About Us
Listening, advising, talking, guiding and working with you to grow and nurture your wealth.
Forward-thinking, friendly, personal and impartial
Honest, impartial advice driven by careful attention to clients’ needs is what’s guided us ever since we opened our doors in 1919. You’ll appreciate how our experience, insights and sector-specific knowledge all combine to help us provide you with advice that’s relevant today, but also helps your plan for your future.
View our servicesWe’re one of only 13 firms involved in University audits in England
91% average insurance renewal retention rate in 2020/21
Over 400 clients using Xero cloud accounting software
18.5m Gross written premium including our Appointed Representatives
We have five office sites located in the beautiful East Anglia region
With offices in Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Colchester, Diss and Ipswich, we’re close enough for personal meetings with clients from anywhere across the East of England.
See where our offices are based
Our Vision and Values
Here’s what drives us forward as a business:

Our Vision is
To be the guardian of our clients’ financial futures and personal aspirations.
Our Mission is
To combine in-depth expertise with genuine empathy to provide a personal service to clients, acting as stewards for their growth, stability and success. We empower clients to make informed decisions and achieve their goals, whether business or private.
And our values are…

Everything is personal
Accountability and service only improve when you remove the line between professional and personal. Our people invest emotionally in our clients to ensure success.

Proud to be different
We’re human beings and enjoy being open and welcoming when it comes to our personalities and outlook. We look after your financial affairs, and have fun doing it.

Compassion is everything
We have the capacity and expertise to deliver for businesses of all sizes, while remaining empathetic. We still care, put ourselves in people’s shoes and adapt to change.

Forward-thinking (not backward-looking)
We are innovative and always looking forward, anticipating risks and solving problems before they arise. This is key in facilitating our clients’ growth.
Meet the team
We’re a friendly, independent and professional team of accountants, auditors, tax advisers, insurance brokers, corporate finance specialists, business advisers and so much more.

Laura Ryding
Business Advisory Manager
Laura is a Business Advisory Manager and works across our Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich offices.

Lauren Burgess
Corporate Finance Executive
Lauren joined Scrutton Bland in March 2022 and is part of the firm’s Corporate Finance team.

Laura Bloom
Assistant Manager
Laura is an ACCA qualified Assistant Manager based in our Ipswich office.

Charlotte Gyford
Corporate Finance Technician
Charlotte works as a Technician across our Colchester and Ipswich offices within the Corporate Finance Team.

Immi Rust
Assistant Manager
Immi works as an Assistant Manager in our Audit team in Colchester

Dan Hudson-Smith
Corporate Finance Executive
Dan works as an Executive across our Colchester and Ipswich offices within the Corporate Finance team

Liberty Sutherland
Assistant Manager
Liberty works in our Audit department as an Assistant Manager.

Christen Wood
Senior Client Support
Christen works as a senior client support in our Colchester office

Lee Coombs
Insurance Account Executive
Lee is an Account Executive in our insurance team and is based in Colchester.

Paul Harris
Private Client Tax Partner
Paul is a Private Client Tax Partner focused on serving central East Anglia from our Bury St Edmunds office.

Georgie Norman
Head of People and Culture
Empowering people to become the best version of themselves.

James Goldsmith
Assistant Manager
James is an Assistant Manager within our audit team, based in our Colchester office but spending much of his time on site with clients.

Daniel May
VAT Manager
Daniel is a Tax Manager, specialising in all things VAT.

Lesley Aldons
Assistant Manager
Lesley is a highly experienced Chartered Accountant, specialising in the charity sector

Harriet Livermore
HR Adviser
Harriet is an HR adviser working across all of Scrutton Bland’s five offices

Bethan Pritchard
Senior Risk and Assurance Auditor
Bethan completes risk and assurance audits for clients

Rachel Cornes
Digital and Events Manager
Rachel joined us in 2022 as Digital and Events Manager

Natalie Farrow
HR Adviser
Natalie is an HR Adviser, working across all of our offices

Keri Lucas
Insurance Account Executive
Keri is based in our Ipswich office but travels the country to meet with charities and not-for-profit organisations.

Tyler Hursey
Tax Adviser
Tyler works in our tax team in Colchester.

Josh Bailey
Business Advisory Account Executive
Josh is an ACA qualified accounts executive, currently working in our Business Advisory department in Colchester.

Ben Gallington
Audit Manager
Ben works as an Audit Manager and is based in our Ipswich office.

Richard Atkinson
Insurance Account Executive
Richard is an Account Executive working from our Ipswich office.

Emily Dunbar
Client Manager
Emily works as a Client Manager in the Business Advisory department of our Ipswich office.

