Charity and
Not-for-Profit Audit
In the face of growing social needs and a complex operating environment, charities continue to evolve their strategies, build resilience, and adopt innovative practices to deliver tangible impact.
Ensuring regulatory compliance while doing this is essential for stakeholder confidence in your organisation’s governance, transparency, and financial stewardship.
With more than 50 years of experience working with charities and not-for-profits, we combine our deep-rooted understanding of your sector with technical expertise to provide tailored and robust audit and assurance services that enable your mission and go beyond basic compliance.
Audit and assurance for charities and not-for-profits across the UK, and globally.
The not-for-profit sector is highly diverse, encompassing a range of specialist subsectors including education, professional bodies, housing associations, international development, faith-based charities and social enterprises.
We provide a range of services to support these organisations including:
Statutory external audits
Grant assurance certification
Regularity and propriety compliance reviews
Due diligence reviews
Internal assurance services
Charities SORP 2026
The Charities SORP 2026 is here, and implementation will be mandatory for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2026, affecting year ends from 31 December 2026 onwards.
See our SORP hub for guidance.
Why work with us?
Choosing your audit partner is about more than technical expertise – it’s about finding a team who understands your ambitions and the challenges you face, and shares your commitment to driving a social impact.
Dedicated sector specialists
Our team comprises more than 120 individuals who have all chosen to specialise exclusively with the charity and not-for-profit sector. Through our support of more than 600 clients, we are immersed in the sector’s challenges daily, and apply these learnings, insights, and experience to our work with you.
Big firm quality, boutique firm agility
Our size enables us to provide a deep understanding over a broad range of technically specialist areas, all while maintaining the agility and human touch of a boutique firm.
More than an audit
Beyond delivering a high-quality, robust audit, you will benefit from additional practical and actionable feedback which aims to elevate your charity towards sector best practice. We also provide access to our events and webinars, and insights from other service specialists.
Committed to making an impact
We truly believe the work you do is important, and equally, we are proud of our contribution to the world beyond our office walls. Last year, almost half of our people volunteered, supporting over 30 different charities.