West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service

“Claire was a Community Accountant at WYCAS for many years, providing advice, training, and accountancy services to a range of voluntary organisations. To her wide experience of the VCSE sector, and a deep understanding of the needs of community organisations, she also brings extensive finance skills, and lots of patience!  If I am commissioning a freelancer, I am looking for four key things - skills, speed, clarity of approach, and integrity. Claire has all of these things, and I would not hesitate to recommend her.” Amanda Peters, Chief Executive.

Relationship Therapy North

“I’d attended some training with Claire through WYCAS, but when my charity urgently needed financial consultancy and training Claire was the first person I contacted due to her excellent teaching skills and trustworthiness. My financial knowledge and experience of QuickBooks was very limited but Claire was very patient, encouraging, she never made me feel inadequate and I quickly become much more confident under her guidance. In the 3 years she has worked with our charity she has overhauled our QuickBooks systems, reworked our budget templates and taught me budget setting. and set up a cashflow forecast. Our finance systems now run really smoothly and need minimal input all thanks to Claire. I feel very lucky to have her support and have no hesitation in recommending her to others.” Diane Huck, CEO

Together for Peace

“To say “I really don’t know where we would be without Claire” is an understatement. Her skills in all things finance are invaluable! Claire has helped get our various organisational budgets in a much better shape using QuickBooks. Having these systems working more smoothly across the organisation, as well as Claire’s support and insightful commentary on our reports, has led us to have a much clearer understanding of what changes we need to implement to build more financial stability. I couldn’t recommend working with Claire more. Her leadership, patience, generosity, wisdom and calm approach to complex problems is such an asset to any organisation” Maia, Organisational Development Lead.

Kirkstall Valley Development Trust

“Claire is an outstanding professional whose depth of knowledge and unwavering support make her an invaluable asset. She is approachable, non-judgemental and radiates a calm confidence that puts others at ease.” Adele Rae, Chief Executive.

Association of Blind Asians

“Claire has been a cornerstone of our financial stability. She has been supporting our organisation since 2009 and we have built a strong working relationship with her. She is always guiding and advising on various matters that help keep the accounts stable and in line with our policies and procedures. This helps make accounting matters seamless and stress-free” Debbani Ghosh, CEO.

Finance trainee

“Your swift action, determination to complete the work and close support made the process much easier… most importantly, having gained a valued friend and knowledgeable mentor like you is my greatest asset.”