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.

Ben joined the Langtons team in February 2019, having graduated with a masters degree in mathematics from the University of Liverpool.

From then Ben gained significant experience and knowledge working in the audit and accounts department and became a fully qualified ACA member in 2022. As of July 2024, he is now part of the Langtons Corporate Finance team.

Chris joined Langtons in 2018 having spent a number of years working in practice in Warrington. Chris largely deals with SME clients, providing practical advice on all day-to-day compliance matters, as well as a focus on management accounts and year-end compliance services.

Helen joined Langtons in 2020 and became a fully qualified ACA member in January 2024.

After gaining experience in audit and account preparation, Helen now works in the Corporation Tax department as a Tax Executive. 

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.

Having graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2012 with a Masters in Classical and Ancient History, Sarah went on to qualify for ATT in 2016 and then CTA in 2018. 

Sarah has a vast experience of managing a varied portfolio of personal tax clients as well as undertaking specialist tax advisory work.

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.

Michael graduated from Loughborough University in 2008 and embarked in a career in tax later that year. He passed his ATT qualification in 2010 followed by his Chartered Tax Advisor qualification in 2013.

Michael joined Langtons in March 2024 after working at both Top 10 and independent firms. He typically works on tax advisory projects, such as wealth planning, company sales, corporate reorganisations, incorporations, inheritance tax planning and capital gains tax issues.

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.

Steven joined Langtons in 1999 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2002. After a two year break away from Langtons in industry from 2004 to 2006, Steven re-joined the firm and now acts as a Client Relationship Manager. Steven now deals with the firm’s largest audit clients, often preparing consolidated accounts for medium sized groups, though he also maintains a number of smaller clients which he assists. His areas of speciality are company and consolidated accounts.