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MEET OUR TEAM
SIMON WILLIAMS
DIRECTOR - FMCA CTA
Having trained at Harrods and Shell UK, Simon setup his practice in 1998. During his career he has had experience raising and spending money during the heady days of the Dot Com boom, working with voluntary organisations in Australia, and running his own businesses in Construction, Development, Estate Management, and Hospitality.
Simon brings this breadth of experience to the many clients, and Boards that he advises. Simon currently lives in Frome, and takes an active interest in a number of different businesses and organisations.
DIRECTOR (MAAT & ATT)
Claire joined the firm in February 2015 and had 12 years experience working as a Management Accountant. Her previous assignment has been working for 6 years with a £150m local group of businesses.
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She recently completed her ATT exams, and joined the Senior Leadership Team in Mar 2024 looking after lots of local clients and the official Practice Manager. She has a wealth of experience and understanding to the smaller businesses that we support.
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Her other great love is quite naturally her family and young children.
CLAIRE PAXTON
OFFICE MANAGER - FROME
Sandra joined the firm in September 2018. She has over 30 years of office administration experience starting from Bird Gardens, Solicitors and HR Departments. Her last 11 years has been with a local Accounting firm dealing with Reception, admin and Company Secretarial duties. She is known as the spreadsheet queen and is incredibly well organised.
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She also has a wide variety of hobbies (being a champion Card maker and passionate Formula 1 fan) and has a real zest for life. She loves people and organises all our social calendars.
SANDRA LANGDON
CLARE KNIGHT
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Clare is our Senior Accountant, and has been a great addition to the team since she joined in August 2019.
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She has a wealth of experience, having started out working for Deloitte's in London, and more recently completing 13 years with her most recent employer managing a wide portfolio of clients.
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Her particular strengths fit very closely with our business philosophy of encouraging the working relationship, and focussing on the meaningful information to help you run the business.
TIM GOLDSTRAW
DIRECTOR (ACCA)
Tim has been recruited into the firm as a key member of our Senior Leadership Team and started with us in 2024.
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He is a Chartered Acountant (ACCA) and now completing his Chartered Tax Advisor exams to round off his qualifications.
Equally he is very experienced, having worked at a number of different Accounting Practices, which of late includes Moore Scarrott and Hianes Watts
There is lots going on at home, and would love to be spending more time with family and in the Gym, and less studying!
CLAIRE COMER
PAYROLL MANAGER
Claire returned to the team in August 2015, after a break. She has been working in Finance & Payroll for 15 years, first in the Construction Industry and the last 7 years running the payroll for a Care Company in Bath.
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She has considerable experience and runs the weekly/monthly payroll, as well as looking after clients Company Secretarial needs. In addition she is the backbone of the office, making sure we all know what we are doing and that everything runs smoothly.
OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS
CONSULTANTS
CONSULTANTS
Neil Owen - VAT Advice
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Ros Martin - Tax Advice
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Jo Kangurs - HR Advice
Damian Wardingly - Company Secretarial
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Independent Financial Advisors (depending on location)
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Insolvency Practitioners (depending on location)