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Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Introduction We are delighted to bring you our latest edition of Charity News. This issue looks at some of the important issues facing many of our charities - including the new Charity SORP, the Companies Act 2014, the Director’s Compliance Statement, Strategic Investment Planning for Charities and the new Lobbying Act. We hope that this issue provides a reminder to you of recent developments in the sector and prompts you to shine a light on your charity to identify changes required to protect and enhance your organisation. If you would like to discuss any aspect of this newsletter, or any other challenges that your organisation may be facing, please contact your regular PwC contact or any of our Not for Profit Team noted on page 16. Aisling Fitzgerald Director Charity News Editor PwC Charity news 2
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities The new Charity SORP – Timelines to Consider The implementation of FRS 102 and the Management A new charity SORP was published new SORP presents a real challenge both should start in the UK in order to provide guidance on the application of the in terms of practical understanding of the considering new requirements and what they will FRS 102 accounting framework. mean for individual institutions. Charities how best to The SORP also provides guidance are not permitted to follow FRS 101. plan for these to the charity sector on areas where FRS 102, the new UK and While in Ireland we await the regulations changes... Ireland accounting standard, is from the Charities Regulatory Authority in silent or where guidance is relation to the form and content of the considered necessary. FRS 102 is financial statements and annual reports of effective for accounting periods charities, the SORP is considered at this beginning on or after 1 January point in time to be the best point of 2015. reference. The implementation timeline is summarised below: January 2016 Early 2016 16 April 2016 31 October 2016 CRA submits draft Deadline for filing Deadline for filing audited regulations to Deadline for audited financial financial statements for accounting bodies CRA registration statements for year year end 31 December 2014 for consultation end 31 December 2015 PwC Charity news 3
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Audit Committees need to understand the How PwC can help key areas of change so they will be able to There are many ways that PwC can provide properly discharge their responsibilities you with support in relation to the changes under the new SORP, as well as challenge expected by FRS 102 and the new progress with the conversion project which Charities SORP. For example, our FRS 102 management will be undertaking. reporting impact assessments are a practical response to help you understand Management should start considering how the potential effects of new accounting best to plan for these changes and perform rules on your financial statements. We can an impact assessment of the expected then work with you to develop and changes. The Charity should consider manage the associated project plan as well preparing their financial statements in as providing training to your staff. compliance with the New Charity SORP, including the new disclosures and presentational requirements. In addition For further details see: to presentational changes, there are some www.pwc.ie/not-for-profit significant changes in the new accounting framework Charity SORP (FRS102). Key Charities: What it means for areas that will need to be considered include pensions, legacies and donated you - FRS102, New Charities stock, revenue recognition, investment SORP and update on the properties, intangible assets, financial and Charities Act, 2009 embedded derivatives and holiday pay accruals. www.pwc.ie/not-for-profit PwC Charity news 4
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Companies Act 2014 It is an opportune time, given the extensive company (“LTD” without a main objects The Companies Act 2014 (“the changes to company law, to review and clause) and the designated activity Act”) was commenced on 1st June update the Memorandum and Articles of company (“DAC” with a main objects 2015 and reforms and updates Association (“Constitution”). It should be clause). The Revenue have advised that company law for all Irish noted that it is an offence not to be able registered charities that are private limited companies. The majority of provide an up to date copy of the companies should convert to a DAC as this charities in Ireland are registered Constitution when requested and would be company type continues to have a main as companies limited by guarantee considered best corporate governance objects clause. The transition period to and the Act will require these types practice to update the Constitution. The convert to DAC ends on 31 August 2016 and of companies to change their suffix Revenue Commissioners have confirmed to convert to LTD ends on 30 November from “Limited” to “Company that any registered charities making 2016. If no action is taken an existing Limited by Guarantee” or “CLG”. changes to conform with the Act can private limited company will automatically This name change can be effected proceed and submit the relevant special convert to a LTD at the end of the transition at any time but will happen