

Blackburn Custom Agresso Report: We have updated the Blackburn Agresso signage logic