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Alan Cotton
DirectorAlan and his team have a wide knowledge base to look after businesses in numerous sectors.
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Alex Brearley
DirectorAlex officially joined the firm in 1997 but was photocopying tax returns when he was seven!
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John Hesselden
DirectorJohn joined Brearley & Co in 1988 and has been a Partner since 2000.
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Mark Smallman
Managing DirectorMark joined the firm in 1987 and has over 20 years’ experience in practice.
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Michael Race
DirectorMichael joined the company in 1995 and has over 20 years of experience in accounting practices.
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Alex Wootton
AccountsJunior accountant Alex is studying for his final AAT exams with aspirations of advancing onto studying for his ACCA. His main roles are preparing sole trader and smaller limited company accounts, bookkeeping and preparation & submission of VAT returns.
Claire Chapman
AccountsClaire joined as a junior in 1997 and has over 25 years accountancy experience with Brearley and Co. Claire has worked her way up to a senior position within the accounts team, preparing monthly/quarterly management and year-end accounts. She also helps with QuickBooks and Sage bookkeeping alongside our clients.
Diane Allen
AccountsDiane is based at our Barnsley office, with over 16 years’ experience. Diane processes client’s payroll, auto enrolment, pension assessment and Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) submissions at our Barnsley office and oversees all Company Secretarial for Barnsley clients.
Elise Makia
AccountsElise has over 6 years' experience and is AAT qualified and is now studying for the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). Elise prepares all types of accounts, VAT (Value Added Tax) Returns, and does a bit of bookkeeping as well as preparing tax computations for sole traders and limited companies.
Leanne Keyworth
AccountsLeanne is ACCA qualified and responsible for a large portfolio of clients preparing year end accounts, management accounts, VAT returns and reviewing sole trader accounts and tax returns. Provides advice on tax planning matters and helps with queries relating to accountancy software.
Lee Rendle
AccountsLLee is a partner in the firm and looks after our Dinnington office. He has a portfolio of clients on his list, which is managed by his experienced team. His key role is managing the accounts staff at Dinnington and that of reviewing their work and having regular meetings with clients, to discuss various aspects of their business. This can include compliance meetings, tax planning, company structure planning, exit planning or anything else a client may wish to go through.
Melanie Holmes
AccountsMelanie is part of our accounts team based at our Barnsley Office, she assists in the preparation of accounts and has been part of the Barnsley team since 1991
Meloney Dargie
AccountsMeloney joined Brearley & Co from her senior position at PKN and has over 18 years accountancy experience as well as having a period running her own accountancy business.
Rhian Cooper
AccountsRhian is an experienced Senior Accounts Clerk working with some of Brearley & Co’s largest clients preparing Year End, Management Accounts and helping them with tax planning. Rhian enjoys supporting junior members of the business and working with Clients on QuickBooks and Xero.
Tim Schofield
AccountsTim is an accounts senior managing a small portfolio of Limited company clients. Dealing with preparation of Year End Accounts, Quarterly VAT Returns prepared & submitted, Monthly Book-keeping on Sage & Quick-books, Quarterly Management Accounts and 9 Month Interim Accounts. He is also responsible for reviewing Sole Trader Accounts by other members of staff. Reviewing of Limited Company Accounts prepared by other staff members. Self-Assessment Tax Returns for sole traders & individuals
Admin
Joanne Rayner-Johnson
AdminJoanne is our Senior Partner Support, supporting the senior partners in carrying out their day-to-day duties. This is in addition to overseeing the administration function of the business. She is also one of the Firm’s Mental Health Advocates, having gained a Mental Health First Aid qualification.
Nicola Sheppard
AdminNicola carries out all aspects of Company Secretarial work for our clients. Incorporating Limited Companies and dealing with any changes within the companies at Companies House with regards to share structures, directorships etc. Nicola also oversees the onboarding of new clients, the upkeep of our database and client records, the running of reception, typing, company post, our filing systems, and archiving.
Phoebe Laycock
AdminPhoebe joined us in 2021 and deals with the admin at our Barnsley office
Business Development/Marketing
Credit Control
Tracy Berry
Credit ControlTracy works in our Credit Control Department Collecting fees from clients and helping clients with payment plans they may need to put in place to pay these fees.
Payroll
Joanne Roberts
PayrollJoanne joined our payroll team in May 2022 and has the best part of 30 years of payroll experience in various different roles, her last role being payroll manager for a group of companies.
Kathryn Herring
PayrollKathryn joined our payroll team in 2022 and has a wealth of experience in working in a payroll bureau
Tax
Casey-Jo Ezeldine
TaxCasey joined our Brearley’s team in 2020 and splits her week working in our Personal Tax Department and with our Payroll Team. Casey has passed her Level 3 AAT Qualifications. Whilst working in Tax she deals with Self-Assessment and Corporation Tax Returns and runs the P11D submissions for the department each year. For the Payroll Team, Casey processes client’s payroll, auto enrolment, pension assessment and Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) submissions.
Gillian McDonald
TaxGill joined our Tax Department in 2020 after twelve years as a Tax Advisor with BHP in Sheffield. Gill has over 25 years' experience working in Personal Tax and currently manages a tax return portfolio of over 400 clients.