Directors’ Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2022

We are delighted to publish our Directors’ Report & Financial Statements for The Year Ended 31 January 2022 as approved by our members. The financial year proved to be another year of great success and growth for the co-operative, in terms of financial health & profitably and more importantly our continued and enhanced ability to support and encourage positive social …

Adventures in Sociocracy at Third Sector Accountancy

Sociocracy in Cooperatives Conference 2022 As part of the Sociocracy in Cooperatives Annual Conference 2022 (Sociocracy for All), we were asked to present a showcase session in which we discussed our own implementation of sociocracy and the success and challenges of implementing such a cooperative governance model during a period of rapid growth. The session was framed as a conversation between …

Fair Tax Mark Statement of Third Sector Accountancy Limited (July 2022)

This statement of Fair Tax compliance was compiled in partnership with the Fair Tax Foundation (“FTF”) and certifies that Third Sector Accountancy Limited (“the Company”) meets the standards and requirements of the FTF’s UK Small Business Standard for the Fair Tax Mark certification. This statement has been compiled in accordance with our wider vision, values and aims as an organisation …

Accountancy: now virtual but is it ethical?

In the present day, accountancy and bookkeeping are to all intents and purposes virtual pastimes, and so depend critically upon the use of accounting software applications, much of which is now cloud based. Our mission statement expressly commits the co-operative to ethical practices, and in keeping with this we have undertaken a review of the ethical positions and practices of …

Stephen Hirst: on retiring from TSA

Stephen Hirst has returned to retirement, having made an invaluable contribution to TSA. Here, Stephen offers a few parting thoughts: THIRD SECTOR ACCOUNTANCY- a super bunch of people, providing professional services for community organisations, and what a fantastic group of people to work with!  This makes it very difficult to leave, but sadly that is what I am doing. It …