
Charities
Make funds go further with insightful advice from the UK’s leading firm for charities.
Supporting a wide range of charitable organisations
With decades of experience in accounting for charities, HaysMac supports organisations across the third sector, from arts and culture to international development. Our approach balances technical expertise with a deep understanding of each charity’s mission, ensuring compliance, transparency and long-term impact.
Who we support
We work across a wide range of charitable organisations, each with its own operational structure, funding pressures, and compliance needs. Our team provides tailored advice to help every client maximise impact while staying financially secure.
Charities
Navigating the complexities of tax regulations for charitable organisations requires a partner with specialist knowledge. HaysMac has built a reputation for excellent service in this unique sector over several decades.
Whether you need an accountant for charity audits, tax relief, or internal controls, we offer guidance that reflects the regulatory environment and your charitable goals.
Arts & Culture
With steep competition for audience share, in a cost-of-living squeeze and a rising cost base – it’s vital to make every penny count. We work with many organisations in the sector including museums and cultural venues, theatres, performing arts and educational charities, providing auditing and advisory services, including tax relief.
Our team of specialists understand the importance of funding streams and financial planning in this sector.
Care, Community & Housing
We understand the exceptional needs of organisations that rely on public sector and statutory funding to deliver a wide range of services. Our clients are highly regulated and often heavily staffed, so our skillful auditing and targeted advice on employment tax are especially beneficial.
We provide robust accounting for charities that operate in sensitive, complex environments where accuracy and accountability are essential.
International & Fundraising Charities
We work with clients that operate through overseas branches and subsidiaries and also international grant makers that do major fundraising activities in a tough environment. We understand the specialist nature of international development and the challenges faced by the sector.
From navigating grant agreements to managing foreign currency and reporting standards, our accountants for charities are equipped to support your international reach.
Why choose HaysMac for your charity?
We are highly regarded in the charity sector for our external and internal audits, grant assurance services, charity and employment tax advisory, tax structuring, outsourcing, due diligence and VAT.
Our deep expertise allows us to provide pragmatic, human advice across financial systems, controls and governance.
As a leading firm for the social purpose sector, we’re big enough to support major organisations but not so big that we forget the personal service our clients expect.
We are proud to be recognised as trusted accountants for charities, supporting organisations that serve the public good with practical, empathetic advice.


Living our values through direct sector involvement
We have direct charitable involvement as thought leaders, trustees and fundraisers.
At both a senior and graduate level, our team has chosen to specialise in the social purpose space. We are passionate about the sector and enjoy working with organisations that are trying to make the world better.
We regularly share our insights across the sector with updates, briefings and benchmarking reports that allow informed and meaningful comparisons. Partners volunteer their expertise to charity boards as trustees.
Our staff voted in Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People as our firm’s designated charity. HaysMac also supports the activities of the Charity Finance Group (CFG), Bond and Civil Society who we work with closely.
We bring our expertise in accounting for charities to life by staying actively involved in the sector – as trustees, advisors and supporters.
Let us help you with the next step
Our sector teams are equipped with specialists across all service lines, enabling them to assist you with all aspects of your business needs and challenges. Have a problem you need help with? Let us find the solution.
If you're looking for an accountant for charity compliance, audit, or strategic advice, our team is here to help you define what support will make the greatest impact.

It’s unusual to find specialist sector know-how at every level of an accountancy firm. We like being a bit different at HaysMac. Meet your charity sector specialists.
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Steve Harper Partner, Head of Social Purpose