Finegan Gibson Chartered Accountants

Finegan Gibson Ltd is a client-focused chartered accountancy firm based in the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland. We have been providing accounting and assurance services for 60 years.

We have developed a niche in the Charitable and Voluntary sector, working with a significant number of charitable companies across Northern Ireland with incoming resources ranging from under £10,000 to in excess of £30 million.

Our team have significant experience dealing with accounting and auditing standards applicable to the Charitable sector and particularly the requirements of the Charities SORP. We encourage our clients not only to meet the reporting requirements of these standards but to continually improve and enhance their financial disclosures to ensure that they are at the forefront of finanical reporting and transparency in the sector. We provide direction and guidance on charity specific matters in accounts such as:

• Restricted/unrestricted funding
• Designated funds
• Trustees reports
• Risk reporting
• Reserves policies
• Governance arrangements

A large number of our staff have completed secondments with clients in the Charitable sector addressing specific financial needs and accounting support services, including the installation and management of computerised accounting packages with departmental and program reporting facilities. We are a Sage Accredited Accountant Partner with preferential access to Sage support services.

Recently we have worked on a  number of high profile engagements where Charitable bodies undertaking similar activities and with similar ethos's, have investigated the pros and cons of collaborative working and merging. We have undertaken detailed financial due diligence exercises to assist decision making by those charged with the governance of these Charities.