Steven Burgess
Audit Partner
Steven provides audit and assurance services for family and owner managed businesses.

April Rand
Insurance Account Executive
April is a Commercial Account Executive in our Colchester office, specialising in Personal Lines and Small Business Commercial areas of insurance broking.

Elizabeth Nichols
Marketing Director
Elizabeth leads the strategic Marketing direction, tactics and campaign management for the Firm.

Simon Hurren
Associate Partner
Simon specialises in advising High Net Worth Individuals with their personal tax affairs.

Ryan Pearce
Client Manager
Ryan is a Senior Risk and Assurance Auditor, based in our Ipswich office.

Chris Hall
Tax Assistant Manager
Chris works within our Private Client Tax Department across our Ipswich and Diss offices.

Andrew Strickland
Consultant
Andrew has been with Scrutton Bland for over thirty years and is now a consultant, based in our Colchester office.

Emma Emerson
Insurance Director
Emma is a Director in Insurance business based in the Colchester office, working within the commercial sector.

Ben Chaplin
Audit Manager
Ben works in the audit team, managing a variety of commercial and not for profit clients.

Leisyen Cox
Associate Partner
Leisyen joined Scrutton Bland in 2008 and is an Associate Partner in our Risk and Assurance Department.

Lauren Caulfield
Audit Manager
Lauren is a manager in the audit team, working in our Ipswich office.

Samantha Stent
Associate Partner
Sam is an Associate Partner, based in our Colchester office.

Mark Smith
Corporate Finance Director
As a Corporate Finance Director, Mark has over 30 years of experience in managing financial transactions for businesses.

Natasha Root
Insurance Account Executive
Natasha heads up Private Client insurance in our Colchester office.

Julie Harrison
Payroll Manager
Julie is Payroll Manager and is based in our Ipswich office.

Donna Cullum
Audit Manager
Donna is a manager in our Ipswich audit department, looking after charities and owner-managed businesses.

Tim O’Connor
Audit Partner
Tim heads the Colchester corporate team providing robust audit and advisory services.

Daniel Bligh
Managing Director, Scrutton Bland Insurance Brokers Ltd
Dan is joint Managing Director of Scrutton Bland Insurance Brokers Ltd

Sally Ledger
Personal Tax Manager
Sally is a Tax Manager in our Ipswich office, specialising in personal tax and Capital Gains Tax.

Joy Shaw
Senior Tax Adviser
Joy is a member of the Tax Advisory Team, specialising in assisting businesses with post-Brexit regulations.

Luke Morris
Corporate Finance Partner
Luke is a Partner and leads our Corporate Finance team.

Chris George
Tax Advisory Partner
Chris oversees the provision of advice to businesses covering tax planning.

Jo Gilbert
Client Manager
Jo is a manager in the Ipswich office as part of the Business Advisory team.

Samantha Mudd
Senior Tax Adviser
Sam is a member of the tax advisory team specialising in personal tax.

David Collins
Senior Tax Adviser
David is a Senior Tax Adviser with expertise in UK and non-UK tax residency rules.

Paul Skinner
Audit Manager
Paul is a Corporate Services manager providing audit and compliance services.

David Pickess
Audit Manager
David is a Corporate Services Manager in our Colchester Office.

Emma Clifton
Associate Partner
Emma is an Associate Partner in our Ipswich Business Advisory team.

Gary Stannard
Insurance Director
Gary is an insurance director specialising in commercial insurance policies.

Ryan Pearcy
Associate Partner
Ryan leads our SB Digital team bringing efficiency and insights to owner managed businesses.

Jason Harden
Insurance Account Executive
Jason is an insurance executive with knowledge of commercial and personal insurance covers.

David Taylor
Insurance Account Executive
David is a Commercial Insurance Executive, based in our Ipswich office.

Mark Wilby
Insurance Account Executive
Mark provides insurance broker advice to commercial clients.

Shirley Greer
Insurance Director
Shirley is an insurance specialist, working with charities and not for profit organisations.

Barry Davis
Insurance Account Executive
Barry is based in our Ipswich office but travels the country to meet with charities and not-for-profit organisations.

James Thurkettle
Corporate Finance Manager
James works on business valuations, disposals and acquisitions, and specialises in US/UK GAAP conversion work in the education sector.

Sonja Lambourne
Client Manager
Sonja is a Chartered Accountant specialising in agriculture, land and property.

Leila Davies
Client Manager
Leila is a key member of the SB Digital team and is a specialist in finding digital accounting solutions for her clients.

Jack Deal
Business Advisory Partner
Jack is a Business Advisory Partner working across East Anglia, with a focus on the west of the region.

