Who are the members of the SORP Committee and who appoints them?
The SORP committee’s membership was ratified by the ASB based on recommendations made by the Charity Commission. Its membership was made up of charity finance directors, charity auditors, academics, and charity advisers and regulators. The committee was chaired by David Taylor, a Non-Executive Charity Commissioner. Members of the committee external to the Commission were Denis Cathcart (Department for Social Development Northern Ireland); Andrew Dobson (Practising Accountant – Scotland); Pesh Framjee (Charities Partner – Deliottes); Keith Hickey (FD – Help the Aged); Richard Hellewell (OSCR); Ian Smith (Scottish Executive); Gareth Jones (Partner PWC – Cardiff Office); Roger Morris (Association of Charitable Foundations); Professor Paul Palmer (City University); Professor Adrian Randall ( charity consultant) and Kate Sayer (Partner – Sayer Vincent). James Dutton (senior legal policy adviser at the Charity Commission) provided legal advice and Ray Jones (Accountancy Policy Adviser at the
