A finance partner for UK international development charities
Strategic finance for growing UK development charities delivering programmes and partnerships across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
International development charities live and die by the strength of their financial reporting to institutional donors. Restricted grants, partner sub-awards, safeguarding, counter-fraud controls and country-level accounting all have to work together.
We support growing UK international development charities with income between £500,000 and £2 million, delivering the finance leadership, controls and reporting that institutional donors expect.
Common finance challenges in this sector
These are the recurring pressures we see when we speak with leaders of international development charities.
Institutional donor requirements from FCDO, USAID, EU, UN agencies and major trusts
Sub-granting to local partner organisations and partner due diligence
Multi-currency budgets and expenditure across several country programmes
Restricted fund tracking that ties back to donor budgets line by line
Overseas payroll, contractor payments and country-specific tax positions
Counter-fraud, safeguarding and financial risk expectations from funders
How our advisors lead the response
ICAEW-chartered, KPMG-trained advisors with commercial finance and international experience, embedded in the way your sector actually operates.
Institutional donor reporting
Grant-by-grant financial reports mapped to donor templates and budget lines, reconciled to your statutory accounts.
Partner and sub-award finance
Support with partner due diligence, sub-grant agreements and reviewing partner financial reports.
Multi-currency operations
Clear FX policies, country office accounting and consistent translation back to sterling for UK reporting.
Country office support
Working alongside in-country finance officers to standardise reporting without overwhelming local teams.
Governance and controls
Charities SORP, counter-fraud, safeguarding-adjacent financial controls and trustee reporting on international risk.
Strategic finance leadership
A senior partner who has sat opposite institutional donors and understands what makes a compelling budget and report.
What changes for you
- Donor reports that fund managers can approve without back-and-forth
- Confident consolidated reporting across UK head office and country programmes
- Cleaner partner sub-award processes and lower fraud and audit risk
- A finance function ready for the next tranche of institutional funding
Strengthen the finance function behind your programmes
Book a discovery call with Carl Wakeford ACA. We will listen to how your programmes and funders operate and show you what better finance could look like.
No sales. No pressure. A 30-minute conversation with Carl Wakeford ACA.