resolution directly to the Companies period. This may have implications for the automatically on 30 November Registration Office (“CRO”) with a copy to charity and in particular for the charitable 2016. be sent to them. If the registered charity status with the Revenue Commissioners. takes the opportunity to make further changes or updates then the prior approval Those charities with a dispensation to omit of the Revenue will be required before the Our Entity Governance & “Limited” from their name will not be passing of the special resolution and filing Compliance department have been required to take any action as the at the CRO. working with a number of dispensation continues to be effective. For registered/unregistered charities in those charities required to change their A charity that has registered as a private relation to the impact of the suffix, consideration should be given to the limited company will need to decide Companies Act 2014 and would be timing of the change of name and the between the two new forms of limited happy to discuss the impact and administrative actions to be taken as a company, the simplified private limited assist with any of your needs. result. PwC Charity news 5
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Directors’ Compliance When the Companies Act 2014 (CA Directors’ obligations • conduct a review, during the period, of • acknowledge formally that compliance 2014) came into effect (at very short For those companies within scope, the first those arrangements and structures with the relevant legislation is a notice) on 1 June 2015, one of the issues obligation is for all of their directors to governance matter for which they are getting most immediate attention was acknowledge formally, in the Directors’ It must be emphasised that CA 2014 does responsible, and the matter of what type of corporate Report in the annual financial statements, not impose new standards of compliance on entity should be used and the actions their responsibility for securing the companies or their directors. What the • ensure that there are appropriate needed to effect the appropriate company’s compliance with “relevant legislation is doing, in essence, is getting arrangements to achieve such compliance changes. In recent weeks, directors have obligations”.The relevant obligations are all directors to: and to test them. started to look at the wider implications of the company’s tax obligations as well as a of the new legislation, including the number of company law provisions (those 1. The legislation recognises that codification of their duties, and many are whose breach constitutes the more serious focusing on the new obligations being category 1 and 2 offences under CA 2014). directors may need advice from imposed on them as a result of the The directors must also confirm, in their employees or external advisers introduction of Directors Compliance report, that they have done three things who have the requisite knowledge Statements (DCS). Directors need to specified in the legislation in relation to and experience to advise the understand what this involves – what such compliance. company on compliance with its companies are affected, and what needs relevant obligations. Such advice to be done in order for them to be in a These three things the directors must do may form part of the appropriate position to meet their obligations. are to: arrangements or structures. In broad terms, CA 2014 introduces the •d raw up a compliance policy statement DCS requirement for directors of most setting out what are, in the directors’ companies whose total assets exceed opinion, appropriate policies regarding €12.5m AND whose turnover exceeds compliance with relevant obligations €25m. These tests apply on an entity by entity basis, and directors of unlimited •p ut in place appropriate structures or companies are not within the scope of the arrangements to secure material requirement. compliance1, and PwC Charity news 6
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities The answers will vary from company to Tailored response Directors who take their role seriously For less complex company, depending on a range of factors While preparation of a compliance policy recognise that compliance is a governance organisations, the including: statement is required, there are no rules matter. How best to achieve and specifying what should be included in that demonstrate such compliance is an issue compliance policy • t he nature, scale and complexity of the statement or how arrangements and that needs to be kept under review on an statement is likely organisation’s activities structures to achieve compliance should be ongoing basis, and the introduction of this to be a fairly evidenced or tested. As indicated above, the legislation provides an opportunity for straightforward • t he extent to which the organisation has level of work needed will depend on a charities and other organisations to take a already defined its “tax universe” and can number of factors, and evidencing fresh look at their compliance universe and and simple demonstrate that it has arrangements in appropriate levels of compliance is likely to their approach to its management. document place to meet its obligations be more challenging for directors of the larger and more complex non-profit Irish • t he degree of formality in place and/ or organisations. For organisations that