Winners 2008
The 2008 awards, announced at a ceremony in
London’s Chartered Accountants Hall on 30 April 2008, featured some
strong competition from the UK’s top charities. The top
prizes however, went to the British Library, WaterAid, The
Redress Trust, Best Beginnings and the Chesterfield Philharmonic
Choir
The awards
- organised by CAF and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales (ICAEW) - were designed to promote
transparency in the third sector by rewarding the charities that
publish the most friendly and accessible online financial
reports.
Nominees were judged by an expert panel chaired by Graham Ward
CBE, a senior partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers and former
President of the International Federation of Accountants. The
prizes were presented by Graham Ward and David Furst, the ICAEW
Deputy President.
Graham Ward CBE said: “High
quality financial reporting is as much of an imperative for the
charitable sector as it is for the commercial world. Charities
depend on donors in the same way that businesses depend on
investors and both these communities depend on high quality
financial information when making decisions about whether to
provide funding. The judges were impressed by the approach taken by
so many of the entrants and their desire to make the most of the
internet in how they achieve this.”
Read the transcript of
Graham Ward’s speech (.pdf, 48kb) >>
We are delighted to announce the 2008 winners.
Top 100 Fundraising Charities
1st – British Library
(http://www.bl.uk/)
2nd – Samaritans
(http://www.samaritans.org/)
3rd – Multiple Sclerosis Society
(http://www.mssociety.org.uk/)
Charities with an income above 2m
1st – WaterAid
(http://www.wateraid.org/uk/)
2nd – Plan UK
(http://www.plan-uk.org/)
3rd - World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
(http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/home)
Charities with an income between £500,000 and £2
million
1st – The Redress Trust
(http://www.redress.org/)
2nd – Hilton in the Community Foundation
(http://www.hilton-foundation.org.uk/)
3rd – Charity Finance Directors’ Group (http://www.cfdg.org.uk/cfdg/cfdg.asp)
Charities with an income between £100,000 and
£499,999
1st – Best Beginnings
(http://www.bestbeginnings.info/)
2nd – Cecily’s Fund
(http://www.cecilysfund.org/)
3rd – The Family Haven
(http://www.thefamilyhaven.com/)
Charities with an income less than £100,000
1st – Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir (http://www.chestphilchoir.org.uk/)
2nd – Sheena Booth Music Trust
(http://www.booth-seismic.co.uk/sheena/)
3rd – Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society
(http://www.msas.org.uk/)
Judges
Brian Bannister: Director of Public Affairs -
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Paul Breckell: Finance Director - Church Mission Society
Harry McAdoo: Director of Communications – Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Greyham Dawes: Director - Charities & Education Unit Horwath
Clark Whitehill LLP
David Emerson: Chief Executive - Association of Charitable
Foundations
Robin Fieth: Executive Director, Finance & Operations -
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Faye Upton: Web Producer – Charities Aid Foundation
Graham Ward CBE (Chairman): Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers and
former President of the International Federation of Accountants