Our dedicated team of accountants, auditors and tax advisers provides meaningful advice, support and confidence so that your team can focus on its mission.
Charities need trust and accountability, good governance, smart financial management, and a keen focus on efficiency.
The Shorts team works with some of the region’s top charities, delivering trusted audit services, operational advice, comprehensive accounting services, and tax assistance where necessary. In addition to our experience helping charities with their accounts, members of our team also act as trustees for local charities.
Our job is to provide meaningful advice, support and confidence so that your team can focus on its mission.
Your charity may need an audit to ensure legal compliance and provide transparency and confidence for stakeholders and donors. Our experienced Audit team understands the importance of exceptional service through strong relationships.
As your auditors, we are committed to providing a true view of your charity and strategic advice to help you make informed decisions that benefit your charity and its stakeholders.
There are different types of assurance a charity can seek for their accounts, including independent examinations, as well as audits.
VAT
Our VAT experts are here to help your charity understand and manage its VAT effectively. This means helping you understand any VAT reliefs and exemptions, tackling property-related VAT issues, advising on VAT planning, and assisting with regular VAT returns.
Management Accounts
Our team of trained management accountants provides financial expertise to charities, ensuring they get the information needed to understand their current and future positions. The Genus team can help you create budgets and forecasts, track income and expenses, analyse performance, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
These unique insights into your charity’s financial health mean you can make more informed decisions to maximise your impact and secure greater funding.
Tax
The award-winning Shorts tax team offers expert tax advice to charities, ensuring they satisfy the requirements for exemption from Income and Corporation Tax and a range of other tax matters. These include assisting with HMRC enquiries, tax issues relating to employee pay and benefits, VAT, property taxes, and tax-efficient gifting.
Payroll
A charity’s team is integral to its success, and the Shorts Payroll team helps ensure everyone is paid the right amount on time and that you meet all tax and regulatory obligations. This includes full-time staff, volunteers who may only be paid for their expenses, and short-term contracts.
Audit
29 August 2025
From coffee mornings to Sparkle walks and annual Christmas jumper days, we at Shorts take part in numerous charity fundraising events every year. However, we are excited to announce that following a team poll, Sheffield Children’s Hospital
9 July 2025
Charities and certain qualifying bodies may benefit from a VAT exemption on goods and services supplied during fundraising events. This guide outlines the rules, key tribunal decisions, and information to help ensure compliance.
3 July 2025
Once again, a team of nine walkers from Shorts have supported Ashgate Hospice, taking part in the 10th anniversary of their annual Sparkle Walk event.
12 May 2025
Once again, we are delighted to be headline sponsors of the Ashgate Hospice annual Charity Golf day.
30 September 2024
Our team were delighted when representatives from Support dogs (four legged representatives as well as the two legged kind) visited our offices earlier this month.
