WHO WE ARE AT TC GROUP
With over 1800 people across our business located in over 60 offices, our team’s made up of individuals helping business owners and their growth goals.
With TC Group by your side, no matter how complex your financial situation may be, we have the resources and expertise to help you navigate it successfully.
Here, you’ll find our Partners and Heads of Service Lines.
Know who you’re looking for? Use our search below to quickly find them.
Kirsty Royds-Jones
Senior Manager Personal Tax
Lewes
Kirsty’s a Senior Personal Tax Manager with over 25 years’ experience in Private Client Tax. She provides expert advice on a range of personal taxation issues, including Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax, Trust, and Estate Taxation.
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As a Chartered Tax Advisor, Kirsty brings a detailed and nuanced understanding to her work, ensuring each client receives personalised and effective tax advice.
Steven Thomson
Senior Manager Business Hub
Lewes
Senior Manager of our Lewes offices’ Business Hub, Steven has over 20 years’ experience working with Owner-Managed Businesses and UK subsidiaries of overseas businesses, successfully advising and supporting them to achieve their goals.
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A systems advisory expert, Steven also provides guidance to clients on the implementation of new technologies to refine existing systems, processes, and controls, ensuring these continue to meet the evolving needs of the business as it grows and develops.
Alex Robinson
Senior Manager Business Hub
Lewes
Alex is a Senior Manager of our Lewes offices’ Business Hub. With over a decade of experience in private practice, Alex boasts a deep understanding of financial statements, bookkeeping, and management accounting.
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He’s successfully guided clients in a wide range of sectors, including charities and education, farming, professional services, property, and retail.
George Clayson
Business Advisory Director
Lewes
George has specialised in due diligence and deal advisory services for over 20 years, and has advised clients across a wide range of sectors and deal sizes. He’s also experienced in providing strategic and business advice to start-ups and growing companies.
Jamie Bird
Tax Partner
Lewes
Jamie’s a Tax Partner in our Lewes office’s Private Client team and has worked in tax and accounting for over ten years. Initially he trained as an accountant before specialising in Private Client Tax.
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He now advises clients on all aspects of taxation relating to their personal tax affairs, ranging from Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax to employee share schemes/incentivisation, including EMI schemes.
Jamie’s also a member of the Chartered Institute of Tax Advisors.
Kirsty Wilson
Corporate Finance Partner (South East and South Coast)
Lewes
Kirsty’s an award-winning Corporate Finance advisor for Owner-Managed Businesses. She joined our Lewes office in 2007 from a Top 15 accountancy practice and has nearly 20 years’ experience in lead advisory Corporate Finance.
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Kirsty provides support to business owners at all stages of the business life cycle. She’s led many businesses through transactions and has a particular specialism for acquisitions, disposals, company valuations, MBOs, MBIs, and restructuring.
In 2023, Kirsty was named Corporate Finance Advisor of the Year at the South East Dealmakers Awards, and she also won the Financial Services category at the Sussex & Surrey Dynamic Awards for Women Business Leaders.
Chris Ketley
Partner
Lewes
Chris is a Partner at our Lewes office and a specialist in proactive, multi-disciplinary business consultancy with over 30 years of significant SME/OMB expertise. He’s been a Partner with the firm since 1988.
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Chris specialises in business coaching and mentoring, strategic development and non-exec services, and is passionate about delivering these to clients who are equally as passionate about their businesses and future plans. He’s an expert in the provision of agile business improvement advice, as a result of his extensive experience within audit, assurance, ATOL and FCA reporting, management accounting and proactive taxation advice (including International).
Chris is a member of the global Mindshop Business Strategy, Development & Facilitation network of advisors.
David W Martin
Partner
Lewes
David joined our Lewes office from Mazars LLP in 2010 where he’d been a Partner for nine years. He also has experience in two Big Four practices, where he worked internationally providing assurance and business advisory services.
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With over 30 years’ audit experience, David specialises in advising international groups and Owner-Managed Businesses, notably in the property and manufacturing sectors. He also has a particular focus on schools and charitable organisations.
David has a wealth of experience in advising on special purpose reporting, investigations, and due diligence. He’s South East Member of the UK200 Group’s Corporate Finance Panel and is a regular speaker on Corporate Finance at international conferences.
Nick Rawson
Partner
Lewes
Nick’s been a Partner at our Lewes office since 1995, providing Audit and Assurance services to some of TC Knill James’ largest clients. He also has significant experience in providing business advisory services to a wide range of clients, both individuals and companies.
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Nick delivers tailored business and tax advice to clients from a diverse range of sectors, including Professional practices, Food & Drink, Manufacturing, as well as Property and Construction.
John Hart
Partner
Hexham
John’s a Partner in our Hexham office and is a member of both the Chartered Accountants of Scotland and the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
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He specialises in providing accountancy and tax advice to Owner-Managed Businesses.
John’s passionate about getting to know his clients and ensuring that they’re provided timely, value added and proactive advice; enabling them to respond to challenges and opportunities as they arise.
Craig Jeavans
Associate
Gateshead Metrocentre
Craig has over 20 years’ in the profession, working closely alongside a wide variety of clients including Sole Traders, Partnerships and Owner-Managed SME’s, providing timely and proactive advice to his clients.
Tony Dunn
Partner
Hexham
Tony has over 25 years’ experience of advising Owner-Managed Businesses with both their corporate and personal tax affairs.
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Tony has excellent interpersonal skills and will always go that extra mile for his clients.
Ian Congleton
Partner
Gateshead Metrocentre
Ian’s a Partner in our Gateshead MetroCentre office and has over 30 years’ experience in both professional practice and industry, specialising in Owner-Managed Businesses across a wide range of sectors.
Paul Killen
Partner
Gateshead Metrocentre
Paul’s a Partner in our Gateshead Metrocentre office and has over 30 years’ experience specialising in supporting Owner-Managed Businesses.
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Paul advises his clients on a wide range of specialist tax matters.
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