Alexandra Canham
Client Manager
Alex is a manager within the Business Advisory team providing accountancy services to business clients.

Janice Bush
Client Manager
Janice is an accountant dealing with owner managed and family businesses, specialising in agriculture.

Carl Bullen
Risk and Assurance Client Manager
Carl undertakes risk and assurance internal audits for our clients.

Robert Brigg
Corporation Tax Manager
Robert oversees all Corporation Tax compliance work undertaken across Scrutton Bland.

Andrew King
Business Advisory Assistant Manager
Andrew’s expertise ranges from management accounts to tax compliance work and cloud-based accounting systems.

Ben Cussons
Associate Partner
Ben works as an Associate Partner in our Business Advisory Department across our Diss and Ipswich offices.

Tim Bell
Insurance Account Executive
Tim works within the insurance team, specialising in protection advice to businesses, business owners and individuals.

Natalie Humphris
Assistant Payroll Manager
Natalie is Assistant Payroll Manager and based in our Ipswich office

Simon Pinion
Business Advisory & Cloud Accounting Partner
Simon is a Business Advisory Partner and looks after accounting for owner-managed businesses.

Edward Nottingham
Insurance Director
Ed is an insurance director, based at our Diss office.

James Tucker
Business Advisory & Cloud Accounting Partner
James is a Business Advisory & Cloud Accounting Partner, advising a range of businesses on their growth and development.

Paul Goddard
Risk & Assurance Partner
Paul specialises in internal audits and delivers robust frameworks to help businesses.

Graham Doubtfire
Private Client Tax Partner
Graham is one of our Private Client Tax Partners working from our Colchester office.

Nick Banks
Business Advisory & Cloud Accounting Partner
Nick is a Business Advisory Partner and the firm’s Finance Partner, heading up the finance team and lead partner for the Farm and Estates advisory team.

Tim Mulley
Senior Partner
Tim specialises in insurance for private clients, businesses and charities.

Jason Fayers
Managing Partner
Jason specialises in business, corporate and personal taxation.
Specialist fields
Our decades of experience have given us an in-depth understanding of many industries and a high level of expertise across all aspects of professional services. From business accounts and audits to your tax plans for the future, we’ll help to put you on the right path.

Agriculture
Supporting you, supporting growth

Education
In the knowledge you’re in safe hands

Land & property
Developing with you

Transport & logistics
Keeping your business moving

Construction
Building a better business future

Charities
We care because you do

Technology
For innovative business

Leisure & hospitality
Relax in the knowledge that you supported
Want to work for us?
We’re always looking for great people to join our team, help us grow and assist our clients in achieving their goals. If you think your values align to ours, please get in touch – we’d be pleased to hear from you. Click below to see current vacancies or find out how to submit a CV for us to hold on file.
Community & social responsibility
No one is an island. When we give back to the communities that we live and work in, everyone benefits and we all rise together.
See what we’re doing
Our History
Scrutton Bland has come a long way since Alfred Scrutton and Francis Goodchild first founded their firm in Ipswich in 1919.
Client Care Charter
A responsible business such as ours needs to create a written document outlining how we deal with our clients, ensuring you get great service and fair treatment at all times.
Work for Scrutton Bland
Looking to take your first or next career step in financial services? Check out our current vacancies below and discover what life is like at Scrutton Bland.

Account Adviser
Contract: Full time Location: Colchester / Salary: Salary is dependent on experience, but you can expect this to be a competitive package which is benchmarked regularly

Associate Tax Adviser
Contract: Full time Location: Ipswich / Salary: Salary of up to £40,000 dependant on experience and level of qualification

Audit Manager
Contract: Full time Location: Ipswich / Salary: A competitive salary of circa £50,000 per annum (dependant on experience) plus a sign on bonus of £7,500 – a total package of up to £57,500!

Audit Assistant Manager
Contract: Full time Location: Ipswich / Salary: Starting salary from £40,000 if you’re newly qualified in ACA/ACCA, plus a sign on bonus of £5,000 – a total package of £45,000!

Graduate Scheme 2024
Contract: Full time Location: Ipswich / Colchester / Salary: From £21,000

Early Careers 2024
Contract: Full time Location: Ipswich / Colchester / Salary: £18,000

Senior Audit Associate
Contract: Full time Location: Ipswich / Salary: Once qualified you could be on £38-40,000 per annum plus a sign on bonus of £3,000

Bookkeeper
Contract: Full time Location: Ipswich / Colchester / Salary: Up to £26k
The inside track
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Personal Tax implications of the Autumn Statement

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SB Business & Beyond Podcast: S1Ep6

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Autumn Statement 2023

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Scrutton Bland Announces New Audit Partner John Perry
