It’s Trustees’ Week (7-11 November), an annual event that celebrates the achievements of over one million trustees across the UK. This year the theme

It’s Gift Aid Awareness Day on 6 October, which is organised by Charity Finance Group (CFG). This year’s #TickTheBox campaign will focus on the

How to refresh and review your charity’s finances and plan for the future was the theme of this year’s Charity Accountants Conference which we

Running an audit can be challenging for charity finance managers, particularly as audits need to be fitted around the day job. Finance professionals in

HMRC have released the latest figures on the amounts claimed under the creative industry schemes. The creative industry schemes provide relief through tax credits

As part of our advisory work and while delivering VAT training we encounter several common errors involving the reverse charge rules for overseas purchases

With the rapid rise in petrol prices in 2022, there have been numerous calls to increase the approved mileage rates payment (AMAP) to employees

Sayer Vincent has been working in collaboration with the Charity Finance Group (CFG) and Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Bayes Business School to run

The next edition of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) is expected to be implemented from 1 January 2025. Work is currently underway,

Olivia Carling, who is part of our audit team answers the question ‘Why I enjoy working with charities’: Variety Working with charities is a

Does your organisation make purchases of services from overseas? This is a common question we ask and it is easy to assume that the

Given the challenging economic environment, it is good practice for charities to regularly question the status quo and discuss alternative structures. One option increasingly

The last couple of years have been extremely challenging for the charity sector with the COVID-19 pandemic. The sector has shown incredible resilience, but

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a very generous funder; however, when UK charities are applying for USAID funding, there are

All the talk at the moment in corporate reporting is around ESG reporting – Environmental, Social and Governance. There is a plethora of initiatives

During Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15 May)1 I wanted to highlight positive actions charity finance managers can take to get on top of their

An effective charity is a well governed charity. In this blog we look at some of the challenges around good financial governance, the ingredients

The People with Significant Control register became a requirement for most unlisted UK companies (including charitable companies) from 6 April 2016. As the name