• Vicky
    Favourite book: Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Hawks
  • Jean
    Favourite book: The Clouded Hills - Brenda Jagger
  • Christine
    Favourite song: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin
  • Lucy
    Favourite book: Harry Potter - J K Rowling
  • John
    Favourite song: Lucky Man - The Verve
  • Ovita
    Favourite song: Eye of the tiger - Survivor
  • Andrew
    Favourite book: Looking Good Dead - Peter James
  • James
    Favourite place: Whitby
  • Tracy
    Favourite film: Spiderman III
  • Nick
    Favourite film: The Draughtsman's Contract by Peter Greenaway
  • Chris
    Favourite film: Angels with Dirty Faces
  • Alex
    Favourite film: City of God by Fernando Meirelles
  • Claire
    Favourite place: Italy
  • Bev
    Favourite place: Home
  • Peter
    Favourite film: Pink Panther films
  • Margaret
    Favourite film: Chicago
  • Colin
    Favourite song: Greasy Chip Butty - The Blades
  • Emily
    Favourite film: Grease
  • Vicky
    Favourite song: Cant Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams
  • Helen
    Favourite book: Pies & Prejudice : In Search of the North - Stuart Maconie
  • Helen
    Favourite film: Star Wars IV
  • Jeremy
    Favourite film: The Dukes of Hazard
  • Joel
    Favourite film: Cool Runnings/Lord of the Rings/Matrix
  • Paul
    Favourite book: A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
  • Lesley
    Favourite film: Bring It On
  • Becky
    Favourite song: In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley
  • Fergus
    Favourite place: Buttermere in the Lake District
  • Charles
    Favourite book: The Old Patagonian Express
  • Adrian
    Favourite book: Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
  • Helen
    Favourite song: Be Without You - Mary J Blige
  • Lauren
    Favourite book: The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
  • Ali
    Favourite song: In my life – The Beatles
  • Jessica
    Favourite song: Coldplay - Speed of Sound
  • Kate
    Favourite song: Debaser - The Pixies
  • Kevin
    Favourite place: Lake District
  • Clive
    Favourite film: Zulu
  • Joanne
    Favourite book: Harry Potter - J K Rowling
  • Sue
    Favourite place: Home
  • Rachel
    Favourite book: Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
  • Joanna
    Favourite place: On holiday
  • Philip
    Favourite song: You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
  • Claire
    Favourite book: Salem Falls - Jodi Picoult
  • Richard
    Favourite song: Sit Down - James
  • Danielle
    Favourite place: Scuba diving with lots of big fish
  • Andrew
    Favourite place: Bed on Sunday morning
  • Debbie
    Favourite book: Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
  • Paul
    Favourite film: Gladiator
  • Sarah
    Favourite film: ET
  • Julie
    Favourite film: Dirty Dancing
  • John
    Favourite place: Innsbruck
  • Susan
    Favourite song: U2 - One
  • Becky
    Favourite film: The Wedding Singer
  • Victoria
    Favourite place: Waiting in the wings at the side of a stage
  • Pauline
    Favourite book: To be the Best - Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • Pippa
    Favourite place: Top of Mount Kenya
  • Judy
    Favourite book: You are what you eat - Gillian Keith

Charities & not-for-profit

Your organisation can benefit from a wealth of local knowledge and our access to some of the country’s leading charity experts, such as Greyham Dawes, who was previously the Charity Commission’s accountancy policy adviser (through our independent membership of the HCWA network). 


With our experience of working with charities and not-for-profit organisations, Sagars is well placed to understand and support you in dealing with the particular challenges of additional regulations, public scrutiny and diverse stakeholders which will undoubtedly be familiar to you.

 

All of our charity and not-for-profit clients naturally have access to our core services (see our main Services menu).  You’ll also find below some information about additional services which we’ve tailored specifically to meet the needs of this sector.  And don’t forget to take a look at In Touch, our dedicated charities and not-for-profit publication.

 



 

Taxation

VAT and tax planning can be a minefield for a charitable organisation – particularly if there are any changes in activities or operations.  We can help you to plan ahead or deal with ad hoc queries as they arise.

 



Charity audits

 Registered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales to carry on audit work, Sagars meets all of the specific auditor requirements set out by the Charity Commission – such as knowledge of the charity accounting and reporting framework and an understanding of the additional statutory duties imposed on charity auditors.




Grant / funding related audits

We’re experienced and efficient in carrying out audits specific to particular grant or other income funding streams – such as ESF funding.




Board strategy day

We can facilitate a strategic planning day with your trustees and senior management.  It’s vital for an organisation to consider, in a structured way, the challenges and opportunities it faces and develop strategies and plans to address them.



Risk management, governance and internal controls

 

We can help you to develop a risk management framework and to determine the ‘risk appetite’ of the Board.  Often it’s important that appropriate, manageable risks are taken to further the organisation’s aims and objectives. 


We can review (and/or test) your governance and internal controls set up and put in place a practical action plan to implement any desired improvements. 




Training

We can provide training staff and trustees on relevant financial, governance and taxation aspects.  For example:

  • governance issues
  • correctly administering VAT
  • application of Gift Aid and Payroll giving.

 


 


Other challenges and opportunities

We’re also able to help you to address other challenges and opportunities often faced by organisations in the charitable / not-for-profit sector, for example:

  • how best to co-ordinate activities / share good ideas across different branches
  • coping with an increasing regulatory burden
  • tackling the absence of (or delayed) management information
  • reducing waste of time and resources.  




 

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