Bret Duncan FCA CTA
Bret has over 35 years of experience dealing with clients ranging from sole traders to public companies. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with a three partner firm in Sheffield, working in general practice. He then joined the tax department of PwC, where he qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser. This was followed by four years in the tax department of international law firm DLA Piper dealing with all aspects of the partnership’s tax affairs. Keen to work for himself, Bret set up Duncan Chartered Accountants in 2007.
Ruth Jacobs BSc FCA CTA
Having decided that a career in a research laboratory wasn’t for her, Ruth qualified as Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and Touche in 1994, before moving to specialise in Corporate Tax with PwC and gaining her Chartered Tax Adviser qualification. After 10 years working on a mixed portfolio of corporate clients. Ruth moved to a smaller Sheffield based firm of business advisers, and enjoyed the different perspective which this provided. She joined forces with Bret, her former PwC colleague, in September 2014.
Lisa Vickers BA ACA
Born in Sheffield, Lisa trained as a Chartered Accountant with a local firm before joining us in 2011. She manages our business services department and looks after accounts, payroll and VAT.
Emma Wenninger BSc FCA
Emma is also a Chartered Accountant, again Sheffield trained, and she works alongside Lisa.
Sally Williamson
Sally is very experienced in bookkeeping, payroll and VAT and is our cloud bookkeeping software specialist.
Ben Easton MAAT
Rather than opting for the University route, Ben joined us from sixth form as an apprentice. He has recently started his training to become a Chartered Certified Accountant and works across all aspects of the business gaining experience across the board.
Liz Duncan
Liz is our office manager, handling all our administration, whilst keeping us all supplied and in check.
Bill Towning BA
Bill has many years of experience both in industry and practice. As well as preparing accounts, he is our management accounts and business forecasting specialist.
Mitch Dennison BSc
Mitch is the most recent addition to our team. He is Sheffield born and bred and a recent Sport and Exercise Science Graduate from Sheffield Hallam University. He has now started on his accountancy training and like Ben, is starting to work on all aspects of the services we offer.