Richard Weaver is a partner at haysmacintyre.
In addition to statutory audit, Richard provides advice on financial systems reviews, management reporting structures, best practice and policy matters exclusively for a wide range of not-for-profit sector clients.
Weaver has experience in both small and medium-sized commercial organisations in addition to charities. He also heads up the charity internal audit team providing ad hoc and structured advisory services to meet individual client needs.
Weaver coordinates the internal update courses for charities, as well as a collaborative series of trustee training sessions with Farrer & Co. He is editor of Charity Briefing, its regular newsletter for charities and speaks at a range of conferences often on finance and governance issues affecting charities. Richard also worked closely with the policy unit at the Charity Finance Directors Group co-authoring its publication Know your cost base, know your charity.
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The new format of charity audit reports devalues the audit process, believes Richard Weaver.
Updated audit guidance incorporating new international standards and charity accounting regulations has been released by the Auditing Practices Board. Don Bawtree reports. Additional analysis by Richard Weaver.
Many charities have March year-ends. Richard Weaver examines whether this really makes sense. Many charities have inherited 31 March year-ends. But is this the most appropriate date for your charity?
How to increase gift aid income in times of changing taxation
An overview of audit certificate problems
Richard Weaver and Ernese Skinner stress that fully understanding cost bases is essential for sound financial management.
It is a myth that charities should change their auditors, bankers and legal advisers every three to five years
Almost a year on from the release of Sorp 2005 Richard Weaver asks what all the fuss was about.
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