ICAS ICAS logo

Quicklinks

  1. About Us

    Find out about who we are and what we do here at ICAS.

  2. Find a CA

    Search our directory of individual CAs and Member organisations by name, location and professional criteria.

  3. Careers

    Access current vacancies and understand what it’s like to work here at ICAS.

  4. Contact Us

    Get in touch with ICAS by phone, email or post, with dedicated contacts for Members, Students and firms.

Login
  • Annual renewal
  • About us
  • Find a CA
  • Careers
  • Contact us
  • Become a CA
  • CA jobs
  • SCABA
  • ICAS Foundation
  1. Members
    1. Become a member
    2. Manage my membership
    3. Benefits of membership
    4. Professional development
    5. Mentoring
    6. Member rewards
    7. CA jobs
    8. Area networks
    9. International communities
    10. Get involved
    11. CA Connect
    12. CA magazine
    13. Top Young CAs
    14. Career breaks
    15. The ICAS member app
    16. Newly admitted members 2021
    17. CA Wellbeing
  2. Become a CA
    1. How to become a CA
    2. Routes to becoming a CA
    3. CA Stories
    4. Find a training agreement
    5. Why become a CA
    6. Qualification information
  3. CA Students
    1. Studying with ICAS
    2. Timetables and exams
    3. Learning requirements
    4. Learning updates
    5. Learning blog
    6. Totum Pro | Student discount card
  4. Employers
    1. Become an Authorised Training Office (ATO)
    2. Resources for Authorised Training Offices (ATO)
    3. Professional entry
    4. Apprenticeships
  5. Thought leadership
    1. Technology
    2. Trust
    3. Talent
    4. Research
    5. CA Agenda podcast
    6. CA Agenda videos
    7. ICAS webinars
    8. CA Summit
  6. Professional resources
    1. Anti-money laundering
    2. Audit and assurance
    3. Brexit
    4. Charities
    5. Coronavirus
    6. Corporate and financial reporting
    7. Business and governance
    8. Ethics
    9. Insolvency
    10. Pensions
    11. Practice
    12. Public sector
    13. Sustainability
    14. Tax
  7. Regulation
    1. Complaints and sanctions
    2. Regulatory authorisations
    3. Guidance and help sheets
    4. Regulatory monitoring
  8. Governance
    1. At a glance
    2. Charter, rules and regulations
    3. Council
    4. Boards and key committees
    5. Public reporting
    6. Executive team
    7. Diversity
    8. Member research
  9. Contact us
    1. ICAS technical helpdesk
    2. ICAS logo request
  10. Careers
    1. Business centres
    2. Meet our team
    3. Benefits
    4. Vacancies
    5. Imagine your career at ICAS

Charities update course - what's new?

Member price for all three sessions booked together: £110 + VAT
Non-member price for all three sessions booked together: £130 + VAT

Member price for sessions booked individually: £50 + VAT
Non-member price for sessions booked individually: £60 + VAT


Course format

This online course will consist of three one hour webinars hosted by Scott Jeffrey, a member of the ICAS Charities Panel, with a variety of guest speakers. Each will cover different topics and will be held at different times to ensure maximum flexibility for those wanting to attend. The webinars will be a mixture of live presentations and videos, as well as a Q&A session to maximise participation.

You can choose to book all three sessions together, or book individual sessions.


Dates and timings

2021 dates to be announced


Overview

The course is designed to be both informative and practical, and is an excellent opportunity to keep your knowledge up-to-date with the latest developments in charity reporting and the wider regulatory environment.

Charities operate in a fast-moving and changing environment, and this course is designed to assist participants prepare for the challenges ahead.

Who should attend

This annual update is designed to equip charity trustees, finance staff and advisers with what they need to know about developments impacting on charities.

What you will learn

Session 1: Legal and Governance & risk management updates

The topic of good governance and risk management has never been as important as it is today, from revisiting risk assessments to ensuring policies and procedures remain fit for purpose in the Covid-19 era. This webinar will also provide a legal update on charity-related matters and a reminder of trustees’ responsibilities in this ever-changing world. Changes to the ways we operate will also mean potential changes to how annual general meetings and board meetings are conducted.

  • Legal update
    • Trustees responsibilities re insolvency rules/duties
    • Holding AGM’s and other Board meetings in a virtual World (as above)
    • Employment law matters
    • Meeting safeguarding duties in changed times
  • Governance / risk management

Session 2: Technical updates - accounting, audit, independent examination, ICAS monitoring findings and anti-money laundering

As you would expect from the course, there will be a technical update on accounting, audit and taxation matters. This will include discussing the challenges of undertaking an audit or independent examination in the current environment. The going concern basis has risen to the top of many charities’ agendas, and we will discuss what trustees should be doing, and also what challenge they should expect from their auditor or independent examiner. In addition, there will be a session on the findings from the ICAS monitoring reviews and a look at setting a robust and realistic reserves policy.

  • ICAS monitoring findings/ ICAS Update
  • Audit / IE challenges
  • Technical Update
    • Going concern
    • Reserves policy
    • Consistency with the trustees’ annual report
    • Financial management / cashflow projections / budgets

Session 3: Charity taxation and an update from the Regulator

We will be hearing from OSCR on what they are seeing in the charity sector during these unprecedented times. There will also be discussion around the sector hot topics, and an update on the formation of the new SORP Committee.

  • Message from the Regulator – OSCR / CC
    • SORP making body update
    • Hot topics for the sector
  • Tax update / Government support packages

Preparation and audit of charity accounts - an introduction

Learn how to compile a set of charity statements in compliance with SORP & how to approach an audit or…

Charity Financial Statements update course - book your place

Reflect on new accounting and disclosure rules and regulatory issues relevant to accountants and auditors – book a place.

2021-04-lendingcrowd 2021-04-lendingcrowd
ICAS logo

Footer links

  • Contact us
  • Terms and conditions
  • Modern slavery statement
  • Privacy notice

Connect with ICAS

  • Facebook (opens new window) Facebook Icon
  • Twitter (opens new window) Twitter Icon
  • LinkedIn (opens new window) LinkedIn Icon
  • Instagram (opens new window) Instagram Icon

ICAS is a member of the following bodies

  • Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (opens new window) Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies logo
  • Chartered Accountants Worldwide (opens new window) Chartered Accountants Worldwide logo
  • Global Accounting Alliance (opens new window) Global Accounting Alliance
  • International Federation of Accountants (opens new window) IFAC
  • Access Accountancy (opens new window) Access Acountancy

Charities

  • ICAS Foundation (opens new window) ICAS Foundation
  • SCABA (opens new window) scaba
ICAS logo

Our cookie policy

ICAS.com uses cookies which are essential for our website to work. We would also like to use analytical cookies to help us improve our website and your user experience. Any data collected is anonymised. Please have a look at the further information in our cookie policy and confirm if you are happy for us to use analytical cookies: