A small charitable organisation is paying an accountant to be their Treasurer. I understand that this is acceptable to the Charity Commission if in the best interests of the charity and they have no other suitable person to do the job. If this person is Treasurer should they then also be a trustee and are there likely to be any other issues in this situation? Many thanks

I have been trying to find out the answer to this question. I sit on a board of directors of a company that is limited by guarantee. At our last board meeting our treasurer resigned. The question is : As our accounts are done by an external accountant, do we have to appoint a new treasurer? Is it a legal requirement that we must have one ?