MOORE KINGSTON SMITH - Key Persons
Adam Fullerton is a director in the nonprofit team, based in the City office, with over 13 years' of experience spanning audit, accounts, tax compliance, and general advisory work. Adam enjoys getting his teeth into one-off projects for his clients, enabling them to thrive, and has experience of advising on group restructures and detailed systems and controls reviews as an extension to his statutory audit work.
With a true understanding and passion for the nonprofit sector, Adam works closely with charitable organisations, particularly education, armed forces, and medical charities, including a number of high-profile NHS charities, as well as several membership organisations and trade associations.
Clients value Adam's responsiveness and ability to explain complicated issues clearly. His experience and technical expertise support him in providing clear-cut advice and finding pragmatic solutions to difficult problems.
Keen to share and build knowledge with his team members, Adam is heavily involved in the delivery of charity-specific training to audit trainees and the mentoring of newly qualified staff, a role he appreciates as it allows him to play a part in their development and career progression.
Adam was a prize winner in his ICAEW exams, achieving the William G Fraser prize and he has obtained the ICAEW Diploma in Charity Accounting.
Expertise
Charities
Alex Crompton is a partner in the Corporate Client Services group, with a passion for supporting fast-growing and larger private businesses in their journeys, becoming their trusted adviser and a valuable extension of their team.
With over 25 years of Big 4 experience, Alex has spent a long career providing audit services to a wide range of clients, from technology start-ups to larger owner-managed businesses, PE-backed businesses, and UK subsidiaries of non-UK groups. Her vast expertise spans the retail, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, technology, and life sciences sectors, and she keeps her finger on the pulse with a keen interest in these industries.
A problem solver with a passion for audit, Alex thrives on delivering new accounting solutions to enhance efficiency and make things easier for her clients, enabling them to place their focus where their passion lies. Getting to know their challenges and objectives is Alex's priority, and she enjoys regular contact with those she works with, building a strong rapport.
Clients say they appreciate that quality service sits at the forefront of all Alex does, and her pragmatic, solution-focused approach. An advantage to her clients, Alex adds further value by bringing her knowledge of the trends and challenges she sees in the market to the businesses she works with.
Expertise
Corporate audit
Alex Horton is a partner in the firm's media team, bringing over 12 years' experience in guiding individuals and owner-managed businesses in the entertainment industry. He advises clients across film, TV and theatre regarding technical tax issues such as creative industry tax relief claims and a variety of HMRC tax inquiries.
Knowing the sector inside out, Alex provides tailored advice around tax rules unique to the entertainment industry. He is adept at advising actors, directors, writers, composers, social media influencers and production companies, understanding that his clients are busy creatives seeking straightforward, pragmatic advice. His extensive expertise in cross-border tax matters is supported by experience working with Los Angeles-based firms, overseeing US filing obligations and tax planning for UK clients, to the benefit of those with an international element to them.
Having worked his way up to partner at a specialist media and entertainment firm, Alex's career has been entirely dedicated to the sector. Well-versed in corporate profit extraction strategies, cashflow management, regulatory compliance, overseas tax compliance and family tax planning, Alex has also advised owner-managed businesses on corporate sales and provided back catalogue valuations for musical composers and authors.
Approachable and above all else trusted, clients value Alex's integrity. They'll often ask, "what would you do?", knowing he is acutely aware of the challenges they're up against, from cash flow to industry pressures, complemented by his ability to offer timely advice and robust solutions.
Alex's specialist expertise and passion for the media space have seen him run industry events, including a series of in-house tax seminars for large talent agencies, explaining the application of IR35 within the entertainment world when new rules came in for the private sector - an intricate area of tax that remains complex today.
Expertise
Media
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- Senior Manager - China Group
Alice Ooi is experienced at coordinating a wide range of requirements of Chinese investors setting up their operations in the UK. She has specific expertise in working with clients in property investment, wholesale importing, green energy, foreign-owned subsidiaries and the not for profit sector.
As a chartered certified accountant, with more than 20 years' experience, Alice has vital insider knowledge of the compliance obligations of international companies. She handles audits, management reporting and tax issues for diverse clients, as well as providing all round support on wide-ranging business functions.
Fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien, Alice is both results driven and pragmatic in her approach to work. Easygoing and a careful listener, she prides herself on building and nurturing excellent international working relationships.
Expertise
China
Amar Shah is highly knowledgeable with more than 25 years' experience. His professional background covers a broad range of industries including property, construction, retail, manufacturing, professional services and the film and music industries. His clients range from owner managed businesses to large groups including private equity-backed businesses. His expertise encompasses audit, tax and strategic advisory.
Accustomed to building a robust working relationship with his clients, Amar ensures he gains a clear understanding of the business as well as the priorities of business owners, meaning he can tailor his advice and support to offer practical solutions.
Expertise
Real estate and construction
Manufacturing and distribution
Amy Marshall is a highly experienced director in the Redhill office, with over ten years' expertise in audit, accounts, corporation tax compliance and business advisory work. She excels in advising clients on business plans, forecasts and internal controls.
Amy's diverse portfolio includes entrepreneurial ventures, small and medium-sized owner-managed businesses, and individuals in construction, financial services, charitable organisations and technology. She adeptly navigates clients through the entire business life cycle, offering guidance tailored to their specific challenges.
Amy Watson qualified as a solicitor in 2017. She joined Moore Kingston Smith in 2014 as a paralegal and was Moore Kingston Smith's first trainee solicitor.