are aspired to with regard to arrangements less complex, the compliance policy and their documentation statement is likely to be a fairly Factors influencing work plan straightforward and simple document, and The work to be done to achieve compliance • t he extent to which the skills required are it may be perfectly acceptable to have some with this new obligation will need planning. available inhouse informal compliance arrangements in How will directors of non-profit place. organisations, who by definition cannot be • t he extent to which the board is prepared involved in the day to day running of their to place reliance on management and/or It is worth reiterating that the legislation organisations, get sufficiently comfortable seeks external support does not impose any higher standards of to sign off on these requirements? How will compliance than currently exist. Indeed, management of such organisations • t he level of detail and proof that many companies will already have demonstrate to their directors that they individual board members will need, and addressed the issue of demonstrating have properly identified all of their relevant compliance controls and arrangements in obligations and have appropriate • t he results of preliminary testing. the context of Revenue audits. arrangements in place to secure compliance? What testing will need to be done? Who will do what? PwC Charity news 7
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Strategic Investment Planning for Charities With recent market volatility coming Many have seen large increases in asset A priority for many charity investors in up to a 60% equity allocation. Given that after a number of years of strong values – not surprising when the global 2015 – and one we expect to continue this equity outperformance has been occurring investment growth, we are meeting index of company shares has returned 16% year - has been to relate this strong for over 5 years now, the effect is likely to more and more religious congregations, per annum over the last three years. After performance back to their needs. be even greater on many portfolios. dioceses and charitable trusts who are these returns, there is both potential For example, we meet many not-for-profit The key current investment themes in our nervous about the level of investment opportunity and potentially heightened organisations whose primary financial conversations with clients are: risk they are taking. risk. concern is their ability to fund the •S ufficiency of cash reserves – A key provision of future services and to care for objective of our clients is to identify a their members. level of future expenditure which will It is relatively straightforward to always be held in cash as a ‘buffer’ actuarially model the future costs of these against future market falls. With returns outgoings, and to project how outgoings having been above long term targets and will evolve on an annual basis. By using expectations in the last number of years, this information about future cashflows as there is an opportunity to realise some of the basis for setting an investment strategy, those gains and use them to replenish investors can target an appropriate level of cash reserves. By funding cash reserves risk across their assets – both short and now, investors reduce the likelihood that long term. they will have to sell investments into a Following the strong returns in recent future negative market environment. years, we have found that many charitable •E quity risk – Given low interest rates on trusts are now exposed to more risk (in cash, equities are increasingly being Euro terms) than they may have intended depended on to offer the required to be. As an example, equities rose by 36% returns. Up to the summer of 2015, in the last 2 years, but cash returned just equities were obliging with strong, 1%-2% for most investors. A portfolio smooth returns. With the turn in market which was made up of half cash and half conditions to something approaching a equities at the start of 2014 has now crept PwC Charity news 8
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities more normalised risk environment, we 3. Review risks: Given the needs, risk are working with clients to ensure they appetite, and assets available, we are comfortable with their equity risk evaluate with investors the current risk levels, and with the rises and falls they profile of the assets, and identify ways in are likely to see in their investment which strategy could be streamlined, or values from month to month. risk reduced. These themes are reflected in the approach By taking these steps now, following a which we believe investors should take to period of positive performance, there may setting and regularly reviewing investment be an opportunity to lock in some of that strategy – which really involves taking on a performance. By not reviewing now, the level of investment risk: value of assets which are subject to 1. Reassess explicit goals, evaluating the investment risk is greater than it was at the needs which the strategy is ultimately outset, and the risk is that no action will be aiming to fulfil, and the extent (if any) taken until markets fall. of the shortfall between current assets Rather than looking to time their entry and future needs. and exit from markets, we believe that 2. Formulate strategy, identifying a investors should work to ensure that