Our Culture

In line with our ESG commitments, we have taken meaningful steps over the past year to support our local community. Through employee volunteering, our involvement in the charity sector, and investment in the next generation of accounting professionals, we are creating opportunities to support long-term resilience. These efforts reflect our dedication to social responsibility and our belief that thriving communities are essential to sustainable business. As a firm we are delighted to have given over £267,000 to the community through various initiatives.

Click here to read our latest sustainability report.

CSR

As a Firm we made the decision in 2015 to change our approach to fundraising after consulting with our people. Instead of appointing a ‘Charity of the Year’; we recognise that our people all have personal reasons for supporting their favourite charities. This has allowed BHP to support those charities which our people care passionately about and this has proved successful. In 2024/25, our people collectively raised more than £33,000 to more than 30 charities across the UK.

Carbon Footprint outcome

During the year we changed our carbon consultants to Boxfish, who have assessed our carbon emissions on a location-based approach to be 868.2T during FY25. This is an increase over FY24, but one to be expected given we had two large offices in Sheffield during the office move, and we remain highly optimistic of emissions significantly falling in FY26. We have also identified and implemented some easy wins, such as better use of heating controls and timers. The level of detail which we now have access to on our emissions gives a fantastic level of granularity which will enable us to actively make further reductions in the short to medium term.

Staff Volunteering and Fundraising Day

We encourage our people to make a positive contribution to the communities we live and work in. As well as the numerous fundraising activities we get involved in, everyone has the opportunity to take a day and a half paid leave to carry out voluntary or fundraising work for any charitable organisation they want to assist.

In 2024/25, our people completed over 800 volunteering hours. This included spending time at food banks making up food parcels, sorting through donations at homeless charities and hospices, as well as beach cleaning in Scarborough during which around 80kg of rubbish was saved from the ocean.

Plant a tree initiative

In 2023 we launched our tree planting initiative by planting four
trees for every new client we onboard. Since the launch we have planted over 2,400 trees in our name in countries including Madagascar, Kenya, Ethiopia and Morocco. Take a look at our dashboard here.

Giving back to the charity sector

Trustee training seminars – As part of our commitment to the charity sector, we have trained over 1,000 trustees over the last five years with our free of charge trustee training seminars. These seminars cover the financial and governance responsibilities of trustees as well as providing a network for trustees to share information with others and develop new insights into the running of charities.

Charity Conference

Our free charity conference is now in its 16th year and provides updates on a variety of current issues affecting the sector as well as invaluable networking opportunities. The conference is presented by internal presenters and external speakers who are specialists in their field. In 2024, we welcomed over 100 guests from charities across the North of England to the conference in Sheffield.