Natercia Hughes
Senior Corporate and Business Services Manager
What sets Natercia apart?
Natercia specialises in the not-for-profit sector and holds the ICAEW Diploma in Charity Accounting in recognition of her experience in this sector. She works primarily with charities, FE colleges, multi academy trusts, and other not-for profit organisations such as community benefit societies and community interest companies.
Natercia is a member of our specialist Charity Team and is regular speaker at our academy and charity client seminars.
She assists clients with their statutory accounts, audit, independent examination requirements. She also provides advice on governance compliance and other regular requirements such as VAT.
She believes in on-going communication with clients to ensure thorough understanding of their organisation in order to deliver bespoke services.
Natercia is a board member for the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce as well as a Trustee for the Cornwall Community Foundation.
Natercia's service expertise
Audit and Assurance
- Experience in delivering audit, assurance and advisory services to a wide range of clients
- Particular interest in providing tailored audit and assurance services
- Carefully planned risk focused audits
- Provides practical recommendations to improve controls and assisting clients in setting up systems to suit individual businesses, enabling more streamlined reporting and audit compliance
Corporate and Business Services
- Assists clients with their accounts preparation and other regular requirements such as VAT and tax returns
Grants
- Experience of working with grant funded organisations and in-depth knowledge of the funding regulations
- Experienced in carrying out Government and European grant claim audits, such as ESF and ERDF grants
- Assists charity clients with their grant funding applications
Natercia's sector expertise
Charities
- Expertise in the charity sector includes advising clients from charity formation and registration with Charity Commission, to structure, including setting up trading subsidiaries, audit and accountancy advice, and governance best practice
Education
- Natercia manages a number of multi-academy trusts clients, assisting from accounting systems set-ups; systems reviews; budget monitoring reports; Budget Forecast Returns; Governance; as well as Audit and Accounting advice
- Assists academy clients with ad-hoc grant certifications such as RGF, as well as providing regular Responsible Officer checks/controls assurance reports
Power and Renewables
- Experience in auditing companies in the renewable energy sector, particularly grant funded organisations
Natercia is a highly skilled and extremely competent Financial Manager who adds huge value to Cornwall Chamber of Commerce's Board. Nat is a delight to work with, dedicated, communicative and passionate about her sector, her skills and knowledge cannot be faulted. I would not hesitate to recommend her to any NFP company, or FP company!
Mel Colton-Dyer COO Cornwall Chamber of Commerce