the strategic objective for the investment level of risk in their portfolios is consistent assets, and a risk framework within with their objectives and remains at a level which that objective can be met. An they are comfortable with. important part of this is to assign a The key benefit of taking this approach is a portion of assets to each need consistency of investment approach. By depending on whether it is a short or clearly setting out the principles by which long term requirement, and taking into assets will be managed, investors can account any restrictions. For many of ensure that investment strategy will be Many charitable the organisations we work with, a return applied consistently across generations, of between 4% and 6% in the long term which is important given the long term trusts are now is the level at which their objectives may be met. objective of most investment funds. exposed to more risk PwC Charity news 9
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Transparency of Lobbying Lobbying is an essential part of the In March 2015, the Regulation of democratic process. It enables or facilitates Lobbying Act 2015 was signed into citizens and organisations to make their law by the President. The views on public policy and public services Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 known to politicians and public servants. (the Act) is designed to provide information to the public about: The Act does not aim to prevent or inhibit lobbying. It does aim to make the process • Who is lobbying more transparent. The Act aims to do this by providing for: • On whose behalf lobbying is being carried out •T he establishment and maintenance of a • Obligations on lobbyists to register and to If you are involved in lobbying, you publicly accessible register of lobbying provide information regularly about their may need to: • The issues involved in the lobbying activities, including, in the case lobbying •T he Standards in Public Office of professional lobbyists, information • Register on the Register of Lobbying Commission (The Standards about their clients website which is maintained by Standards • The intended result of the Commission) to be the regulator of Commission: www.lobbying.ie lobbying lobbying • A code of conduct on the carrying-on of lobbying activities • Provide information to the Standards • Who is being lobbied. Commission about your lobbying • The introduction of a “cooling-off” period activities three times a year. Lobbying is an during which lobbying activity may not be carried out by some former officials. There will be no cost to register as a essential part of lobbyist. Members of the public can view the democratic and search the register free of charge. process PwC Charity news 10
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Initial important dates If you are not sure that you are lobbying the following questions 3. Are you communicating 1 September 2015: The Act came into may help you decide. either directly or indirectly with effect. If you are carrying on lobbying, from a Designated Public Official? 1 September 2015 you need to have maintained records of your lobbying 1. Are you one of the following? 2. Are you communicating about Who is a Designated Public Official: activities. a relevant matter? • An employer with more than 10 • Ministers and Ministers of State employees where the A relevant matter is one which relates 1 September – 31 December 2015: The • TDs and Senators communications are made on your to: first relevant period for which lobbying • MEPs for constituencies in this State behalf returns are made. You are required to • The initiation, development or provide information to the Standards • A representative body with at least modification of any public policy or • Members of local authorities Commission on the lobbying activities you one employee communicating on of any public programme • Special Advisers engaged in during the relevant period 1 behalf of its members and the September 2015 – 31 December 2015. • The preparation or amendment of • Secretaries General and Assistant communication is made by a paid Future relevant periods will be: 1 January any law Secretaries in the Civil Service employee or office holder of the body – 30 April, 1 May – 31 August, and 1 • The award of any grant, loan, • An advocacy body with at least one • Chief Executive Officers and September – 31 December. contract, or of any licence or other employee that exists primarily to take Directors of Services in Local authorisation involving public funds Authorities 21 January 2016: You must have up particular issues and a paid other than the implementation of any registered with the Standards Commission employee or office holder of the body The above list may be extended by by this date if you engaged in lobbying such policy, programme, enactment is communicating on such issues Ministerial Order to other categories activities during the first relevant period. or award or any matter of a technical • A professional lobbyist being paid to nature only. over time. Public bodies will publish a You must also provide your first set of communicate on behalf of a client list of Designated Public Officials returns to the Standards Commission in who fits into one of the preceding within their organisations on their respect of the period 1 September 2015 – 31 three categories individual organisation websites from December 2015. 1 September 2015. • Any person communicating about the development or zoning of land If you answered YES to all three questions then you are most likely lobbying. Visit the Information for Lobbyists section of www.lobbying.ie to find out your next steps PwC Charity news 11
