NCASS | Northern Chartered Accountant Students' Society

NCASS 2020 Annual General Meeting

Notice is given that the AGM of NCASS will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 6th October 2020 at 5.30pm.

The Annual General Meeting is open to all members. Items to be discussed:

Approve the previous AGM minutes
Approve the NCASS Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019
Elect committee members for the upcoming period
Elect an independent reporting accountant
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Given the current working environment and additional restrictions in place in the region due to COVID-19, this year’s AGM will be hosted virtually on Microsoft Teams. For the access code to the Teams call, please contact the secretary, Sam Hutson, at [email protected].

NCASS look forward to welcoming you on the video call.

NCASS Special Meeting – June 2020

Notice is given that a Special Meeting of NCASS has been called and will be held online via Microsoft Teams.

The Special Meeting is open to all members. Items to be discussed:

Change to the NCASS Rules on the timing of the AGM
Change to the NCASS Rules to allow the Cumberland Student Society to formally merge into NCASS
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In line with the current NCASS Rules, a 14-day notice period is required, and therefore this serves as notice of the commencement of the 14 days, on Wednesday 10th June 2020.

If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact the NCASS Secretary, Sam Hutson, who will distribute the joining instructions for the Microsoft Teams call.

NCASS look forward to welcoming you to the Special Meeting.

New Year; New Committee

In June, NCASS held their AGM where the new committee for the 2019/2020 year were elected.

NCASS are pleased to announce the new committee for the next year is:

Position	Member	Firm
Chair	Therese McCollam	KPMG
Vice-chair	James Richardson	EY
Treasurer	Abby Barnes	RSM
Secretary	Sam Hutson	Colin Hutson Accounting
ICAEW student council (ISC) rep	Gregory Barnett	RSM
Inter-professional rep	Tom Cosby	Ryecroft Glenton
Teesside rep	Sam Hutson	Colin Hutson Accounting
Wellbeing / CABA officer	Sophie Richardson	Deloitte
Communication officer	Rich Tiffany	KPMG

For full details of the newly elected committee members, visit http://www.norsca.co.uk/ncass/committee-members/.

The new committee took the opportunity to thank Rich Tiffany (immediate past-chair) and the rest of the committee for all of their hard work in a successful 2018/19 year that included winning the PQ Award for Student Body of the Year for the second year in three!

PQ Award shown off at the NCASS Ball 2019

Watch this space for upcoming events!

NCASS Newcastle Annual Ball 2018

Following on from the success of our 2017 annual dinner we are pleased to announce that the 2018 dinner will be held on 16th March 2018 at the new location of The Biscuit Factory.

Arrival will be at 19:00 for a 19:30 start and the evening will finish at 01:00. Included in the ticket price will be a welcome drink upon arrival, a three course meal, half a bottle of wine per person and an after dinner disco.

Tickets

Tickets for the evening are priced at £40 per person (including VAT) and we will be raising money for the charity Caring Hands on the evening. We hope to see you all there; book soon to avoid disappointment!

NCASS Netball tournament raises £200 for charity

NCASS held its second successful mixed netball tournament on 25/08/17 raising money for Caring Hands charity.

We would like to say a big thank you to UNW LLP who kindly sponsored the event enabling us to raise £200 for our chosen charity!

Netball 1

Netball 2

Blue Square were victorious defeating Deloitte in the finals! With UNW and PWC coming joint third.

Well done and thank you to all the teams that took part, it was a great evening and we look forward to holding it again next year!

NCASS Annual pub quiz

NCASS’ annual pub quiz makes its return!

Get a team together and test your general knowledge with other student accountants in the North East and be in with a chance of winning a cash prize!

This is a good chance to test your general knowledge in teams and meet other accountants in the North East! With a free drink, cash prizes and spot prizes, what more could you want from a pub quiz?

This year’s quiz will be held on Thursday 21st September at The Central pub in Gateshead. The event will cost £3 per person – please bring along your money on the evening. Please arrive no later than 6.15pm for your free drink, ready for a 6.30pm start.

With thanks to the ESF for their support with this event.

