Henry trained with KPMG before joining Haines Watts and has over 30 years experience in the profession. The Birmingham practice has successfully evolved under his guidance and Henry has been involved in many of Haines Watts’ national technical committees.

Henry’s particular expertise is in owner managed businesses, but he also specialises in independent schools and charities. His experience in the field of acquisitions, mergers and succession planning means that he can provide balanced advice to organisations going through change.

He lives in Worcestershire and is married with three daughters, is a former school governor and chairs Worcester Cathedral Finance Committee.

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Darren joined Haines Watts in 1989 which enabled him to work closely with owner managed businesses in the Midlands. Darren's client portfolio includes a diverse range of businesses and he has built a broad range of expertise, enabling him to consult on strategic, management and technical issues.Darren prides himself on co-ordinating and delivering a high class of service to his clients.As well as being a Chartered Accountant, he is also a member of the Institute of Taxation, ensuring he is well placed to advise on all areas of taxation advice.On a personal note, Darren is married with three children and lives near Droitwich. He is also keen golfer.

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Andrew qualified in 1997 and has many years of experience within the profession. Having previously worked for independent firms in the Midlands, Andrew has now acquired a depth of knowledge of Midland businesses across a broad range of industry types including manufacturing, construction and services industries. Andrew prides himself on the relationships and effective communication lines he has with clients, providing advice and assistance on a wide range of issues, including internal control and accounting systems, this also includes a very good working knowledge of computerised accounting systems.Andrew is married with two children and lives in North Birmingham. His main passion is gardening and he is also a local school governor.

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Terri joined Haines Watts in May 2005 to head up the Midlands Tax Team as Tax Partner. With 20 years tax experience, the last 12 of which spent with a big four accounting firm specialising in owner-managed business, and high net worth individuals, Terri's wealth of knowledge and experience can ensure that clients get proactive advice taylored to their specific needs. Terri is married with two young children and lives near Birmingham. In her spare time, she enjoys masters swimming and playing waterpolo.

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Chris joined Haines Watts 2009 to build a specialist Transaction Services team offering buy-side, sell-side and refinancing financial due diligence reviews. The team is focused on smaller. sub £5m, deals in the Midlands, an area where TS specialists have not operated to date. Chris will be directly involved in planning, fieldwork and in clear commercial debriefs to key parties. Scoping of work is tailored to meet client needs - from a couple of days turnaround to a full review. This is a flexibly based, sensibly priced approach for today's market.


Chris qualified with a big 4 firm and has specialised in TS since, with a 3 year break working in Chicago US in the 1990s promoting Inward Investment to the UK. He established a nationally-based TS business stream for Robson Rhodes around 10 years ago and more recently led the Midlands TS team for Grant Thornton. Chris has led reviews on over a 100 deals with the value range mainly around £3m-10m but some involved cross border work and included a refinancing in excess of £200m. Sector involvement has been highly varied but majored on Engineering, Distribution, IT and retail.

Chris is married with 3 children, lives near Birmingham, enjoys running and reading but not at the same time and is a Director of a local not-for-profit Credit Union.

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Jason has over 13 years of indirect tax experience, specialising in property and European transactions and with particular focus on OMB and the not-for-profit sectors. He is Chairman of The VAT Practitioners Group (West Midlands branch).

Jason has worked for a number of clients over the years covering a variety of trade sectors from manufacturing and assembly through to more hi-tec web design and data hosting businesses, all of which have unique and complex VAT considerations. His particular specialism’s are property related matters including property transfers, Transfer of Going Concerns including SDLT advice and European transactions which are becoming more relevant as businesses trade across borders to grow their income streams.

Jason is married with one daughter, enjoys gardening, motor sports and hiking, especially in the French Alps.

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Since 1989, Paul has represented every type of taxpayer (individuals, partnerships, joint ventures, family limited companies, quoted companies and trusts) who, for whatever reason, have failed to comply with all the complexities of UK tax legislation.

Such failure is not always deliberate – the UK tax system is one of the most complicated tax jurisdictions in the world today. Specialist Investigations and the High Net Worth Unit of HM Revenue & Customs are regular adversaries to Paul and he regularly travels overseas to provide advice to those with the more complicated tax affairs.

Whatever the problem or if you simply have some uncertainty over your tax affairs, contact Paul for a free initial consultation.

If you are worried or have any questions about approaches from HMRC, Paul can be contacted at anytime on 07919 375 650 or by email

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