13th May 2024

Higher Education Chair of Audit Roundtable: AI – the risks and opportunities

Zoe Amar joined us at our latest Higher Education Chair of Audit Committee Roundtable where the topic of discussion was Artificial Intelligence.  The topics covered…

27th March 2024

Tech transfer and commercialising Intellectual Property for universities and research institutions

Recently I had the pleasure to present with Simon Warner (Head of Licencing and Ventures at Oxford University Innovation) and Carol Rudge (Head of Higher…

25th January 2024

Higher Education Chair of Audit Committee Roundtable: HEPI’s View of the Sector

At our recent Chair of Audit Committee Roundtable, we were joined by Nick Hillman, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), who led us…

14th December 2023

Charity Trustee Roundtable: Skills vs Experience – Building the right board

At our recent Charity Trustee Roundtable, we were joined by Kai Adams, Managing Partner of Green Park who led us through a discussion around board…

5th December 2023

Specialist webinar on tax issues affecting the Not for Profit sector

  We recently held a webinar discussing VAT, tax and employment tax issues affecting the Not for Profit sector and what finance teams should be…

23rd February 2023

Webinar – Tax issues impacting the Not For Profit sector

We recently held a webinar on tax issues affecting the Not for Profit sector. This covered important issues on guidance and policy changes relating to…

29th November 2022

Gary Window


4th November 2022

Charity Trustees Roundtable write up – the view of the Regulator

We were delighted to be joined by Will Lifford, Board Member at the Charity Commission, at our recent Charity Trustee Roundtable where the group discussion…

18th October 2022

VAT on e-books


6th September 2022

How can universities play a strong role in positively sculpting the climate agenda?

At our recent University Chair of Audit Committee roundtable, we were joined by Professor Susan Lea, former Vice Chancellor at the University of Hull where…

22nd June 2022

Not For Profit Sector: Month in Review

Carol Rudge, Partner & Head of Not for Profit (NFP) at HW Fisher, provides an update on some of the top reports, news, and events…

5th May 2022

Charity Trustee Roundtable – Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

“I was reading an article which was talking about belonging and that diversity and inclusion aren’t what matter anymore, but belonging is what counts. And…

3rd May 2022

How can Not for Profit organisations best manage their contracts and royalty agreements?

Many Not for Profit organisations are increasingly working with third parties to fulfil their organisational needs and services. For example, areas such as catering, branded…

11th April 2022

Insights from our Higher Education Chair of Audit Committee Roundtable

Higher Education Chair of Audit Roundtable – February 2022 – the current HE landscape At our recent Chair of Audit Committee roundtable, we were joined…

6th April 2022

Not for Profit sector: A month in review

Carol Rudge, Partner & Head of Not for Profit (NFP) at HW Fisher provides an update on some of the top reports, news, and events…

14th December 2021

Tax Issues Affecting the Not-For-Profit Sector – HW Fisher Expert Webinar

We recently held a webinar on tax matters for Finance Directors and Finance Teams at Not for Profit organisations. Specifically we focussed on: • A…

30th November 2021

Making sense of Students’ Union regulation

There’s a recent Twitter meme where the bland trips that men would take if time travel was possible are pilloried. My own journey would be…

23rd September 2021

Business Strategy: Insights for Charities

‘Strategy’ is one of the most mis-used and grand sounding words in our business language.  After all, “What’s our strategy for dealing with this?” sounds…

12th April 2021

Carol Rudge


29th March 2021

Q&A with Muneeza Baig, Audit Partner

Muneeza Baig works with a range of clients across a variety of sectors, from grant making, membership, independent schools, arts, disability and religious organisations. Joining…

15th December 2020

Crisis Management in Charities

An unexpected crisis can dominate a charity and stagnate a charity’s activities. Knowing the essential steps in dealing with a crisis is important and can…

26th October 2020

Planning for a strong 2021 – strategies charities can put in place now

In the past few months, the pandemic has had a seismic impact on charities, and reinforced some of the wider challenges charities face. While dealing…

12th August 2020

Guidance for charities entering the second half of 2020

As we enter the second half of 2020, it is important for charities to take stock of best practices, and to lay a strong foundation…

4th June 2020

Guidance for charities on serious incident reporting during Covid-19

The Charity Commission has provided guidance on what trustees need to consider in reporting serious incidents during and linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Having reviewed…

22nd April 2020

Guidance for charities: your key questions answered

In the current circumstances we know a lot of charities are having to change the way they operate to ensure fundraising and funding can continue…

9th April 2020

Covid-19 support for charities – current funding initiatives available

In the current circumstances we know a lot of charities are having to change the way they operate to ensure fundraising and funding can continue.…

1st May 2019

Mark Wakefield


1st May 2019

Neal Gilmore


1st May 2019

Mitul Rajani


24th April 2019

Hugh Morgan


24th April 2019

Andrew Rich


1st April 2019

Conflicts of interest: a timely reminder

Identifying and dealing correctly with a potential conflict of interest within your charity is fundamental to its continuing operation and fundraising ability. It is vital…

12th April 2017

Reforms and red tape: How small charities could feel the burden of third sector governance changes

In the wake of some very public third sector scandals there have understandably been calls for reforms in the way charities operate and the information they…

13th December 2021

Not for Profit Sector