Dominic de Lord, FCCA, qualified in 1992 and gained extensive experience
whilst working for a top twenty firm of Chartered Accountants. He acts as a
business consultant for a range of small to medium size enterprises, many of
them family or employee owned companies, helping clients to start and grow
their businesses and to plan for an eventual sale or retirement. Dominic has
established a network of contacts with other professionals in order to facilitate
the specific needs of clients involved in business start ups, acquisition and
disposals of businesses, and also to provide rescue and recovery plans for
those companies that run into problems. He has previously lectured at
College to students attending book-keeping and accountancy courses.

Chris Derby is our tax partner and was previously senior tax manager with a
leading firm of Chartered Accountants, having worked in the City from 1972
until joining Crick Heitman in January 2000. Chris specialises in all aspects
of tax planning for family owned businesses, property taxes, Inheritance tax,
Trusts, Will and Probate planning, planning for overseas individuals and
companies investing in the UK and for British residents moving abroad. Chris
has contributed to the development of a leading UK Corporation Tax software
system and to a number of publications including The Daily Telegraph Guide
to Living Abroad, The UK as a Tax Haven, and guides to Living in France,
Spain and Portugal.

Martin Hamill began his working life as a trainee accountant in 1978 and
now celebrates over 10 years with Crick Heitman. Martin was responsible for
the creation of “Clarendon Accounting Solutions Limited”, our Sage
accounting software division which opened in 1996. We have since become
a leading national reseller and are recognised as the local Sage specialists.
Martin has acquired fully accredited status for Clarendon, the first Sage
reseller in the area to achieve the standard of competence required by Sage.
As accounting software experts we are able to help clients gain the most from
their own accounting systems and we then utilise these systems very
effectively in the production of annual Accounts and Financial Statements.

David Cooper is the managing director of Crick Heitman Commercial Finance
Limited. David trained originally in educational psychology and then applied
this to develop a strong background in commerce and finance. Over a 15 year
period he built an office equipment company and a financial services practice.
During the last nine years David has been involved in building cashless barter
trading systems for small to medium size companies. The most recent one,
in London’s West End and City, he sold to an American corporation before
moving on to team up with Crick Heitman.

Our Team

Our staff are each specialists and have considerable commercial experience
in their own fields. Terry Dolling and Angela Boxall (AAT) assist the partners
on audit and accounting assignments. Jan Sivelle provides company
administration and book - keeping services and deals with the preparation of
Value Added Tax Returns. Jenny Mapes is responsible for our Payroll service.