Our core ethos is all about trust and balancing home and work lives. All of the team work flexible hours and we all trust each other to do what’s needed, when it’s needed. Communication is key between us and this also means it is key between us and our clients.
Sarah is a fully qualified Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA) and member of the Institute of Certified Practising Accountants (ICPA). In 2006, Sarah decided to set up her own business, following 15 years in corporate life. This was driven by a need for a new challenge and also the want of a more flexible working life.
Having gone through the setup of her own business and the continuing challenges of managing cash flow, employees, clients’ expectations and a growing business, Sarah is on the same playing field as many of her own clients and many more small business owners. Sarah has previously featured on the Expert Panel in Baby Surrey, Baby London and Baby Hampshire magazines.
In any spare time that Sarah has, she enjoys spending this with her family and taking walks with her dogs. The Taylor household is a very busy one, with a husband and three children, plus dogs, cats and gerbils!
Sarah Ryan is a Chartered Management Accountant and has spent 30 years working in mainly blue chip/large multi-national companies, 3M, DHL & Vodafone. Sarah has undertaken a number of different accountancy roles in this time, working as both a key member of the finance teams and also as an integrated member of the management teams of these businesses.
Sarah has specialist knowledge of management accounting, forecasting and budgets, activity based costing and project costing. She is now enjoying the challenge of looking after a portfolio of small business clients and applying her industry knowledge to help small businesses. Sarah is married with two older children and loves spending time with them. She also enjoys walking and gardening.
Katie is a fully qualified member of the Association of Accounting Technicians. She has spent many years previously working in the banking industry and has a wealth of experience in reconciling and putting together financial documents. Katie has a portfolio of clients that she looks after on a regular basis.
Katie is married with two teenage children who she spends time taking to various sporting events. If she has any spare time, she spends it helping her husband in his plumbing business.
Karen joined the team in 2014 as an administrator with book-keeping responsibilities. Since becoming part of the team, Karen’s role has developed and she is now our resident Payroll Administrator as well as performing monthly book-keeping duties for a group of clients.
Karen is married and a mum of two. She enjoys walking her dog and supporting her daughters with their varied clubs and social activities.
Will has trained as a book-keeper with us since 2008. He has knowledge of Xero, Quickbooks, Clearbooks and Sage, as well as Receiptbank.
Will is actually the younger brother of Sarah Taylor. We do like to keep it in the family! Will is a family man himself, with a partner and daughter. Any free time that he has is spent with them enjoying life.