Our Team

What do I do at AR?

I qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003 and became a Director and co-owner of the company in 2006.

How can I help you?

I help business owners get through the volume of compliance and stresses involved in running a business, from problems with finances and getting information from internal systems through to generic business advice.

Hobbies

I play golf regularly, normally twice a week when I can and enjoy going to watch live bands play.

Best Holiday

Las Vegas! People either love it or hate it, I love it!

What do I do at AR?

I am a client manager of which I look after Limited companies, sole traders, partnerships and individuals. I help with the statutory requirements as well as other value-added services. I am both AAT and ACCA qualified. 

Alongside my client manager role, I also oversee the operations of the other managers and assist Wayne when needed.

How can I help you?

I can help with Accounts, Management Accounts, Bookkeeping, Tax returns, Tax planning, software queries as well as analysing and explaining the important numbers in your business.

I can also help with quoting and onboarding new clients.

Hobbies

My main hobby is the gym, I thoroughly enjoy strength training 5 times a week and challenging myself. 

I also enjoy spending time with friends and family and have a love for animals (especially dogs!).

Best Holiday

I enjoy visiting different places and trying new things, I love a trip to Puerto Banús in Marbella! The marina is beautiful.

What do I do at AR?

I am a client manager at Anthony Russel. I look after a range of clients, making sure their statutory needs are met as well as providing support and other value added services. I work with limited companies of all sizes and personal tax clients.

How can I help you?

I can help you regarding your accounts, accounting systems, tax position and any general queries. I can also provide you with Xero and Sage support.

Hobbies

My hobbies include, gym, motorcycling and shooting. I also enjoy spending time with friends and family, and going on road trips and city breaks.

Best Holiday

The best holiday I have been on was in 2013. I travelled by car through France, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco and Cannes. The great thing about this holiday is that it felt like I had complete freedom while I was travelling. We did not book hotels in advance so we could stay in each place as long as we like and could move on if bad weather was predicted. I really enjoyed the feeling of waking up every day and filling it with whatever I wanted.

What do I do at AR?

I am an accounts senior at Anthony Russel Ltd. I have completed the ACCA exams and am a fully qualified Chartered Certified Accountant. 

How can I help you?

I can help you with any queries you have regarding tax planning, tax returns and accounts. I can also help with Xero queries.

Hobbies

I go to the gym every week to do weights and I also participate in gym classes. I love going to the gym as it is a good way to push yourself and relieve stress. My favourite gym class is Clubbercise. This is a dance workout with glow sticks and disco lights to club anthems. It is a very fun way of keeping fit!

I also enjoy going to see live bands. I think the atmosphere at concerts is fantastic and it is great to be surrounded by other fans of your favourite bands. I have seen some amazing live bands over the years including Green Day and Foo Fighters.

Best Holiday

The best holiday I have been on is when I went to New York in 2012. I was amazed by how busy the streets were. We went to the top of the Rockefeller Centre which gave us an incredible view of all the main attractions of New York including the Empire State Building and Central Park.

My favourite part of New York was Times Square. The bright lights of the billboards and advertisements were unlike anything I had ever seen before. I also enjoy going shopping and New York was the perfect place to do this. While I was there we visited two of the best department stores in the world, Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s.

What do I do at AR?

I joined Anthony Russel in 2015 and started as an apprentice studying AAT. Since, I have progressed to a client manager at Anthony Russel and have completed my studies for my association of certified chartered accountant qualification, and am now fully qualified.

My main role as client manager is to ensure my allocated clients receive the services they need. By ensuring that scheduled work has been completed and any queries are answered in a timely manner.

As well as client manager I am also the payroll manager at Anthony Russel, providing support and guidance to the payroll assistants and clients.

How can I help you?

I can help answer any queries or concerns you may have with your accounts, payroll or self-assessment.

Hobbies

In my free time I enjoy baking, dog walking and going on days out with friends and family. 

Best Holiday

I enjoy holidays to America, in particular Florida and Las Vegas, there’s so much to see and do.

What do I do at AR...

I am an Accounts Senior, having recently passed my ACA qualification. I prepare company accounts for Limited companies, sole traders and partnerships, and also tax returns for individuals. 

How can I help you...

I can help you with accounts and tax queries for Limited companies, Partnerships and Sole Traders.

Hobbies...

I have three horses who take up all of my spare time; an ex-racehorse called Silvia, a Welsh cob called Laurie and a Dales pony called Dot. My weekends are often spent competing at or watching horse shows.

Best holiday...

My best holiday so far has been a six week road trip around New Zealand. We took a tent and travelled as little or as far as we felt like each day, often pitching up beside a lake or a beach. It is the most beautiful country I’ve ever visited, with varied landscapes from vast sandy beaches to volcanoes and mountain glaciers, and plenty of opportunities to swim and ride horses!

What do I do at AR?

I am the bookkeeping manager at Anthony Russel. It is my responsibility to keep updated records for our clients and to prepare VAT returns. I also deliver our Xero training programme. 

How can I help you?

I can help you to keep your bookkeeping records up to date and to ensure that your VAT returns are filed on time. I can also assist with CIS queries and provide you with Xero support.

Hobbies

I enjoy spending time outdoors, I own a campervan, and enjoy exploring. I also have three dogs which I take along and spend a lot of time walking.  Live music is another of my hobbies, I try to go as often as I can.  I also love nice food and enjoy eating out at good restaurants.