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Steps to prepare for complying with 2. Where necessary, put in place 4. Nominate a single responsible person the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 arrangements to record such information within your organisation who will submit There will be no from 1 September 2015. the final return at the end of each cost to register as a 1. Review your organisation’s arrangements reporting period and will confirm that for recording relevant communications 3. Identify individual(s) responsible for the information is correct. lobbyist. Members which might fall within the scope of the registration and compilation of returns. of the public can Act and identify the key personnel It will be possible to have data entered on view and search involved. the register on an ongoing basis by more the register free of than one employee and saved in draft form (on a private area of the register) charge. prior to its formal submission. PwC Charity news 12
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Risk Management identifying superficial risks, and could take pro-active approach allows the charity to be As more and more charities have to the form of a bureaucratic tick box exercise clear about the activities that will help them respond to increasing pressures on purely for the sake of compliance. This is achieve their objectives and the associated their resources, so some are too often the case when Trustees and implications of risks were to materialise, choosing to respond by increasing management teams do not fully understand providing information to make informed their risk profile – entering into the importance and benefits of this process. decisions. unfamiliar areas, trying new partnerships, borrowing to kick Conversely, a comprehensive, but History is littered with stories of charities start new initiatives and entering misguided approach that is too broad and that have failed to manage their risks into transactions such as mergers. complex for the organisation could waste effectively and either failed completely or valuable time and resources, and result in seriously reduced their ability to serve their “risk overload”. The inevitable failure to beneficiaries. As a charity’s circumstances Seeking out opportunities in unfamiliar deal with all of the risks identified, or to change, so Trustees should increasingly be areas poses unknown risks to the Charity embed such a complex structure, is likely to alert to the changing risk profile and how that could have significant impacts upon result in disillusionment with the risk they can best utilise risk management to their ability to deliver their vision and management process itself. ensure they are able to adapt to deal with purpose. In this context, the effective any those challenges. identification and management of risk is There is a very clear link between the increasingly important to the successful achievement of objectives, effective operation of any charity and its ability to performance management and risk achieve its objectives. Good risk management supports the management that provides a distinct benefit achievement of objectives, delivering to ensuring the risk management approach effective performance management and has within the charity is fit for purpose. By a vital role in ensuring an organisation is effectively managing risks and monitoring well run. The benefits vary, depending on performance, the charity will get sight of the way in which risk management is problem areas before they happen so that planned and implemented. A minimalist they can be dealt with and informed approach is likely to deliver limited benefits, decisions made about activities. This PwC Charity news 13
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Of further interest www.pwc.ie Directors’ www.pwc.ie Charitable Directors’ Compliance Statement Compliance Giving Statement Charitable giving Guide guide The Companies Act 2014, which came into effect Client: How can PwC help: November 2015 on 1 June 2015, imposes a new compliance Our response: PwC can provide a range of related requirement on many company directors. services tailored to your needs, including: The requirement can be simply stated - include a statement in the Directors’ Report: • helping your boards to understand their responsibilities • acknowledging responsibility for securing compliance with relevant obligations, and • helping you to assess the relevant • confirming that certain things have been done obligations applicable to your organisation (or providing explanations for things not done). • performing independent health Client: (A) But what companies are affected checks – tax/company secretarial Helping to and when does this requirement begin? • assisting with the drafting of policy statements maximise (B) What are the relevant obligations? (C) And what are the things that need • designing and / or documenting donations to the to be done? appropriate structures and arrangements wider community Our response: (A) This requirement applies to • conducting real-time reviews. all directors of large (balance