Charities: What are the Top 10 Issues facing the sector right now?
Have you ever wondered what the biggest issues facing the charity and not-for-profit sector are? Tait Walker with MHA act for over 1600 charity and not-for-profit clients across the UK and have...
View ArticleNew ICAEW guidance on donations by a company to its parent charity
It is common practice for companies that are 100% owned trading subsidiaries of charities to donate all of their taxable profits to the charitable parent company. By doing so, as long as the donation...
View ArticleAutumn Statement 2014 – key points for charities
The 2014 Autumn Statement contained a large number of detailed proposals on tax and spending, some of which were only hinted at in the Chancellor’s speech. Some of the headline charity specific...
View ArticleBite Sized Blog – SORP FRSSE or FRS102
Welcome to Tait Walker’s blog series on the new Charity SORP, which follows our charity seminar giving an overview of the upcoming changes. We have also produced some accompanying bite sized guides –...
View ArticleBite Sized Blog – SORP Module 1: Trustees Annual Report
Welcome to the second installment in Tait Walker’s blog series on the new Charity SORP, which follows our charity seminar giving an overview of the upcoming changes. We have also produced some...
View ArticleBite Sized Blog – SORP Module 2: Funds
FRS102 SORP does not deal with fund accounting, therefore SORP Module 2 deals with funds using current Charity Law. As a result, there is no difference to the treatment of funds if your charity is...
View ArticleCharity SORP 2015 – Practical Implementation Guide
We all know that there is a new standard for charities coming very soon, which details how charities must prepare their financial statements – namely the SORP 2015 (Statement of Recommended Practice)....
View ArticlePalliative Care and Search and Rescue Charities – HMRC Guidance on reclaiming...
Update It was announced in 2014 that charities carrying out certain care and rescue operations would not be disadvantaged by the cost of incurring VAT on their non-business activities. However it has...
View ArticleCharities – there is funding available from the Virgin Money Foundation…
The Virgin Money Foundation will be offering a number of funding programmes that help communities in the UK. Their first programme will help transform communities in the North East. Funding is...
View ArticleAre you ready for the new SORP?
The new SORP’s are now with us, and although a few charities have already stepped into the unknown, and prepared their accounts under the requirements of SORP 2015 or SORP FRSSE 2015, for the majority...
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