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Further Growth For Local Accountancy Firm Beresfords

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Beresfords Chartered Certified Accountants have signed the deal to merge with Hillgroves accountants.

Established in 1958, Beresfords, one of the longest standing accountants in the area continues to grow and is now one of the largest in the area.

As 1st April 2022, Hillgroves Accountancy Ltd will merge with and become Beresfords Chartered Certified accountants.

Beresfords Chartered Certified accountants will go from four partners to a five-partner firm consisting of:

Phillip Hindle, Philip has been at Beresfords since 1986 and was appointed Partner in 2001. Phillip works closely with clients on their audits, advising on their corporate and personal tax planning, as well as business sales and acquisition including helping to raise finance for commercial transactions.

Dan Payne, Dan joined Beresfords in 2004 Having worked as a client manager for a large portfolio of clients he became a partner in 2020.

Chris Dodd, Chris became a fully qualified accountant with the ACCA in 2003 and became a partner at Beresfords in 2020.

Mark Minus, Mark joined Beresfords in December 2021, Mark has over 30 years’ experience in the profession and looks after a diverse portfolio of clients consisting of owner managed businesses ranging from start-ups to medium sized groups.

Julian Glenister, Julian qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1984, having trained with a Top 20 firm. He then worked out in industry for 3 years, before returning to professional practice, having been a partner in a medium sized firm of Chartered Accountants for 15 years, until 2013 when he set up his own accountancy practice, Hillgroves Accountancy Limited. As of 1st April 2022, Julian will become a partner for Beresfords.

Beresfords have seen over 40% growth in the last 12 months after several new roles were created during 2021 and the acquisition of the Canterbury Small business department of MHA Macintyre Hudson that took place in December 2021.

“Quote from Phil”

“Our two firms are closely aligned, and this was a natural progression for both firms to join forces and add to the excellent work the team at Hillgroves Accountancy Ltd have developed to date, we look forward to working with Julian and his team in the future. This will be another exciting step forward for Beresfords and continues to maintain the steady growth we have seen to date.”

“Quote from Julian”

As Phil says our two firms are indeed closely aligned and joining forces at this time is the natural thing to do. We as a small team at Hillgroves are very proud of what we have achieved in the 9 years since we started and the merger with Beresfords is an exciting opportunity for us to continue with that work. We are all looking forward to working with Phil and the rest of the excellent team at Beresfords and building on the success of both firms as one firm going forward’

For further enquiries please contact Lucy Ellis lucy@beresfordsaccountants.com

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