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Not for Profit

As one of the UK’s Top 10 audit firms, Crowe Clark Whitehill is recognised as the lead provider of audit services to the charity sector. We provide sector-focused audit, tax, and an extensive range of advisory services to our Not for Profit clients.

We are committed to the highest standards of technical expertise and audit quality. Our comprehensive training and support programmes ensure that all team members are acutely aware of the changing legislatory and tax issues affecting the sector, and contribute to technical and other sector developments.

Our responses to clients’ issues are timely, pragmatic, clear and understandable. We work with a wide variety of clients in the Not for Profit sector, including several hundred charities, universities, further education colleges, schools, registered social landlords, industrial and provident societies, trade unions, members associations, clubs, NHS Trusts and other not for profit bodies.

We run helplines for many Not for Profit organisations, special interest groups and voluntary organisations. We also work for many International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs), having carried out numerous special assignments in the UK and overseas on their behalf. 

We provide a range of assurance and consultancy services to Not for Profit organisations. Click here for a list of our services

We work with a wide variety of clients in the Not for Profit sector. In addition to working with mainstream organisations and charities we recognise the importance of understanding specific issues relating to sub-sectors. The sub-sectors we have identified are set out below.
 


 

To meet our Not for Profit team, click here.

Members of the Charity SORP Committee. 

We work closely with the Charity Finance Directors’ Group. 

Represented on the ICAEW charity accounts working group.

Deliver a programme of sector-related events and seminars led by known experts.

Chair the ISBA/IAPS working party, providing reporting best practice guidance for independent schools.  
  • Arts, cultural and heritage organisations – many of these are visitor attractions with trading arms. Cost structures and income streams are often unique to this type of organisation.
  • Care providers, hospitals and other service providers – enter into contracts and receive fees for providing services. Service providers face many challenges in terms of pricing and cost recovery.
  • Grant makers – come in many shapes and forms: some rely on investment income, others raise voluntary income; some are exclusively grant-making while others are also operational.
  • International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – work around the globe and often in remote locations. INGOs include many of the characteristics of other Not for Profit but with additional issues arising from the global remit. We also work with the bodies that fund them.
  • Non-departmental public bodies – usually fall into one of the other categories on this list but also face additional public sector requirements and special reporting regimes.
  • Professional bodies, membership organisations and livery companies – many, but not all, of these are charities. There are special nuances arising from membership and commercial activities.
  • Registered social landlords – have their own accounting and funding requirements and specific issues relating to their property assets.
  • Research organisations – develop knowledge and intellectual property. They often have long-term commitments and multi-year funding issues.
  • Schools, academies, higher and further education institutions and other educational bodies – have to deal with fees, property matters and their own accounting peculiarities.
  • Student unions – are now registered charities and have to focus on accounting and structural requirements.
  • Trade unions – face a special regulatory regime and have to manage membership income and services.
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