We're revisiting the treatment of a few unrestricted grants where the funded delivery doesn't line up neatly with the year the income lands - for example, a grant received at year-end but where most...
Hi, we want to invest some of our funds, but when we have asked investment managers we have found that they have a minimum of £150K to 1,000,000. Does anyone know of a way to invest with a smaller bu...
Hello all, Does anyone have experience of successfully claiming tax relief for additional household costs like heating if you have to work at home on a regular basis, either for all or part of the we...
When a small charity claims the Employment Allowance (£10,500 reduction in the employer's NIC bill per year) and is also reclaiming Statutory Maternity Pay, how should these be accounted for in the p...
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Hi all, I’m currently reviewing options for outsourced accountants for a charity and would really value recommendations from others in the sector. We’re looking for a firm with strong charity finance...
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Hi all, I’m a Finance Manager at a UK charity and relatively new to charity accounting / SORP . We’re currently reviewing how we structure our accounting dimensions (using QuickBooks Online, but advi...
Looking for recommendations for banks willing to work with charities - tell me your positive experiences and who you would recommend! Many thanks.
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Running a charity has never been simple. You are expected to deliver meaningful impact, support growing levels of need, manage staff and volunteers, meet compliance requirements, satisfy funders, and...
I have opened an online Investment account whereby we will be able to invest in Investment Trust shares of our choice. I have read that shares purchased using money from an account in a charity's na...
For some very random reason my accountant has stopped communicating and I have some urgent bits to finish. Can anyone recommend someone that could help me? I'm a CIC.
Hi everyone, I am a member of the committee that runs a table tennis club in North London. We need advice on whether we should be VAT Registered. Legally we are not setup as a charity but are a Commu...
Hello everyone. i am new here and I wonder if I might ask for advice. I am administrating a charity that has just received its RCN and looks to help provide some funds for those who care for disable...
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Is it okay to get an education establishment to audit your books as part of their degree course? They do not seem to have a clue
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Is it a breach of data protection for a manager to engage a group of undergrads to conduct the charity's annual review/audit and give them all our books, receipts and spreadsheets?
A member of the charity overspent £50 of their own money on a printer. They have the receipt and it's dated March 2025, because there was insufficient cash in the tin for £200 Is it correct to write...
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Hi All, Advice please on Banking Hubs. Run by Post Offices with knowledge of major banks. Are any Finance departments using this facility to reconcile their income. Does any reference per usual ban...
Hi everyone, we’re currently looking to appoint a Statutory Auditor or Audit Firm to carry out the Association’s statutory audit in line with financial reporting and Charity Commission requirements,...
Hello We are a very small charity with fairly low income mostly generated from offering subscriptions for artists to use our community space. We have not considered being VAT registered due to income...
Dear all, Previously I wrote asking for help in opening a bank account for a registered community interest company in the UK, but we tried four banks. None of them approved this due to an excuse th...
hi all! hope someone can help me. last year i registered a salary of £42K and pension contributions for £1.5K and was classified as medium tax payer, obtaining monthly voucher allowances for £161, w...
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Anyone in the philanthropic/international charity okay to share their Travel/expense policy please. Currently doing some research. Thanks
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We have a couple of sites and projects which take payments (shop, events, cafe etc). We use paypal (having migrated from zettle) but reconsidering as our estate grows. Paypal are insistent that we...
We have moved from using Money to Xero and we are coming to our year end on 5th April with Money and Xero in parallel. In previous years we have had our year end accounts produced by a donor (who has...
Hi, Does anyone have any recommendations for online training for a new treasurer for a small charity? Thanks, Katie
Hi, I was wondering whether anyone was able to share what they are proposing or have agreed for a cost of living increase for this year? It's always hard to benchmark, but our Board find it useful t...
Hi, I need some advice about whether directors of a CIC must always be paid through PAYE. We have recently received a grant that will be able to pay myself and another director for a day a week for 3...
Hello everyone and happy new year 😊. I run a foodbank and I wanted to get a preloaded charity card so that my team could purchase top up stock when needed, freeing up my time, as I am the bankcard h...
Hello, we are a counselling charity. We provide therapy for whatever people say they can afford to pay. We send invoices out and the clients pay these (or not!) for their session. I have come acros...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Can a charity which has 3 trustees obtain a bank account while registering it as a private limited company at compani...
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I got a letter from our bank yesterday. Coop Bank. They are asking for: Full legal name, nationality, date of birth and residential address of all trustees. This is because they are “key account part...
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