I would have liked to have been a footballer, or to be more precise ‘a ball-playing centre half like Rio Ferdinand or Bobby Moore’

Richard works with a small number of clients in developing their own strategic plans, often involving succession planning, finance raising, mergers and acquisitions. This normally requires attendance at board meetings, which enables him to build a full understanding of the business and the management team.

My superpower would be flight.

As a Partner John thrives on dealing with people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are engaged in raising the profile and bringing employment into the area, he enjoys being a sounding board for clients ideas and helping them to achieve their ambitions.

If I wasn’t an accountant I would own a Cornish beachside cafe.

Lisa acts for owner-managed and growing businesses across a broad range of industry sectors delivering proactive and timely advice by building a close working relationship based on good communication.

My favourite film is anything from the American Pie franchise, (I’m sorry I can’t help it!)…

Steve specialises in assisting owner-managed and growing businesses in a broad range of industry sectors including manufacturing, engineering, and retail.

My favourite word is Antidisestablishmentarianism (BlackAdder III)

Andrew is responsible for non-audit accounts production and a full range of financial back-office financial support.

My passion is Rugby eg watching and playing….occasionally.

Ian looks to build a close working relationship with his clients, providing sound, proactive business advice together with ensuring his clients fulfil their statutory compliance requirements. Ian also assists clients with the preparation of timely management information and offering advice to clients on their financial potential.

My passion is my children and my family

Amanda works closely with the Partners and colleagues to ensure owner-managed businesses are given the support they need, tailoring the approach to each client depending on their specific needs and requests. Amanda believes that understanding each client and their values is key to maintaining a good client relationship and providing the best results.

My favourite film is “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” – Jaws

Adam is responsible for growing and managing the commercial service offering in the Staffordshire region. Adam has a varied portfolio of clients including agricultural, manufacturing, retail and engineering businesses.

If I wasn’t an accountant, I would have been a midwife

Stacy is part of our Evolve team working across multiple offices, her role involves providing owner-managed businesses with not only compliance services but day-to-day support for their finance function to ensure timely and accurate information is available. She believes that in order to provide a proactive and cost-effective service, understanding the business and the people behind it is crucial.

My passion is supporting the mighty Port Vale FC

Andrew is responsible for the delivery of the compliance services within the Private Client Department in our Stoke-on-Trent office.

My passion is cars, I loved watching Knight Rider as a boy and my interest in cars hasn’t waned

Mo works with growing, ambitious and entrepreneurial businesses, providing all levels of support from management accounts, forecasting and budgeting to strategic advisory support, assisting with crucial insights on the financial performance and position with advice to help the business achieve its ambitions. He loves working with businesses to understand the challenges they face and working out how best to help them achieve their goals and aspirations, working as an extension of your finance team providing a valuable support mechanism to help you focus on what you do best – growing and operating your business.

Mo’s passion is providing insights into the performance of the business to support and shape business decisions through automation and technology and providing real-time and robust information to support the business and advise clients at every stage of their development. He works with a wide range of businesses across a range of sectors and enjoys the breadth of experience that brings to the relationship.

I would have been in a band.   I love all types of music: pop, rock, classical and choral.  I play the piano and church organ – modern music on a church organ is great!

Ann has specialised in taxation for over 20 years, advising companies and shareholders on a range of issues including business structures, transaction planning, research and development tax reliefs and remuneration planning.

I would have been a professional snooker player

Roy works with owner-managers, providing advice and support to help them grow the value of their business and build shareholder value. This work includes fund-raisings, acquisition support, due diligence investigations, management buy-outs and advising on the sale of businesses.

My passion is the outdoors

As a leading adviser in her field, Samantha has extensive knowledge of the tax treatments of all forms of employee payment, expenses and benefits from a number of perspectives having worked as an Inspector of Taxes; in-house for a very large corporate Group; and leading specialist teams within accountancy practices.