Peter Gotham

Background

About Peter Gotham

As a Chartered Accountant I provide consultancy service to the not for profit sector. After 40+ years working in practice, with long-term clients, as well as sometimes helping steer organisations through a crisis, I now concentrate on support for boards. In the last few years my work has included • Assisting in strategic decision making • Solvency advice, • assistance in developing accounting systems using modern electronic systems • risk management Whilst in practice my clients have ranged from small local groups to national charities. In addition to accounting, and audit services on an ongoing basis, I am known for my work in crisis management and turnaround. For many years I had a national profile, having been on the SORP (charity account practice setting) Committee, and as chair the ICAEW charity group. Latterly I was head of charity services at a major national accounting practice, and was a Visiting Fellow, and lectured on the Charity Finance MSc. at the Cass Centre for Charity Effectiveness. In addition to consultancy support to charities and social enterprises, I am active as a trustee, and honorary advisor to a number of charities - nationally, and recently in the Cambridge area. In my spare time my family get me out and about to an eclectic selection of activities - some cultural, and some more active, for instance cycling and dancing (badly). I am now aiming to get the work/life balance better - whilst continuing to engage with the Not for Profit Sector. Specialties: support to boards, and assisting teams to better understand their organisation's finances. charities, & social enterprises, solvency management, practical use of IT, particularly as a shared resource.