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CHARITY SPECIALIST AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS DIPLOMA

A leading South Wales accountant who specialises in the charity sector has become one of the only members of her profession in Wales to be awarded a prestigious Diploma in Charity Accounting.

Sarah Case, a director of professional advisors Broomfield & Alexander, has been awarded the diploma by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

She joins an elite group of just 500 senior professionals in the UK whose extensive experience in charity accounting and financial management makes them eligible to hold the Diploma.

Sarah, who is now entitled to use the designatory letters DChA after her name, said she was extremely proud to have been recognised for the knowledge and experience that she had acquired and put to use for a range of not-for-profit organisations.

“I have been working to develop Broomfield & Alexander’s capability in the charity environment for several years, acting for organisations involved in everything from sustainability and the environment to social enterprise and caring for the elderly,” she said.

“It is a particularly satisfying area to be involved with, since it is a professional challenge to absorb all the particular accounting requirements which apply to charities – and they have become especially stringent in recent years with the rise of the probity agenda.

“But it is also personally rewarding to know that you are helping organisations which do so much good to run more efficiently, so that ultimately more money goes towards the good causes which they represent.”

Date: 30 September 2008