Amy specialises in advising companies, in particular SMEs and owner-managed businesses, and individuals on a wide range of corporate matters. Her expertise covers share and asset sales and purchases, corporate restructurings, share buy-backs, share exchanges, shareholder agreements, articles of association and other general company law advice.
Clients report that Amy is highly competent and builds a good rapport with them, explaining complex legal concepts in terms that they can understand. Clients particularly value Amy's excellent level of commercial awareness and good judgement.
Expertise
Business and corporate legal services
Andrew Barford has spent his career working with mid-market entrepreneurial businesses, latterly leading their external audits. He brings clients breadth of perspective as an adviser having also spent several years in corporate finance advising boards and owners on strategy, sales and acquisitions.
Clients recognise Andrew as approachable and responsive with a can-do attitude to overcoming the challenges that businesses inevitably face in today's complex and evolving world. He has a knack for quickly understanding matters from clients' standpoints, and advancing robust and optimal solutions.
His advice and technical expertise is grounded in 15 years' Big 4 experience advising clients in the mid-market. Andrew's clients are often high-growth and span private equity, owner-managed and public ownership.
Expertise
Audit services
Job Titles:
- Head of Legal
- Partner
- Solicitor
Andrew Bloom is a solicitor and head of Legal Services.
He is a corporate lawyer who works with clients ranging from start-ups and owner-managed businesses to larger SMEs and international public companies.
Andrew advises on corporate restructurings, investment/shareholder agreements, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate advisory matters, within the UK and internationally. Andrew and the team have particular expertise helping businesses whose owners want to exit by selling shares to employee ownership trusts (EOTs).
Andrew is described by clients as results-oriented, and combining an in-depth knowledge of the law with good commercial sense. Before joining Moore Kingston Smith, Andrew was a partner in an international law firm.
As part of our "What if…?" video series, Andrew Bloom discusses the scenario: What if you want to sell your business to your employees? In this example, Andrew explores the tax benefits for staff and owners who are considering establishing Employee Ownership Trusts.
Expertise
Business and corporate legal services
With his extensive tax knowledge and having qualified as both a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Adviser, Andrew seeks to understand both the tax and commercial pressures affecting clients, and to tailor his advice accordingly. Using his excellent communication skills and deep understanding of the firm's client base, he applies his broad technical knowledge in a clear and coherent way to provide clients with the tax advice and compliance services that they want and need.
Andrew focuses predominantly on SME businesses and their owners, but additionally is experienced in advising large corporates and private individuals. He has worked with businesses and individuals across many sectors, but has a particularly keen eye for the tax issues that affect the professional firms, property and inward investment sectors.
He is a member of the ICAEW Tax Faculty's SME Business Tax Committee and the Chartered Institute of Taxation's Owner Managed Business Technical Sub-Committee.
Andrew joined Moore Kingston Smith as a trainee accountant in 2004. He started his career in general practice, later specialising in tax, where over the past decade he has built up the knowledge and skills that he now uses to advise and support the firm's clients.
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- Partner - Head of Education
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- President - Investment and Strategy
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- Director of Business Outsourcing
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- Head of Relationship Development
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- Director of Client Services - Moore Kingston Smith Licensed Insolvency Practitioners
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- Director - Moore Kingston Smith Nonprofit Advisory
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Lead Partner
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- Lead Partner
- Partner
- Adviser
Darren Jordan is an experienced adviser to growing and international businesses and supports across all aspects of assurance and accounting. He works with businesses across a range of sectors but with a particular focus on construction, real estate and technology, having been appointed non-executive director for clients within these industries. Darren leads the overall international strategy,… Read more
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- Chartered Financial Planner and Director
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- Chartered Financial Planner and Director
With over 10 years' experience serving clients in the media sector through the provision of audit, accounting and tax compliance services, Gary De Souza has been based in our specialist media and marketing services office in the West End since 2016. Working closely with clients to define strategies for both current and future financial activity,… Read more
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- Co - Founder & CEO EMEA of Cadastra, Says
Gustavo Bacchin, co-founder & CEO EMEA of Cadastra, says: "Moore Kingston Smith has an impressive media and marketing office with deep expertise in the sector. Their insight into the industry has been invaluable for us understanding the UK market. There are great opportunities in the sector between Brazil and the UK, so it became an important location for us to establish a presence."
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- Lead Partner
- Partner
- Adviser
- Lead Contact
Ian Matthews strongly believes that for an adviser to be able to provide the best service possible, they must truly buy into their clients' business - proactively looking to help them develop and grow. To offer this level of service, Ian makes sure he is easily accessible to all of his clients. Over the last… Read more
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- Managing Director for HR Consultancy and People Advisory
Jon Sutcliffe's clients value his objectivity, sound judgment and total discretion. The owner-managers and entrepreneurs he advised over the past 25 years at the firm have afforded him a keen insight into how successful businesses grow and develop. Jon draws on this knowledge to steer his clients in the appropriate direction to meet their goals.… Read more
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- Associate - Moore Kingston Smith Nonprofit Advisory
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- International Tax Director
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- Lead Partner
- Managing Partner
- Lead Contact
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- Partner - Head of Nonprofit
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- Director of Business Outsourcing
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- Lead Partner
- Partner and Brexit Impact Specialist
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- Technical & Training Partner
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- Research & Development Director
Tom heads up Moore Kingston Smith's Financial Services and Fintech Sector Groups and has worked with a range of clients in this space since joining the firm in 2002. His experience and access allows him to add value, disseminate ideas and views, and ensure that clients remain ahead of the curve. He is known for… Read more