Senior
Management
Graham Kirk, Mark Templeton, Justin
Smith, Jill Wright and Neill Rayland lead a team of more
than 40 highly skilled professionals whose expertise covers
the entire accountancy spectrum.
Graham Kirk
Managing Director
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Graham Kirk, Managing Director at Kirk Newsholme, is responsible for setting the firm’s strategy and overseeing its implementation. Working with the partners and management team, Graham regularly reviews areas of fundamental importance to the firm, such as operating and financial performance, marketing, technology development and risk management policies.
Graham has worked with a wide range of clients, in many industry sectors, helping business owners to formulate growth strategies and assisting them to achieve personal and business goals.
Living in Bradford with his wife and three children, Graham’s hobbies include golf and watching Leeds United.
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Mark Templeton
Audit Director
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Mark Templeton, an Audit Director, specialises in offering a business advisory service to clients in order for them to plan for growth and development.
Working mainly with companies whose turnover is £1 million plus, Mark specialises in business development as well as financial management. He has also helped businesses with serious cashflow problems. In these instances Mark has resolved tax issues for struggling companies, and implemented systems in order for sales and cashflow to be stimulated.
Mark is also involved in business mergers, fundraising and developing business plans. Making a positive difference to client businesses is one of the roles which Mark enjoys most.
An occasional golfer and avid Leeds United fan, Mark lives in Leeds with his wife and two children.
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Justin Smith
Tax Director
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Justin Smith, Tax Director at Kirk Newsholme, manages a team of three tax specialists in the practice who organise a wide variety of tax affairs for clients, ranging from family businesses through to large organisations.
Dealing with all aspects of incorporation, remuneration strategies and business reorganisation, Justin also conducts business disposals and purchases for Kirk Newsholme clients. As well as specialising in wealth management for private clients, Justin also actively helps in retirement planning issues, which covers areas such as Inheritance Tax Planning and Capital Gains Tax Planning.
Vice Chairman of the Penistone Round Table, Justin enjoys playing golf and lives in Penistone with his wife and two children.
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Jill Wright
Director
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Director at Kirk Newsholme, Jill Wright, has a wide range of responsibilities at the practice, which includes organising audit and business service portfolios for a diverse range of clients, who include solicitors, engineers and many small to medium size businesses.
An excellent communicator, Jill is responsible for arranging all staff training requirements and has strong organisation skills in managing clients statutory affairs.
Jill resides in Leeds and enjoys spending time with her husband and two children.
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Neill Rayland
Audit Director
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Neill Rayland, an Audit
Director specialises in advising owner managed and
family businesses and helps them formulate and achieve
their business and financial strategies.
Neill’s experience has been gained by working
in both local independent practices and major international
firms. Over a period of 25 years he has advised the
full spectrum of businesses from sole traders and
smaller limited companies to stock exchange listed
public companies and multi-national businesses. Neill’s
focus has however always been on the SME sector working
with owner managed and family businesses. Neill enjoys
this role as you are able to forge close working
relationships over a period of time and it is satisfying
to be able to bring your experience to bear to help
businesses achieve their potential.
Whilst Neill has dealt with clients across all sectors
he has gained significant experience working with
businesses in the manufacturing and property sectors.
Neill also gets involved with business acquisitions
and disposals and has experience of acting as reporting
accountant on transactions.
Neill enjoys playing golf and watching sport and
lives in Burley in Wharfedale with his wife and three
young children.
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