Best Holiday

The best holiday I have had was Jamaica in 2006. This was also my wedding and we were lucky enough to have all of our family and friends with us.  We stayed in a lodge which was on the beach and the setting was beautiful. I did horse riding in the sea, swam with dolphins and climbed Dunn’s River Falls.  The locals made us feel so welcome and even played a steel band on our special day.  This holiday always gives me happy memories!

What do I do at AR?

My position within Anthony Russel is accounts assistant to the client managers . I have completed my AAT studies and am now working towards my ACCA qualification to become a certified accountant. The work I do at AR is preparing accounts, processing bookkeeping, VAT return and self- assessment tax returns. 

How can I help you?

I can help you with queries regarding your statutory company accounts, sole trader accounts, bookkeeping, VAT returns, MTD, self- assessment tax and various other personal taxes such as capital gains tax. I can also help with queries on Xero.

Hobbies

I enjoy various sports such as football and motor racing. I support Liverpool FC as my football team though I travel with my friends all over the country supporting my friend’s teams as getting tickets is a lot easier. I often go to various motor sporting events including going to Milan for the F1 Grand Prix at Monza. I also enjoy playing pool and I will go to my local club in Chelmsford almost every weekend. 

Best Holiday

I have had many great holidays over the years but one of my favourite was when I when on a driving holiday for 2 weeks travelling through France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. 

We stayed in the Stubai Valley in Austria which is situated in the Austrian Alps where we were staying at an altitude of around 1000m above sea level with its highest peaks and glaciers at 3500m above sea level so the views and climbing experience is simply incredible.   

What do I do at AR?

My main role at Anthony Russel is working in the payroll department, this includes the preparing and the processing of the payroll for multiple clients. My other role is the preparation and submission of Company House forms.

How can I help you?

I can help with payroll queries including Statutory sick pay, Statutory maternity pay, tax code queries, PAYE payments to HMRC and pension auto-enrolment.

Also, I am able to help with Companies House forms such as the annual confirmation statement, change of director’s details, appointment of director, change of registered office address. 

Hobbies

In my spare time I enjoy going on dog walks and spending time with my family and going out to eat. I also like going on holiday and visiting new places.

Best Holiday

My latest holiday was a cruise from Orlando around the Bahamas stopping at different islands along the way. My next holiday I am going to New York.

What do I do at AR?

My position at Anthony Russel is payroll assistant.  The work I do at AR is processing payroll, ensuring is it completed on time for our clients. Myself Wendy and Keeley work together within our payroll department to ensure that all queries are dealt with and answered. I also prepare some of the company secretary forms.

How can I help you?

I can help with payroll queries including statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay, any tax code queries or help making payments to HMRC for PAYE and national insurance contributions.

Hobbies

In my free time, I enjoy a day at the races, eating out and spending quality time with family and friends.

Best Holiday

I’ve had lots of lovely holidays, but my favourite has to be New York.  We visited most of the popular attractions during our 6-night break. I really enjoyed going around Central Park in a horse and carriage.   

What do I do at AR?

I am currently an apprentice at Anthony Russel, studying AAT at First Intuition in Chelmsford.  I have gained Levels 2 and 3 and am studying for Level 4.  I primarily am a bookkeeping assistant, and contribute to the processing of VAT and CIS returns.

How can I help you?

If you are signed up for the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), it would be my responsibility to deduct and calculate what you either owe, or are owed. I can also calculate this for VAT returns. 

Hobbies

I usually spend my free time either online with my friends, or out with them on weekends.  I frequently watch football, and usually make time to watch English and Welsh national teams.  Most of my family is Welsh, so a few times during the year, I will get the train across to see my Mum and cousins.

Best Holiday

The best Holiday I have been on was Florida in 2015. My family and I stayed a stunning villa, and visited Disney, Universal Studios, Cocoa Beach and Discovery Cove. I enjoyed Discovery Cove the most because we swam with Dolphins. There was also a large area where you could swim with all kinds of tropical fish and sting rays.  I definitely would like to see more of America, and go to the Grand Canyon, New York City, Gary Indiana, and San Francisco.

What do I do at AR?

I am currently an apprentice, studying my level 4 AAT. I assist in the bookkeeping department and contribute support towards VAT returns and help with the renewals of bank feeds.

How can I help you?

I can help if you have any issues when connecting your bank feeds to the Xero software and any general queries with regards to your VAT returns.

Hobbies

I enjoy reading books and listening to music. 

Best Holiday

My best holiday was in 2016 when I went to Florida with my family. We got to swim with dolphins at Discovery Cove and I got to drive my grandad’s boat on the ocean.

What do I do at AR?

I am on reception so take most of the telephone calls that come in and also greet the clients when they arrive.  I am responsible for the day-to-day administration, which includes new client set-up, sending out statements, maintaining the database for our old files in storage, dealing with the post and any other administration jobs that need doing as and when required.

How can I help you?

I can help with invoicing queries, admin queries and also I can help put you through to the best person to deal with any query you may have.

Hobbies

Now that my family have grown up I enjoy travelling, especially cruising.  I now have a dog called Honey who I adore, so like taking her out for a walk.  I also like listening to podcasts, doing jigsaws and painting by numbers!!  I like eating out and enjoying going out with my friends.

Best Holiday

I have been to quite a few places but when I was younger I went to Australia which is a place I would love to go back to. I have been to many European countries cruising and more recently I went to the Maldives which I think is the best holiday. The constant warmth and view of the blue sea, and seeing really brightly coloured fish in the sea as you walk along the shore is amazing.