Cara works predominantly on assignments in the not-for-profit sector, managing audits and assisting clients in areas such as governance, systems and controls, reporting requirements, budgeting and forecasting.
She has a particular specialism in advising arts and theatrical charities and, as well as her expertise at working with charities and not-for-profit organisations, has a broad base of business knowledge gained while working in the firm’s Business Advisory Group.
Cara has a wide range of charity and not-for-profit clients. They include hospices, specialist higher education institutes, theatres, grant making foundations and international membership organisations.
Cara is head of the firm’s Not-for-Profit Practice Group.
Key experience
- Charity and group audits,
- Providing trustee training on responsibilities and risk management,
- Delivering systems reviews,
- Setting up new charities,
- Structuring trading activities by charities,
- Advising on the application of creative industries tax reliefs.
Interests
Cara’s professional interest in the arts extends into her personal interests, where her hobbies include choreography for amateur theatre groups within London, as well as acting as a trustee of a charity.
Cara also enjoys skiing and trekking.
