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I don’t believe I’ve ever read an article or blog talking about a golden age of charity finances. I’ve certainly never written one. Commentators

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It’s time for Trustees Week 2022 and so we caught up with three members of our team to ask them what they get out

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At the recent Charity Accountants’ Conference in September, Sayer Vincent’s Fleur Holden and Vivien Ma presented a session on how to create an excellent

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At the Charity Accountants’ Conference 2022, Oliver Deacon – an executive coach for finance leaders and ex-Microsoft financial director – held an enlightening session

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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

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Welcome to our October newsletter! This month we report back on another successful Charity Accountants’ Conference. We have also been considering the impact for

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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

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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

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

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

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

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This month read SV partner and SORP committee member Jo Pittman’s thoughts on what’s next for charity reporting; Ross Palmer has also written an

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

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

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

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

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

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This month we include a blog from Ross – one of our senior tax managers – on some of the things to think about

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