UK

Caron Bradshaw

Growth and Sector Solutions Lead, Charity Finance Group (CFG)

Caron joined CFG as its Chief Executive Officer in 2010 having spent 16 years at the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales) in various roles. She is a trained Barrister and has a wide array of experience across charity, regulation/law, policy, member support, and professional ethics.

In 2015 she was named Charity Principal of the Year at the Charity Times Awards. In 2016 she received the Association Excellence Award for Leadership. She was Woman of the Year at the Women in Accountancy and Finance Awards 2020 and was honoured with an OBE for ‘services to charity’ in the New Year’s Honours list 2021.

Caron has experience of working with small charities and community organisations as well as the largest not-for-profits in our sector. In addition to holding a number of policy related roles, including as a member of the Charities SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) Committee, Caron has sat on a number of government and cross sector working parties and authored ‘It’s a Nightmare with the Numbers: A no fibbing guide to charity finance’.

Having stepped down as CEO in October 2025, Caron now is leading CFG’s business development work and finding solutions to support members and the wider sector. Alongside her part time CFG position, Caron has a portfolio of roles including Chair of the Independent Monitor of the Press (Ompress), and sitting as an Independent Governor of the University of Westminster.

“It’s been brilliant to see this emerge from the initial seeds of an idea to something tangible for the sector. I’m really looking forward to CFG continuing to play their part as this establishes and evolves into practice..”