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Posts by Richard Weaver

Richard Weaver

Richard Weaver

Richard specialises exclusively in the not for profit sector and works with a variety of charities, institutes, societies, schools and other not for profit organisations.

In addition to statutory audit, Richard also provides advice on financial systems reviews, management reporting structures, best practice and policy matters.

Richard has experience in both small and medium sized commercial organisations in addition to charities and has been involved in business and fraud reviews for both the commercial and charities sector. He also heads up the charity internal audit team providing ad hoc and structured advisory services to meet individual client needs.

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Dec

Schools changing VAT position for agency commission

With the changes in VAT regime for agency commission, schools which have previously been unregistered for VAT purposes, may well, with other potentially VATable income, breach the threshold for registration.

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Nov

Charity group structures and tax efficiency

In the run up to the comprehensive spending review, charities are well advised to consider whether, following the inevitable cuts in public spending, and the imminent change to the rate of VAT in January, their current group structure will remain efficient.

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Oct

Nigerian charities - Good governance and regulation in Civil Society

I’ve just returned from speaking at the ICAEW Nigeria conference on behalf of ICAN on Good Governance and Regulation in Civil Society as part of haysmacintyes’ Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

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Oct

Charity mergers and due diligence

The economic challenges in today’s civil society and the cut backs that are due this week in the Spending Review are likely to raise questions amongst some trustee boards about whether a merger with a similar charity would be advisable.

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Oct

trustee training triumph

Our annual training course for charity trustees has got off to a fantastic start with the first full day event “what every trustee should know” which took place last week.

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Jul

arts charities pass public benefit test

In early July, the Charity Commission published the latest of the results of its public benefit assessments on four arts charities that were carried out to ascertain whether the charities concerned are providing sufficient public benefit in the light of the Commission’s published guidance.

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Jul

school fees - media pressure driven by statistics

A few weeks ago the media (even the popular press) were filled with reports of how middle income families were being priced out of private schools “as fees rocket three times faster than incomes”.

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