EX-23.1 3 dex231.htm CONSENT OF DIXON HUGHES PLLC

Consent of Dixon Hughes PLLC

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders

Nicholas Financial, Inc.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-143245) on Form S-8 of Nicholas Financial, Inc. of our reports dated June 16, 2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Nicholas Financial, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which reports appear in the Company’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

/s/ Dixon Hughes PLLC

Atlanta, Georgia

June 16, 2008