We’ve now reached the end of our whirlwind tour of the UK during which we’ve dispensed VAT and direct taxation advice, guidance and solutions en route.
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The numbers of you that were out in force demonstrated quite how much VAT and tax remains a minefield for charities. We heard about the many complex challenges you face when working out your taxation strategies and the specific problems you set before us were varied and diverse.
We hope you all took away workable solutions for your charities which will help you save money. We’ve certainly taken away a number of ideas on how we can make the event even better next year and we’ll be in touch to develop those in due course.
In the meantime, we’ll leave you with some of the comments from this year’s delegates.
“Professional, slick, with excellent content. Extremely good value for money…10/10!”
Ian Bush, Northumberland Wildlife Trust
“Excellent and very informative event. Excellent range of speakers and subject matter.”
David Whitcroft, Age Concern Northern Ireland
“A stimulating and insightful day”
Casey Early, The Physiological Society
“The area covered is a minefield and the course in general managed to deal with the topic in a clear and jargon free way.”
Sharon Kemp, Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, Glasgow.
“The conference made me aware of the possible pitfalls there may be if the charity’s operations are not correctly set up for direct and indirect taxation purpose.”
Saradha Sivalingam, The Parks Trust
“Good speakers with relevant content.”
Sue Campagna, Henshaw’s Society for Blind People
“Good mix of theoretical and practical information.”
Rachel Wellman, Withers
“The programme was extremely comprehensive.”
David Verney, London Borough of Lewisham
“I found the event both enjoyable and interesting.”
David Rees, Homeless Link
“Something for everyone”
D Campbell, Care for the Wild
“Good opportunity to learn about charities’ specific VAT and tax changes and hear other charities’ concerns.”
Sheila Duncan, Shetland Amenity Trust
“The conference gave me a very good overall understanding of the issues of faced today by charities regarding tax.”
Aidan Cantwell, Woking & Sam Beare Hospices


