Nonprofit
Our dedicated team of highly experienced accountants and advisers to the nonprofit sector is committed to helping organisations thrive in a changing world.
With in-depth knowledge and understanding of the unique challenges faced by nonprofit organisations across the sector, we offer a full range of services to take care of your needs at a local, national and international level.
With decades of specialist experience in the sector, and a commitment to maintaining up-to-the-minute knowledge of compliance obligations and legal requirements, Moore Kingston Smith’s award-winning nonprofit team will deliver the results you need to help your organisation reach its potential.
Charities
Award-winning accountants and advisers for charities
We are one of the leading firms auditing and advising the charities sector. Our charity team have been voted top firm for overall service in Charity Finance’s Audit Survey 2023/24, out of the leading top 10 charity specialist firms in England – an accolade we have now attained for the last 9 years in a row. We also received 98% for charity expertise, an excellent response to the team’s knowledge and experience as accountants and advisers.
Our dedicated award-winning charity accountants and advisers work with over 750 charities, with a particular focus on:
- NHS charities
- Faith-based charities
- Educational charities
- Care, welfare and disability charities
- Grant-giving trusts
- Museums, arts and culture
- International and overseas aid
- Trade associations and membership bodies
Strong links with the main charity sector groups and regulators enable us to stay ahead of emerging issues and offer our clients constructive advice on a wide range of matters. We are corporate members of the Charity Finance Group, the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, the Honorary Treasurers Forum and the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. Additionally, we sit on the ICAEW’s charity technical panel and the executive committee of the Charity Law Association.
We regularly keep our clients up to date through our specialist hubs and through our newsletter Charity Workshop, specialist insights, and webinars – we also speak at external events.
Our wide range of value-added services help our clients continually improve the efficiency of their organisation and take advantage of new opportunities. These include:
- Audit
- Tax and VAT
- Nonprofit Advisory
- HR consultancy
- Data privacy and cyber security
- Digital transformation
- Business growth services
- Business outsourcing
- Payroll
“I just wanted to say what a pleasure it has been dealing with you and the team this year – you have been flexible, responsive, pragmatic, on time and just great to deal with.”
Andrew Rice, Director of Finance, Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service
Education
Leading auditors and advisers to the education sector
We have been working with the education sector for over 30 years’ and are one of the leading firms auditing and advising the sector. We are regularly recognised for our work in the education sector and have been awarded numerous accolades such as the award for:
- Large Innovation Firm of the Year at the British Accountancy Awards for our product KS Cohere. One of the unique products designed by our Digital Transformation team
- Responsible Workplace of the Year at the West London Business Awards
- Voted top firm for overall service in Charity Finance’s Audit Survey 2023/24, out of the leading top 10 charity specialist firms in England – an accolade we have now attained for the last 9 years in a row. We also received 98% for charity expertise, an excellent response to the team’s knowledge and experience.
Our Education Sector Group work with over 200 organisations, with a focus on:
- Independent schools
- Academies and multi-academy trusts
- Oxford colleges
- Large international commercial groups
We are very involved with the main education sector groups and regulators for independent schools. These include the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association, Catholic Independent Schools’ Conference, Girls Schools Association and AGBIS; and we are on the executive committee of the Charity Law Association.
For Academies, we sit on the Education and Skills Funding auditor liaison group and regularly participate in forums and working parties; we sit on the ICAEW’s charity technical panel and chair the ICAEW annual academies conference.
Alongside our experience as education auditors and advisers, these relationships enable us to stay ahead of emerging issues and offer our clients advice on a wide range of topics. We regularly keep our clients up to date through our specialist hubs and through our newsletters Education Matters and Academies Plus (A+), expert insights, and webinars as well as speaking at a number of external events. Our annual conference for schools with expert speakers on current topics has become a firm fixture in the annual schools calendar.
Our wide range of value-added services to our education sector clients are designed to help them continually improve the efficiency of their organisation and take advantage of new opportunities. These include:
- Audit
- Financial planning
- Tax and VAT
- Nonprofit governance
- Corporate finance
- HR consultancy
- Data privacy and cyber security
- Digital transformation
- Business growth services
- Business outsourcing
- Payroll
Trade associations and membership bodies
Specialist advisers to trade associations and membership bodies
Our nonprofit specialist team has over 20 years’ experience working with trade associations and membership bodies. We are regularly recognised for our work in the sector and have been awarded numerous accolades such as the award for:
- Large Innovation Firm of the Year at the British Accountancy Awards for our product KS Cohere. One of the unique products designed by our digital transformation team.
- Responsible Workplace of the Year at the West London Business Awards.
- Voted top firm for overall service in Charity Finance’s Audit Survey 2023/24, out of the leading top 10 charity specialist firms in England – an accolade we have now attained for the last 9 years in a row. We also received 98% for charity expertise, an excellent response to the team’s knowledge and experience.
The specialist team work with over 150 trade associations and membership bodies, including charitable organisations and professional bodies.
We regularly keep our clients up to date through our specialist hubs and through our newsletter Association Matters, specialist insights, and webinars.
Our wide range of services are designed to help our clients improve the efficiency of their organisation and take advantage of new opportunities.
Our services include
- Audit
- Tax and VAT
- Nonprofit governance
- Corporate finance
- HR consultancy
- Data privacy and cyber security
- Digital transformation
- Business growth services
- Business outsourcing
- Payroll