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 four office sites located in the beautiful East Anglia region
With offices in Cambridge, Colchester, Diss and Ipswich, we’re close enough for personal meetings with clients from anywhere across the East of England.
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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.

Ossama Ragheb
Senior Risk and Assurance Auditor
Ossama is a senior risk and assurance auditor, specialising in the auditing and governance of information technology and systems

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

Emily Pinner
Business Advisory Account Executive
Emily works as an Account Executive in our Ipswich office.

Catherine Britton
Marketing Communications Manager
Catherine manages the external communications for the Group.

Steven Burgess
Audit Director
Steven provides external 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 and specialises in the Personal Lines and Small Business Commercial areas of insurance broking.

Elizabeth O’Hanlon
Marketing Director
Elizabeth leads the strategic Marketing direction, tactics and campaign management for the Firm.

Simon Hurren
Private Client Tax Director
Simon specialises in advising High Net Worth Individuals in respect of their personal tax affairs

Ryan Pearce
Senior Risk and Assurance Auditor
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 our Insurance business based in the Colchester office and works within the commercial sector.

Ben Chaplin
Audit Manager
Ben joined Scrutton Bland in 2021 and works in their audit team, managing a variety of commercial and not for profit clients

Leisyen Cox
Risk and Assurance Manager
Leisyen joined Scrutton Bland in 2008 and is a Manager in our Risk and Assurance Department.

Adam Smith
Audit Partner
Adam leads external audit and assurance services for a wide range of owner managed businesses.

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

Samantha Stent
Tax Advisory Manager
Sam is a highly experienced tax manager, based in our Colchester office.

Mark Smith
Corporate Finance Director
As a Corporate Finance Director Mark has over 30 years of experience in managing intricate financial transactions for business clients.

Natasha Root
Private Client Account Executive
Natasha heads up the Private Client insurance department 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 and looks after a portfolio of charity and owner-managed businesses.

Tim O’Connor
Audit Partner
Tim heads the Colchester corporate team providing robust, relevant and supportive 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 compliance and Capital Gains Tax.

Joy Shaw
Tax Advisory Manager
Joy is a key member of the Tax Advisory Team, specialising in assisting businesses with post-Brexit regulatory changes

Luke Morris
Corporate Finance Partner
Luke is a Partner and Head of Corporate Finance

Chris George
Tax Advisory Director
Chris oversees the provision of advice to a wide range of business covering all aspects of tax planning.

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

Samantha Mudd
Tax Manager
Sam is a key member of the tax advisory team specialising in personal tax planning.

David Collins
Tax Manager
David is a tax manager with specialist expertise on UK and non-UK tax residency rules

Paul Skinner
Audit Manager
Paul is a Corporate Services manager providing audit and compliance services to a wide range of clients.

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

Caroline Bixby
HR Director
Caroline is an experienced HR Director

Sarah Healey Pearce
Business Advisory Director
Sarah is a business advisory director, giving strategic advice and accounting services to Suffolk businesses.

Emma Clifton
Business Advisory Director
Emma is a business advisory director in our Ipswich office, looking after predominantly owner-managed businesses.

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

Ryan Pearcy
SB Digital Director
Ryan leads our SB Digital team bringing flexibility, efficiency and insights to owner managed businesses.

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

Ryan Whybrow
Insurance Account Executive
Ryan works within our Insurance department as a Commercial Account Executive.

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 in a number of sectors

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

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

Robert Witmore
Audit Manager
Rob is a key member of the Audit team, arranging independent audits for a wide range of businesses.

James Thurkettle
Corporate Finance Manager
James is a member of the Corporate Finance team, working on business valuations, disposals and acquisitions, and specialises in US/UK GAAP conversion work in the education sector.

Sonja Lambourne
Business Advisory Assistant Manager
Sonja is a Certified Chartered Accountant, specialising in the agricultural, land and property sectors.

Jack Deal
Business Advisory Director
Jack is a Director working across East Anglia, with a particular focus on the West of the region.

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

Janice Bush
Business Advisory Manager
Janice is a qualified accountant dealing with owner managed and family businesses, specialising in agriculture

Carl Bullen
Risk and Assurance Assistant Manager
Carl undertakes risk and assurance internal audits for our clients in the education sector.

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
Business Advisory Director
Ben works within our Business Advisory Department across our Diss and Ipswich offices.

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

Natalie Adams
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 the accounting needs of owner-managed businesses.

Edward Nottingham
Insurance Director
Ed is an insurance director, based at our Diss office, specialising in all types of agricultural insurance.

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

Sue Gull
Audit Partner
Sue specialises in helping family and owner managed businesses meet their audit requirements.

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

Graham Doubtfire
Private Client Tax Partner
Graham specialises in dealing with the tax affairs of high net worth individuals and their families.

Gavin Birchall
Tax Partner
Gavin specialises in all tax issues around land and property, construction and agriculture.

Nick Banks
Business Advisory & Cloud Accounting Partner
Nick is a Business Advisory Partner and also the firm’s Finance Partner, he heads up the finance team and is 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 all aspects of 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.

Transport & logistics
Keeping your business moving

Agriculture
Supporting you, supporting growth

Construction
Building a better business future

Charities
We care because you do

Technology
For innovative business

Education
In the knowledge you’re in safe hands

Land & property
Developing with you

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.

Book Keeper
Contract: Part time Location: Colchester / Ipswich /

Payroll Administrator
Contract: Part time, at least 22.5 hours per week Location: Ipswich / Salary: 24,000

Operations and Project Manager
Contract: Full time Location: Ipswich / Colchester /

Audit Assistant Manager
Contract: Full time Location: Colchester / Ipswich /

Reception and Administration Assistant
Contract: Full time Location: Colchester /

Senior Audit Associate
Contract: Full time Location: Ipswich / Colchester /
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