Adding Value was born out of a need for more ethical, sustainable finance and accounting services.

Adding Value exists because the charities, social enterprises and responsible businesses deserve better.

When our founder Matthew began his career as a portfolio Finance Director working across charities and social enterprises, he kept encountering the same problem. Purpose-driven organisations were being let down – either by undertrained internal finance staff who hadn’t been supported to develop the right skills, or by accountancy practices that simply didn’t understand how mission-led organisations work.. So he built something different.

Adding Value is a team of multi-skilled accountants who work exclusively with charities, social enterprises and responsible businesses – the kind of organisations that measure success in more ways than one. That’s a world we know well, and it’s the only world we work in.

We understand the pressures that come from grant funding cycles, restrictions on reserves and the need to demonstrate impact to funders whilst keeping the lights on. We understand that your board needs confidence, your team needs clarity and your beneficiaries need you to keep going. Our job is to make sure that finance is never the thing that holds you back.

How we work

Our values shape every client relationship and every decision we make as a business: trust and integrity, collaborative and respectful relationships, inclusiveness and a genuine commitment to building a better and more sustainable future.

We’ve held Good Business Charter accreditation since 2018 – reflecting our practices around fair pay, responsible pricing, prompt supplier payments, transparent employment policies and environmental responsibility. We pay the Real Living Wage. We pay our taxes, and we encourage our clients to do the same. We keep the ratio between our highest and lowest paid staff below 4:1, because we think that matters.

We add value in more ways than one. It’s not just our name, it’s the reason we exist.