Our Staff

Anthony founded the company in 1994, seeing a need for quality book-keeping together with Management Accounts. He works with our MD James to win new business and has responsibility for the strategic development of the Company

Anthony qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in Bristol after graduating from Bristol University where he read Economics & Accounting. He has worked for BAe Systems, Unilever, Marsh & McLennan (Bermuda), TV Times and Time Warner. He has a strong IT background, evidenced by the Company providing from as far back as 2003 what are now called Cloud services

After studying Zoology at Royal Holloway, a second degree in Accounting and Finance was completed before qualifying in 2018 as a Chartered Accountant.

Zara's responsibilities include client and staff relations, and all admin tasks involved in the running of a busy Head Office. Zara joined BookCheck in 2002

BSc (Hons) Business Management & IT, HND Human Resources. With BookCheck since Feb 2017

Lindsay joined the payroll team in September 2022. Lindsay started out in accountancy, completing her AAT in 1996. Alongside accountancy, Lindsay covered the payroll and now has almost 30 years’ experience in payroll, working in payroll bureaus within the accountancy sector and several years in the corporate sector. She decided to give up accountancy in 2004 and focus solely on her payroll career, gaining her Diploma in Payroll Management in 2006. She has been a member of the CIPP ever since

Carl joined the payroll team in March 2021. He has over nine years of payroll & finance experience, particularly within client service and has managed the payroll processes for a wide-ranging portfolio of clients, ranging from SME’s to larger multi-national companies in numerous sectors. Some of Carl’s previous clients include Facebook UK, Glassdoor & FNZ. Carl enjoys building strong client relationships and delivering the best possible service to meet company needs and expectations.

Chanél joined the payroll team in 2020. Originally from South Africa she now lives in Gloucester. After working in HR and Payroll for 10 years where she gained a Sage VIP Payroll certificate in 2014. Chanél decided to specialise in payroll in 2018. Chanél is passionate about people and thoroughly enjoys the complexities of payroll as she says “no day in the life of a payroller is without learning

Christine has over 40 years payroll experience, starting with written Kalamazoo, then Sage and latterly IRIS. She has experience in running a payroll for 450 employees (weekly and monthly). In common with all our payroll officers she is very experienced at handling pension auto enrolment. She worked on Charity payrolls for over 10 years before joining the BookCheck team in 2014

Lorna has over 40 years payroll experience, before which she worked for Lloyds Bank. To enhance her business and technical knowledge before returning to work after starting her family, she attained a Higher Diploma in Administration and Secretarial Procedures. Today, Lorna is conversant with several different payroll packages including Sage, Iris, People Soft, Work Desk, Star, Trent etc

Beckie joined the payroll team in August 2022.
Beckie has 8 years of payroll experience, with a background of working within a
Chartered accountants payroll bureau.
She has managed the payroll process for a large portfolio of clients ranging from
1 employee to 1500 employees.
Beckie enjoys getting to know her clients and providing the best customer
experience for them, whilst also enjoying the day-to-day payroll process

Anne is from the North of Scotland and joined the payroll team in 2023. She has worked in payroll for 18 years mostly at Senior Level and has gained an Advanced Payroll Technician certificate, which she passed with distinction. She loves getting to know different clients and looking at ways to streamline procedures

Rob has worked in payroll bureau exclusively for 10 years, before that he was working for corporate H.R and payroll and started to process payroll for 5 years previous to this. He is part of the CIPP and regularly attends the bureau managers association meetings.

Ruth qualified as a CIPP payroll technician in 2019 and more recently spent the past 10 years working in a payroll bureau of a large firm of chartered accountants in which she processed a high volume of payrolls for a variety of clients.
Ruth has chosen a career in payroll as she enjoys working with figures and problem solving, also helping others and being able to build and maintain good working relationships with clients.

With BookCheck since Jan 25

ACMA qualified Management Accountant for 17 years. Always worked with SMEs. Broadly experienced over many sectors with specialist knowledge of logistics

David is ACMA qualified and has worked for a variety of SMEs as Company Accountant. His work has involved him in a number of different sectors such as: aerospace, professional services, IT and environmental services. Joined BookCheck in 2017

Joined BookCheck in October 2023. She is MAAT and FCCA qualified with Xero certification.

Qualified ACA with over 20 years industry wide experience.  Worked in practice as auditor before moving across to financial accountant roles within the travel and engineering sectors.  Joined BookCheck in 2015

Qualified accountant since 1999. Joined BookCheck in Feb 22. Enjoys working with lots of different types of business and getting to know them individually.

ACCA qualified accountant, working at a senior level since 2015. With BookCheck since May 22

AAT qualified. Experience in lots of industries. Began her second stint with BookCheck in July 2020.

AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting /MAAT. With BookCheck since July 22                                    

AAT qualified and been working in finance and accounting since 2008 been with BookCheck since January 2022

AAT qualified book-keeper. With BookCheck since March 22

With BookCheck since Jan 22

With BookCheck since September 2012 and has been practising book-keeping for 30 years

Laura is AAT qualified with 16 years book-keeping experience. She has worked for BookCheck since Oct 2016

Jane is both AAT and ATT qualified. Working in finance for over 20 years she has been with BookCheck since 2019

Worked in banking, treasury and finance for many years. With BookCheck since 2019

AAT Level 4 qualified – MAAT. Worked in the accounting field for 25 years, 9 yrs for a large enterprise and the last 16 yrs for small businesses. With BookCheck since 2020

Worked in management accounting for over 10 years. Amelia has been with BookCheck since 2020

Emma is MAAT qualified and Xero certified. She has worked in accountancy and bookkeeping for over 20 years and has been with BookCheck since 2020

MAAT qualified member since May 1997. Worked in the accounts field since 1993. Matthew has worked with BookCheck since 2009

MAAT qualified and working for BookCheck since Feb 2020. Worked in this field since 2013

Xero certified book-keeper. With BookCheck since May 22

With BookCheck since July 2005

FIAB trained book-keeper. With BookCheck since June 22

ICB Level III – Certificate in Bookkeeping and Accounting, Xero Accredited. With BookCheck since June 2022

With BookCheck since March 2026

With BookCheck since April 26

With BookCheck since Oct 22