During their first year, the charity's secretary/treasurer* approached us for bookkeeping advice and asked to carry out their Independent Examination.
The secretary/treasurer said:
We highly recommended getting the team at VAO to examine your accounts. They have the advantage of being a well-respected independent organisation which automatically ensures that the Independent Examination of Accounts is acceptable to both OSCR and to our trustees. The trustees in particular can be reassured that VAO will thoroughly scrutinise the accounts before approving them, hence they are able to adopt them at the AGM without qualms.
We have always found the team at VAO to be very helpful and approachable and happy to give advice and assistance. This was particularly useful in the earlier years when our treasurer was on a very steep learning curve as to what was required for an OSCR accounts submission. The service provided by VAO is also very reasonably priced, as it is not charged at anything like a commercial rate but a single affordable flat fee.
*This story has been anonymised to protect the privacy of the organisation.