TSCA Netwalking

Join TSCA for a 5 mile ‘walk whilst you talk’ in our first Netwalking event.

Netwalking - Northern Hopefully the late British Summer will be kind to us, as we enjoy the views from the Osmotherly/Swainby circular walk, whilst conserving enough energy to relax and network with fellow ICAEW members, and let’s not forget the option of a cold beverage after we finish the route.

Join TSCA members, friends and family for a social walk followed by some refreshments.

Walkers should wear/bring appropriate clothing (cool / warm / waterproof) it is British summertime so anything could happen.

We also intend, for those walkers who are interested, to have a drink together after the walk at the Black Horse, Swainby. If you would like to stay on for some food please book a table directly with the Black Horse itself on +44 (0) 1642 700 436 and indicate when you are booking that you are with the accountants walking group.

Registration is from 16:00 for the walk to start at 16:15.

Cost

The event is free to attend but pre-booking is requried to secure your place.

Bookings close 12 September 2017
Event enquiries
Contact: Jerome Bury

01642 660 300
[email protected]

NCASS and NEYCAG quiz night

Last week we held the NCASS NEYCAG quiz at the Central Pub in Gateshead, with representation from the NAO, Deloitte, EY and RSM to name a few.

After a few drinks in the bar we headed up to the top floor for the buffet where we had hired out a function room. The quiz started with introduction to two table quiz rounds of Geography and numbers to play throughout the evening- only one team managed to guess all 20 flags and the associated capital cities of each country – well done! We then went on to test general knowledge, food & drink, music and sport, together with several spot prize questions each winning a bottle of wine. For example, do you know how many nations competed at the Summer 2012 Olympics? Well we do now!

Congratulations to the winning team who scored 78 out of 90 and won Eldon Square vouchers. They were closely followed by a very respectable 72 out of 90 who won bottles of prosecco.

Thanks to everyone for coming and a big thank you to Nigel Wright for sponsoring- a great night had by all!

About NCASS

NCASS (Northern Chartered Accountant Students’ Society) is the official body that represents ACA students under ICAEW training contracts in the Northern Society area in the North East of England and Cumbria. We have been supporting student chartered accountants across northern England since 1896.

The society is run by ACA student volunteers for ACA students and, space permitting, new committee members are always welcome.

Inaugural NCASS Open Evening

NCASS were delighted to host their inaugural Open Evening at the Digital Lounge, Tyneside Cinema on 11th July. This event was hosted by NCASS President Chris Soan and our new Chair, Katie Taylor, to showcase NCASS to regional firms including Deloitte, RSM Tenon, Haines Watts, Colin Hutson Accounting, NAO and Tait Walker.

NCASS are currently offering a full and varied event calendar with forthcoming events including a tour of the Riverside Stadium, Quiz and Casino nights and annual dinners in both Newcastle and Teesside. The Open Evening allowed us to share our up-coming events with firms as well as asking for feedback on our current programme.

NCASS are always looking for new ways to support students in the region and our next event offers an alternative to the more traditional NCASS social and networking events in the form of an evening workshop on Mindfulness.

For details of our future events and information on how to book, please visit: http://www.norsca.co.uk/ncass/events/.

About NCASS
NCASS (Northern Chartered Accountant Students’ Society) is the official body that represents ACA students under ICAEW training contracts in the Northern Society area in the North East of England and Cumbria. We have been supporting student chartered accountants across northern England since 1896.

The society is run by ACA student volunteers for ACA students and, space permitting, new committee members are always welcome.

NCASS netball tournament success

From fancy foot work to great goals, the NCASS netball tournament was a huge success!

With mixed gender teams and a wide range of abilities the tournament catered for all.

The final saw UNW and Offstone Publishing go head to head for the number 1 spot. After a close start Offstone Publishing soon found their stride and very deservingly took first place.

The event was in high demand with limited spaces of 8 teams. All teams played really well and the tournament was a fun, friendly way to socialise and network with other professionals from the Newcastle area.

NCASS will be sure to organise another sporting tournament so keep checking our events page to avoid missing out!