Kirsty Grimes

Kirsty Grimes

Kirsty joined Edwards in 2005 and specialises in advising owner-managed and growing businesses across a broad range of industry sectors.  She manages the compliance needs of her clients and provides day to day support for the financial function. Kirsty is a keen advocate of cloud based accounting solutions for both start-up businesses and established enterprises.  She sees … Read more

Mark Rowley

Mark Rowley

  Mark is an experienced Senior Accounts Manager with over 25 years’ experience in general practice, advising clients in a wide range of industries including professional practices, information technology and sole trader/partnership businesses. Mark deals with the personal tax matters of all his clients as well as the accounts and is therefore well placed to identify … Read more

Priya Chadha

Priya Chadha

  Priya is a qualified chartered accountant with 10 years’ experience in general practice within audit, accounts and corporate taxation with significant experience in pension scheme audits as well as industries including manufacturing, aerospace, recruitment and financial services. Since 2013 she has been a key part of the Edwards audit department as a senior manager, … Read more

Alex Smith

Alex Smith

Alex is in charge of our managed services department and has over 5 years’ experience in business advisory services. She provides client support with the production of tailored management information, assistance with financial forecasting and oversees the day to day operations of the managed services department. She is a keen advocate of cloud based accounting and … Read more

Andrew Palmer

Andy joined Edwards in 2014 and specialises in assisting science and technology companies which are involved in R&D. He manages the year-end compliance needs for his clients including statutory accounts and R&D tax credit claims. Andy is also involved with completion of grant audit assignments and SEIS/EIS compliance which are a regular requirement for new … Read more

Jill Gowers

Jill has many years’ experience in the world of personal tax, with 12 years of HM Revenue & Customs experience and over 30 years in private practice. Her client portfolio covers most areas of personal taxation and includes high net worth individuals, company directors, let property owners (UK & Non-UK Domiciled), sole traders, Estates and … Read more

Marina Papathoma

Marina is a qualified lawyer and oversees our internal compliance policies, taking appropriate steps to identify and assess the risk that could be used for money laundering. Marina ensures that new clients comply and proceed with all the relevant checks required according to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017 (MLR17) … Read more

Helen Tolley

Helen Tolley

Helen is a qualified certified chartered accountant with 14 years experience in general practice within audit, accounts and corporate taxation. She joined Edwards in 2016 as part of the audit team, before being promoted to one of the managers within the R&D department. Within this department, Helen manages the accounting needs of high technology companies. … Read more

Kimberley Spencer

Our Payroll Manager Kimberley joined our team at the beginning of 2023 and is involved in overseeing the operations of our payroll department. Her day-to-day role involves taking exceptional care of our client payrolls and team queries, as well as advising on payroll legislation. She is also CIPP qualified and brings with her a wealth … Read more

Elaine Field

Elaine Field

Our Compliance Officer Elaine joined us in September 2023, with a decade of experience in Commercial Banking. Currently overseeing onboarding at Edwards, she manages this process and sets up new clients, conducts KYC checks, and ensures client information is current. She also keeps the team updated on AML training and communicates procedural changes. Prior to … Read more