“As a new law firm, started during COVID, we may have been naïve in how to handle the highs and lows of not only trying to keep a business running but also ensure there is a safety net and plan in place for growth and sustainability. The mortgage rate increases caused havoc for us given most of our income is from property transactions and without Tom it is probably fair to say we wouldn’t have been able to survive and weather the storm. Tom created sensible financial handrails for us that allowed us get through incredibly tough times with both our firm and some of our sanity still intact.  Tom is calm, caring, kind and most importantly incredibly brainy and knowledgeable. He is never allowed to leave us! Thank you, Tom, for all you do.”

“We have grown dramatically over the last 2-3 years and have moved from sole practice to a “proper” business with over 10 staff. Growing pains have come to us in all shapes and sizes. From the mundane, like how to create a payroll process that scales with us, to the much more strategic, like how to incorporate new management bonuses and share schemes. Tom has been with us throughout that journey to act not just as an outsourced finance function but as a genuine sounding board and non-exec director. Oh, and he is a thoroughly nice chap too! Thank you.”

“We’ve worked with Tom for over eight years. That tells you something to start with! Obviously, he provides us with accounts and tax returns and things like that. But where his input comes into its own is in the regular dialogue, both formally with quarterly board meetings, colourful reporting, graphs and analysis but also in the umpteen 15-minute calls, which always open with “Can I just run something past you, Tom…”. He’s an extension of our senior management team, not just an outsourced function. And on a personal level, he’s a key strategic advisor whose opinion I value, respect and will always seek. Thank you Tom!”

“Initially, Tom started providing monthly reviews, budgets and dashboards to help me analyse the trajectory of the firm. Over time, he and his team have taken on more and more of the day-to-day functions of bookkeeping and cashiering, too. Knowing that I effectively have an entire finance function, from transactional support all the way up to high-level strategic input and all under one roof, means it doesn’t feel like an outsourced relationship. Tom and his team are part of our team but I also know that anything related to finance is taken care of and I don’t have to pick up where they leave off. Thank you.”

“We have our own finance function and excellent FD. But both she and I value the ability to run the more complex things past a second pair of eyes, which is what Tom provides. In addition, we are an acquisitive firm and having Tom on call to do initial Due diligence and deal structuring frees up myself and the FD to focus on the deals that are more likely to proceed rather than waste time on ones that are not appropriate. In many ways, therefore, he acts as our “first pair of eyes” too!”