An accountancy firm helped a charity count its cash when it handed over a cheque for £10,000.

RO Group, based in Wyllyotts Place, Potters Bar, gathered the large total for Marie Curie Cancer Care through various fundraisers held over the past 12 months.

Chairman of the company, Richard Rowlandson, handed a cheque to a Marie Curie representative last week.

The charity, which provides care to terminally ill patients at home or in one of its hospices, said it was “delighted” with the donation.