Full members of acie


ACIE Fellows (see Notes 1 to 4 below)


Maroof Adeoye

Elaine Alsop

Nicola Anderson

Robert Gavin Andrews (VIE)

Robert W. Andrews (VIE)

Ian Peter Barrett

Margaret Birse

Helen Janet Blundell

Simon Bostrom

Simon James Brook (VIE)

Michael Brougham (VIE)

Paul Brown

Barrie Buels

John Richard Caladine

Alan Clements

David Collier (VIE)

David Charles Samuel Cooke

Mark Cummins

Jim Dodds

Ewen Dyer

John Robert Eke

Simon David Erskine

Jason Paul Foxwell

Mathew Gillies

Kim Gomes

Karen Marie Hanlan

Mark Robert Heaton

Philip James Harrison Holt

Jacqueline Irvine-Smith

Trevor Ernest James

Bridget Kalloushi

Anne Knox

David Knox

Jane Lawrence

Daniel Lennox

Stephen Henry Mathews

John O'Brien

Charles Osei

John Paul

Richard Alexander Prior

Ajay Ramesh Rajani

David Ralph

Susan Mary Robinson (VIE)

Howard Neil Sanderson

John Frederick Simpson

Chris R. Smith

Sarah Anne Smith

Shruti Kandarp Soni

Eric Southwick

John Anthony Bradley Speed

Christopher Mayo Stephen-Haynes

Peter Brocklehurst Syddall

Frances Mary Taylor

Mark Lewis Tenby

Vivienne Trump

Christopher Robert Tyler

Anthony Richard Vincent (VIE)

Nigel Appleyard Wainman

Tomas Wilcox

Peter Colin Winter

Stanley Wynd (VIE)


ACIE Associates (see Notes 1 to 5 below)


Martin Arthur (A)

Nana Opoku Barfi (B)

Sue Bennett (E)

Helen Bourquin (E)

Gillian Cameron (D)

Andrew Fisk (A)

Susan Godsall (E)

Ellen Hughson (E)

David Laing (E) (VIE)

Susan Manson (E)

David McGregor (E)

Morag Munro (E) (VIE)

Pierre Okusi (B)

Brenda Peers-Ross (A)

Shanaz Qaddus (B) (VIE)

Malcolm Rogers (A)

Sam Tanyi (A)

Ann Traill (E)


Note 1 - Contents of list


The list above contains the names of the 79 individuals who are Full Members (61 Fellows and 18 Associates) of Association of Charity Independent Examiners (ACIE) at 1 July 2025.  All 79 of them have paid to be Subscribing

Members of ACIE for the year ending 31 March 2026.


Note 2 - Professional qualification designatory letters


To reflect the professional qualifications that ACIE have awarded them, ACIE Fellows may use the designatory letters "FCIE", and ACIE Associates may use the designatory letters "ACIE".


Note 3 - Voluntary Independent Examiners 


"VIE" in brackets after an ACIE Full Member's name denotes that he/she is a Voluntary Independent Examiner (VIE), who undertakes independent examinations (IEs) either on a voluntary basis (ie without charging any fees or expenses) or has no more than £500 income per year from IE work.


Note 4 - Recognition in UK charity legislation 


If they are independent of the charity, and the charity is not required to have its financial statements audited by a registered auditor:


(1) ACIE Fellows are eligible to accept appointment as Independent Examiner of:

     - any charity registered in England and Wales (sections 144 and 145 of the Charities Act 2011);

     - any charity registered in Scotland (Regulation 11 of The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006); and

     - any charity registered in Northern Ireland (section 65 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008); and


(2) as long as they do not breach the licence restrictions imposed by ACIE when it awarded them ACIE Full -Membership as an ACIE Associate, ACIE Associates are eligible to accept appointment as Independent Examiner of:

     - any charity registered in Scotland (Regulation 11 of The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006); and

     - any charity registered in Northern Ireland (section 65 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008).


Note 5 - ACIE Associates - Licence restrictions


The letter (A, B, C, D or E) in brackets after an ACIE Associate's name denotes the licence restrictions imposed by ACIE when it awarded him/her ACIE Full Membership as an ACIE Associate.


Licensed to act as independent examiner of the financial statements of:


(A)     any charity which has income for the financial year not exceeding £250,000, whether the financial statements are prepared on an accruals basis or a receipts and payments basis.


(B)     any charity which has income for the financial year not exceeding £100,000, whether the financial statements are prepared on an accruals basis or a receipts and payments basis.


(C)     (1) any charity which: (a) prepares its financial statements on an accruals basis; and (b) has income for the financial year not exceeding £100,000; or


          (2) any charity which: (a) prepares its financial statements are prepared on a receipts and payments; and (b) has income for the financial year not exceeding £250,000.


(D)     any charity which: (1) prepares its financial statements are prepared on a receipts and payments basis; and (2) has income for the financial year not exceeding £250,000.


(E)     any charity which: (1) prepares its financial statements are prepared on a receipts and payments basis; and (2) has income for the financial year not exceeding £100,000.N

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