Our mission:
Promoting and supporting best practice in internal audit and internal controls for charities and not for profit organisations.
CIAN's Strategy 2021-2025
The Charities Internal Audit Network (CIAN) was founded in 1994 by a small number of internal audit professionals employed in the charity sector who recognised the benefits of having a Forum through which all Internal Auditors in the sector could come together and share knowledge and learn from each other. Our Network now has over 200 member organisations and offers opportunities for internal auditors in the charity sector to share and develop skills and experience through networking, benchmarking, CPD sessions, a shared bank of templates and guidance, and subsidised training courses.
We aim to support members in effective internal audit provision thereby helping charities to achieve their objectives, and to promote the profession of internal audit in the charity sector. Membership of CIAN is free and available to any charitable or not for profit organisation. For more information: click here.
We are an independent charity with the active support of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK and Ireland as well as a number of professional services firms who generously provide CIAN with venues and other in-kind support. You can find out more about our governance and Committee below.
CIAN Trustees
CIAN is a volunteer-run organisation and a charity in its own right. Our Committee acts as both our executive committee and our Board of trustees. The Committee is responsible for all CIAN activities as well as the strategic direction and governance of CIAN.
The Committee
Secretary - David Barraclough
David Barraclough joined the CIAN Committee in June 2022. David is Deputy Head of Risk and Assurance at the National Trust. Prior to joining the Trust, David has worked as an Audit Manager across several universities and has had Principal Auditor and Risk Manager roles for a number of London boroughs.
Treasurer - Garry Smith
Garry Smith joined the CIAN Committee in August 2020. Garry is part of the NSPCC's Internal Audit team.
Robert Auguste
Robert Auguste is the Membership Officer for CIAN and has been involved in CIAN for the past 5 years. He looks after new membership requests, membership data and the mailing list. Robert is a Senior Internal Auditor at Barnardos, and is involved in a range of audit related activities. He also takes a lead role on counter-fraud and whistleblowing in the organisation.
Beginning his career in the public sector, Robert moved to the charity sector in 2015. For Robert, CIAN has an integral role in the charity sector, providing support, advice, and knowledge-sharing amongst its members but also as a conduit for collaborative working with key interested bodies and partners involved in charities, ensuring continuous improvement in the sector.
Natasha Scott
Natasha Scott joined the CIAN Committee in December 2017. She works for WaterAid as an Internal Auditor and is a chartered accountant with experience auditing public sector organisations, charities and companies.
Natasha feels CIAN is extremely valuable to the sector as it provides relevant learning opportunities through the diverse and interesting speakers who present at our network events, and it is a great way to meet people working in the sector.
Daniel Priestley
Daniel Priestley joined the CIAN Committee in September 2024. He has worked for Victim Support as their National Lead Auditor since April 2023.
David Wearne
David Wearne joined the CIAN Committee in September 2024.
Vacancy: Could this be a role for you? If you are interested in joining the CIAN committee, please contact us at comms@cian.org.uk
Special Advisers to the CIAN Committee
Jonathan Orchard
Partner - Sayer Vincent
Sherv Cheung
Sherv Cheung was previously a CIAN Committee member, working in internal audit at the Donkey Sanctuary and, since leaving charity internal audit, has continued to support CIAN as a Special Advisor, with a focus on communications.
Jonathan is a charity sector specialist and authors CIAN's Special Adviser's Update - an exclusive members-only publication that highlights key technical changes and considerations pertinent to the sector.
Jonathan is a Partner at Sayer Vincent.