# Shortlist announced for Charities' Online Accounts Awards 2006

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/11/14/shortlist-announced-charities039-online-accounts-awards-2006/
- Published: 2006-11-14T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**African Children’s Education Trust, Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir and Islamic
Relief are among 14 charities who have been shortlisted for the Charities’ Online
Accounts Awards 2006 because of financial reporting transparency.**

Designed to raise the standard of online reporting in the charitable sector, the
Awards recognise charities for the availability, clarity, accessibility and “web
friendliness” of their online financial reports. The competition is sponsored by
CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) and supported by the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales (ICAEW).

An independent panel of judges have drawn up a shortlist from five categories, and
the charity with the most transparent and technically accurate accounts in each 
category will receive £5,000. Second and third place charities will receive £750
and £250 respectively.

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## Shortlist

This year’s shortlisted charities are:

**Top 100 charities (as listed in CAF’s Charity Trends 2006)**

Plan UK • Age Concern England • Islamic Relief

**Category A (charities with an income over £2m)**

Citizens Advice • Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) •
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

**Category B (charities with an income between £500k and £2m)**

Deafness Research UK • Charity Finance Directors Group

**Category C (charities with an income between £100k and £500k)**

Sangat Advice Centre • Unique • Parochial Church Council of St Luke Great Ilford

**Category D (charities with an income below £100k)**

Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir • 2nd/1st Hurst Scout Group • African Children’s
Education Trust.

Graham Ward, Chair of the Judging Panel, commented: “We’ve seen a fantastic number
of charities enter this year’s Awards and in many cases the standards have been 
excellent. Some charities, however, are still failing to embrace the opportunities
of online communication.

“These organisations will simply lose out as internet usage continues to grow and
potential donors demand ever greater and ever clearer information on the activities
of charities before they decide to give.”

The winning charities will be announced at an awards ceremony on 29 November at 
Chartered Accountants’ Hall, Moorgate Place, London.

Both the ceremony and an accompanying seminar are free to attend.

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