We were pleased to welcome many of you to the ACAT Annual Conference for 2018 which was held in London and Manchester on 13th October and 14th November 2018.
ACAT welcomed the following speakers at our recent Conference: –
Andrew is a partner and Head of Court and Regulatory Team at national law firm Stone King LLP. He is an experienced criminal practitioner who practices in Crown Court and Magistrates Court representing a range of clients, including regarding regulatory breaches by PLC’s to private individuals. Andrew is also the firm’s Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP), ensuring that there is a culture of compliance and effective risk management throughout the firm, and is a trustee of support charity Mentoring Plus.
Susan is a partner and Head of Charities and Not for Profit at Kreston Reeves LLP. She has over 25 years’ experience in the sector as an auditor, independent examiner and adviser. She lectures on various topics and hold the ICAEW charity diploma. She is trustee of Age UK Medway and ACIE.
Neil is a partner and Head of Not for Profit at the Chartered Accountants Kingston Smith.
Ed is the Client Relationship Manager for our main sponsor, CCLA. Responsible for managing relationships with clients, Ed joined CCLA in May 2018. Prior to this Ed was a senior investment manager at JM Finn, having worked at the firm for a total of 12 years, where he managed multi-asset portfolios on behalf of private individuals, charities, trusts and small companies. During this time, he had responsibility for the quoted infrastructure sector.
Ed is a Chartered Fellow of the CISI and has a BA in Politics from Newcastle University.
Ian is a chartered accountant and a Fellow of ACIE. He is a partner in a firm of accountants, which he started twenty six years ago, based in Newton Abbot, Devon. He is a general practitioner and over the last few years has built up a client base of approximately 60 charities, churches and other not for profit organisations to which he provides accountancy services, Independent Examination and advice. Ian has been a trustee of ACIE for 3 ½ years and chair since July 2017.
Nick studied modern languages and then Christian theology at university. He joined the Charity Commission in 2007 as a member of the Large Charities Division, working in particular with large faith-based and international charities. He became an intelligence analyst in 2011, supporting the Commission’s investigative work, before becoming manager of the Outreach team in October 2012, speaking on a variety of different topics, including trustee duties and practical advice for faith-based, international and educational charities. He was appointed as Head of Faith Charities Engagement in January 2017.
Our own experts in Church Finance, Accountancy, Tax and Charity Law.
As is custom at our conferences we have invited several companies and organisations, some of these also generously sponsored this event.
Our conference headline sponsor for 2018 was CCLA.
CCLA is one of the UK’s leading fund managers of funds for Christian churches and charities in the UK with 60 years’ experience providing competitive and attractive investment management services. Their products and services have a strong long-term performance record and are managed responsibly in a manner consistent with their clients’ ethics. Their people understand mission-driven organisations, their particular needs and challenges.
CCLA Investment Management Limited and CCLA Fund Managers Limited are authorised and regulated by the FCA.
Please visit www.ccla.co.uk to find out more about their work.
Conference promotional materials are sponsored by Edwards Insurance. They arrange the insurance policies for more than 2,000 churches and very many charities throughout the UK. Please visit
www.edwardsinsurance.co.uk to find out more about their work.
Methodist Chapel Aid (MCA) is a UK authorised bank, established for over 125 years, whose focus is on the provision of lending facilities to Christian churches or organisations at the lowest practicable rate of interest. Its loans are primarily intended to enable churches to acquire, develop or repair church buildings.
Business Energy Team specialise in helping Churches and Charities qualify for discounted energy prices. We do Free market search for lowest prices, saving you weeks of time & effort. We’re paid by the energy companies not you.
Andrew Silley, Independent Utility Consultant provide clients with a winning formula for energy procurement, energy management and reducing consumption.
Stone King are a rare law firm with an excellent reputation for helping hundreds of faith based clients with an array of issues, as organisations seek to fulfil their mission within constraints of civil charity law and regulations.
Data Developments have been designing software for churches since 1985. Their range of software covers fund accounting, membership, donations & gift aid – all designed especially for churches. Their donations software (& shortly fund accounting software) is available as both desktop & cloud based applications.
More info at http://www.datadevelopments.co.uk/
SimpleTax is an online tax return calculator that calculates as you go and submits direct to HMRC it includes the Minister of Religion pages and every other schedule you may need apart from Lloyds & MP’s.
Envelope Systems is Britain’s leading supplier of envelopes for use with Gift Aid, both for regular giving & for visitors. Its award-winning service is used by thousands of churches & charities around the world. It’s sister, Fund Filer, offers Britain’s only fully online service for managing Gift Aid & submitting repayment claims
Liberty Accounts is powerful and versatile cloud accounting software with payroll, designed for UK businesses and charities with specialised support for Anglican churches.
More info at www.libertyaccounts.com/not-for-profit
Kingdom Bank is a Christian Bank with a mission to ‘Grow God’s Kingdom and Change People’s lives for good’. We work with many Churches offering a range of savings, lending and insurance products. To explain more about what we do and how we can help your Church, please come and see us in the exhibition or visit
The Association of Charity Independent Examiners (ACIE) is an association of people who carry out IE, providing support and information to its members, charities and other interested parties.
Kingston Smith is a firm of Chartered Accountants and leading business advisers to entrepreneurial businesses, not-for-profit organisations and private clients.
The Charity Commission for England and Wales registers and regulates charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission
