Key Team Members

Ailsa started her accountancy career at the age of 16 with a Wirral based accountancy practice.  Having remained there for 10 years, she moved to a local accountancy practice as an accounts and audit senior where she worked for a further 8 years.

After a five year spell of self- employment Ailsa returned to her previous employers where she spent three years as Practice Manager.

In August 2013, Ailsa was recruited as Practice Manager by Langtons and has responsibility for the financial and management reporting for the practice.

Catherine joined the Langtons team in March 2017, having previously graduated from Imperial College London with a degree in Mathematics.

Catherine has since gained considerable knowledge of year end accounts preparation and audit, and became a fully qualified ACA member in February 2021.

Dave started his career in the Inland Revenue before moving to the accountancy profession, initially in London, then returning to Liverpool.  He joined Langtons in 2001 and is responsible for personal and non-corporate business tax.

Having graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Mathematics, Josh joined Langtons in 2015 and completed his training with the firm to become ACA qualified whilst working in the Audit and Accounts team.

Josh gained significant experience in audit and year-end accounts preparation and now works in the Corporate Finance team.

Kevin trained in the Inland Revenue, rising to tax officer higher grade, before moving to the accountancy profession with Deloitte. He joined Langtons in 1984 and is responsible for all personal and non-corporate business tax.

Marie joined Langtons in January 2021 as a Senior Payroll Assistant having worked in payroll for over 15 years.

Starting as a payroll assistant for Sefton Council she then moved into the private sector working for several large firms including Shop Direct Group and Serco.  After gaining vast experience in all aspects of large payrolls including TUPE transfers, redundancies and international payrolls she moved into practice in order to gain bureau experience.  This has given Marie the skills to understand each individual payroll client’s needs irrelevant of the company’s size or background.

Paula joined Langtons in 2019.  Paula has 10 years of accounting experience and predominantly deals with management accounts, VAT, bookkeeping, software advice and installation, and software training.

She is accredited with both Xero and QuickBooks Online, both of which she has extensive experience from the date of both software’s infancies.

Phil specialises in providing tax advice to corporate entities, including minimising corporate tax liabilities and identifying tax planning opportunities. He also manages a number of clients, offering practical business advice as well as a core focus on compliance services, with a particular focus on the education sector.

Phil graduated from the University of Durham with a degree in Modern Languages and joined Langtons in 2006, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant three years later. He completed his Chartered Tax Advisor examinations in 2012 and applied for full membership in 2018.

Simon graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1995 and joined Langtons in the same year.  He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1998 and was appointed a Manager in 1999.  As well as managing some of the firm’s largest audit assignments, Simon also assists many of our clients with the preparation of year end accounts, management accounts and projections.