Charities and Not-For-Profit

Our team has a wealth of specific expertise and experience in providing auditing, accounting, business and tax advisory services to charities and not-for-profit organisations. Not only do we act for over 250 charities and not for profit clients, we are also actively involved in the sector.

Charities and Not-For-Profit

Friendly. Approachable. Thorough.

We act for over 250 charities & not-for-profit organisations. Our clients include incorporated entities, trusts, and social enterprises, carrying out diverse activities, including academies, grant-making organisations, hospices, the social care sector, independent schools, museums, theatres, religious organisations and student unions. Our clients vary in size from smaller organisations that require independent examinations to large organisations with complex fund structures.

In the December 2023 Charity Finance magazine annual survey of charity audit firms, which is based on feedback from our clients, we scored 97% for charity expertise and 100% for client service. We have been included in the survey with consistently high scores for the last 11 years.

Our Charities and Not-for-Profit team comprises of 60 specially trained individuals located across our five offices who have strong values and are professional and approachable.

A number of BHP’s charity team members hold the ICAEW Diploma in Charity Accounting (DChA), demonstrating BHP’s high level of competence in charity accounting and financial management, which makes a real difference to organisations in the charity sector. Many team members are also charity trustees and school governors with a deep understanding of the challenges that charities face.

Shaping the sector

We are involved in shaping future financial issues through our involvement with the CFG and Charity Tax Group, which means that we can keep clients at the forefront of developments.

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Support for you and your charity

We have trained over 1,000 trustees over the last five years with our free-of-charge trustee training seminars and have hosted our charity conference for over 15 years, which has been described as interesting, informative, and inspiring by the trustees who attend.

The right balance - compliance and advisory

Providing innovative, practical and easy to understand advice on a wide range of issues, we care for our clients throughout the year, not just as a year-end exercise.

BHP’s charity team can help organisations to:

In order to help charities to reap the benefits outlined above, BHP offers a range of services that are bespoke to the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector.

Keep up to date with all the latest charity news within our news hub.

What our clients say about us

North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR)

What we were impressed with was the quality of the presentation, the depth of knowledge and the personalities at BHP. An auditor is there to do a job, but it doesn’t have to be an adversarial relationship – it can be friendly where both sides are working towards the same goal, and that’s where I think BHP scores highly for us.

We’ve continued to be impressed by the firm’s ethos and values it stands for, which are very much aligned with us as a charity, and we’ve built a very good relationship on that basis.

Yorkshire Air Ambulance

The Trustees were looking for an audit firm that would be able to provide proactive advice on emerging issues affecting the charity sector and of which the Trustees should be aware, and therefore specialist charity experience was an essential element in the decision-making process.

BHP clearly displayed exceptional knowledge of the charity sector together with a real understanding for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. We felt BHP would be a great cultural fit and welcome the down to earth, practical approach demonstrated by the team. We were impressed by their extensive experience and obvious interest in the sector and very much look forward to working with them.

Buxton Opera House

Buxton Opera House

We receive a quarterly newsletter, which doesn’t try to sell to us, but contains helpful information about what the Charity Commission is doing and conveys changes that we might not otherwise be aware of. This, alongside the annual training session we receive for our staff and trustees from BHP’s experts, are the added benefits that have really helped us shift the dial of what is possible.

Sheffield Hospitals Charity

Sheffield Hospitals Charity

I have worked with BHP for two years now and on both financial years they have certainly lived up to their reputation in terms of delivery and professionalism. The inflow system was a great tool which worked for both parties enabling clear communication all the way to audit completion. The audit team this year (2024) were excellent, they were very approachable, flexible and extremely knowledgeable. The quality of work was very high coupled with useful analytical data. Everyone we have ever dealt with from BHP have been fantastic.

Resources for Trustees

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BHP Charity Conference 

An introduction to charity tax and VAT webinar

CSR

The Charity Finance Audit Survey Results

100%
Client service
12
Position in Top 40 charity audit firms
97%
Charity expertise

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