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Bookkeeping for Summer Camps

Bookkeeping for summer camps starts at $500/month: monthly close, categorized transactions, reconciled bank and card accounts, and a plain-English P&L. Our in-house team handles what makes summer camps different — tuition cycles, subsidies, and payroll.

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What makes summer camps bookkeeping different

Childcare books revolve around two things: tuition arriving on a dozen different schedules, and payroll that dominates every other cost. Getting both right is what tells you whether a classroom is paying for itself.

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Tuition runs on many clocks at once

Weekly, biweekly, and monthly plans, part-time schedules, sibling discounts, registration fees, and late pickups — all recurring on different cycles. Keeping that billing reconciled to what was actually collected is the monthly job.

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Subsidy and voucher payments arrive on their own schedule

Agency payments cover a portion of tuition, land on their own timeline, and often bundle several families into one payment. Matching each one back to the right child and the right period is the most detailed work in the books.

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Payroll is the number that decides everything

Staffing is driven by required ratios, so labor moves with enrollment whether revenue does or not. Tracking payroll against enrollment by room is what turns "we're full" into an answer about whether that room is profitable.

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Deposits and prepaid tuition are held first, earned later

Enrollment deposits, holding fees, and tuition paid ahead for a future term are money collected before the care is provided. Booked as a liability that draws down, your revenue reflects the weeks you actually delivered.

What’s included

One flat monthly rate for your summer camp. Everything below, every month.

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Monthly close, every month

Categorized transactions, reconciled bank and card accounts, and books that are actually current — not six weeks behind.

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A P&L you can read

Plain-English monthly statements. Revenue, costs, margin — and what changed since last month, flagged for you.

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Ad spend inside the books

Marketing cost broken out per channel and set against revenue. “Did the ads make money” becomes a line you can point to.

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Catch-up & clean-up

Behind on your books? We reconstruct and clean up past months first, then keep the rhythm going.

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Tax-season handoff

Your CPA gets a clean, organized file at year end — fewer billable hours spent untangling, fewer surprises.

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One team, one thread

Questions answered by the people who keep your books — in-house, not a ticket queue.

How it works

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Free books review

We look at your current books and tell you honestly what shape they're in and what the monthly scope would be.

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Catch-up if needed

Past months reconstructed, categorized, and reconciled before the ongoing rhythm starts.

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Monthly rhythm

Close every month, statements delivered, questions answered — flat rate, cancel anytime.

Starts at $500/month

Simple, flat pricing

$500/month and up

The exact flat rate for your summer camp is scoped to your transaction volume and account count — quoted after the free books review, with no long-term lock-in. Already running marketing with us? Your books and your campaigns live in one data picture.

Planning the marketing side too? See what marketing costs for summer camps.

Frequently asked questions

How much does bookkeeping cost for a summer camp?

Bookkeeping starts at $500 per month. The exact flat rate is scoped to your transaction volume and account count, and it's quoted after a free review of your current books — so you know the number before you commit. No long-term lock-in.

What makes bookkeeping for summer camps different?

Childcare books revolve around two things: tuition arriving on a dozen different schedules, and payroll that dominates every other cost. Getting both right is what tells you whether a classroom is paying for itself. Two examples that come up on almost every summer camp’s books: “Tuition runs on many clocks at once” and “Subsidy and voucher payments arrive on their own schedule”.

Do you file my taxes?

No — your CPA handles filing, and we don't give tax advice. What we do is keep the books that make filing easy: categorized, reconciled, and closed every month, so your accountant gets a clean, organized year-end file instead of a shoebox. If your books are behind, we run a catch-up and clean-up pass first.

Do I have to be a marketing client to use your bookkeeping?

No. Bookkeeping stands on its own for any summer camp. But when we run both, your P&L and your campaigns share one data picture — which is where the “did the advertising actually make money” answer comes from.

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Start with the free books review

No commitment — we look at where your summer camp’s books stand today and tell you exactly what monthly upkeep would look like.

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