sheet over €12.5m June 2013 and turnover over €25m) Irish limited companies and PLCs, other than investment For further information on the new companies, for financial years beginning on or Directors’ Compliance Statement after 1 June 2015. requirements, please contact any of the following: Our response: (B) The relevant obligations are those relating to all tax laws and those Elaine Mitchell company law provisions where failure to meet Tax Senior Manager them is a category 1 or category 2 offence, or a elaine.mitchell@ie.pwc.com serious Market Abuse or serious Prospectus +353 1 792 5592 offence, ie the most serious offences. Ruairí Cosgrove Our response: (C) The actions that need to be Entity Governance and Compliance Director taken are to: ruairi.cosgrove@ie.pwc.com • draw up a compliance policy statement setting +353 1 792 6070 out appropriate (in the directors’ opinion) policies regarding compliance with relevant Andy Banks obligations Assurance Partner andy.j.banks@ie.pwc.com • put appropriate arrangements and structures in place to secure material compliance +353 1 792 6805 • conduct a review, during the period, of the arrangements and structures This content is for general information purposes only, and should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional advisors. © 2015 PricewaterhouseCoopers. All rights reserved. PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details. 05693 www.pwc.ie Companies Act 2014 Ireland Companies Act 2014 June 2015 Impacting all Irish companies Commencement of the long awaited Companies Act, 2014 is, in the most part, on 1 June 2015. This is the largest piece of legislation In this bulletin we aim to give an overview of the Act, which will assist lreland has ever seen, comprising a you to understand, in simple terms, total of 25 Parts (over 1440 how the Act will affect companies. sections) and 17 Schedules. The Act We look at the options available to consolidates and reforms Irish companies in order to comply with Company Law and every Company, the Act, in a practical and cost director and shareholder will be effective manner. affected and will have choices to make. PwC Charity news 14
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities Community matters PwC were proud to be part of a Localise This year we supported Project in 2015 with the local school in 3 charities through the North Wall St Laurence’s O’Toole’s boys People Giving Scheme - & girls school. It is a 12 week project Pieta House, The Soar where a team of PwC volunteers work Foundation and Simon with the 6th class boys and girls to Community. develop a project they can roll out that will give back to their community. This PwC supporting the year the chosen project was for Aware 30th Anniversary “CanTeen”, a charity supporting Aware Ball (back row, teenagers with cancer. We ran with the l-r) Declan Maunsell, students an event called “All the fun at John Dunne, Rob the fair”, which raised €4,390 for O’Hara, (front row, l-r) CanTeen. Cassie Lawford, Teresa Harrington, Angela Devaney, Aisling The Soar Foundation - Halloween Spooktacular Fitzgerald. event, selling Halloween treats €805 raised. Pieta House - proceeds of th y 29 m rsda p Annual Table Thu er 12-2 Octo b fe are atriu a m ca The Quiz €3,700 of treats for Hallo buy your bags Come along and ween weekend. ‘Spooktacular’ Share with youra scary date team, great for raised. ! ing the game night or watch Soar Foundation 2015 GOODIES All in aid of The s for Scheme charitie Giving one of your People Simon Community - Christmas carols at Launch of 2015 People Giving Scheme Christmas lunch in Restaurant, with 28/10/2015 09:22:48 - Christmas Lunch event Consultants of Swing performing - our A3 v2.indd 1 Scheme Soar Fundraiser 05663_People Giving in-house band. €670 raised. PwC Charity news 15
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities PwC Not for Profit Team Paul Hennessy John Dunne Ken Johnson Aisling Fitzgerald Assurance Partner Assurance Partner Assurance Partner Assurance Director paul.hennessy@ie.pwc.com john.a.dunne@ie.pwc.com ken.m.johnson@ie.pwc.com aisling.fitzgerald@ie.pwc.com +353 1 792 6012 +353 1 792 6856 +353 (0)61 792 8520 +353 1 792 8707 Angela Devaney Teresa McColgan Ciara Whelan Ian Moynihan Assurance Tax Partner Tax Director Investment Consulting Senior Manger Senior Manager teresa.mccolgan@ie.pwc.com ciara.whelan@ie.pwc.com angela.devaney@ie.pwc.com +353 1 792 8613 +353 1 792 8635 ian.moynihan@ie.pwc.com +353 1 792 6861 +353 1 792 6150 Munro O’Dwyer Fiona Barry Trudy Kealy-Mahon Peter O’Boyle Pensions Director Entity Governance Entity Governance Advisory & Compliance & Compliance Senior Manager munro.odwyer@ie.pwc.com Senior Manager Senior Manager +353 1 792 8708 peter.oboyle@ie.pwc.com fiona.barry@ie.pwc.com trudy.kealy@ie.pwc.com +353 1 792 6164 +353(0) 1 792 6720 +353(0) 1 792 6881 PwC Charity news 16
Introduction The new Companies Directors Strategic Transparency Risk Of further Community Key Charity Act 2014 Compliance Investment of Lobbying Management interest Matters contacts SORP Planning for Charities www.pwc.ie This content is for general information purposes only, and should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional advisors. © 2016 PricewaterhouseCoopers. All rights reserved. PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details. 05385 PwC Charity news 17
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