We pride ourselves on listening to our clients’ needs.  In understanding our clients and their businesses, we strive to provide innovative, objective and value-added advice.

Nationally …
Crowe Clark Whitehill is a top 20 UK accountancy firm providing exceptional assurance and business advisory services.

We are committed to continuing to be a leading authority in five key sectors: Corporate, Not for profit, Professional practices, Pensions and Private clients.

Our goal is to build a long-term relationship with our clients and dedicate as much partner time as possible to meet their needs.

We have over 60 partners and around 500 staff based in eight offices in the UK.

Our ethos is to promote our friendly, approachable and professional style as business partners, building strong and long-term relationships.

We are an organisation that our people are proud to be part of.

Locally …
Based in Manchester city centre, the North West office of Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP provides a complete range of accounting and business advisory services to a wide spectrum of clients:

- Audit – corporates, charities, schools, professional practices, pension schemes & student unions
- Business review and advisory services
- Corporation tax compliance and advisory
- Personal financial planning
- Personal taxation compliance and advisory
- VAT advisory
- Business services – management accounts; advice on establishing businesses, systems and growth
- Specialist reporting – solicitors accounting rules, independent examination (charities)

The office, headed by Managing Partner Michael Jayson, has five partners leading a team of approximately 40 staff.

Partner profiles

Michael Jayson – Audit Partner
0161 214 7520

michael.jayson@crowecw.co.uk

Michael is a partner responsible for providing audit and accounting services to a wide range of clients from entrepreneurial business and charities to listed corporations. His clients range across a number of sectors including entertainment & leisure, financial services, manufacturing, property retail and IT.

Vicky Szulist – Audit Partner
0161 214 7531
vicky.szulist@crowecw.co.uk

Vicky has been involved with owner-managed businesses, charities, independent schools and social housing clients throughout her career and has a wealth of experience in these sectors. She often presents at seminars on topical commercial, technical and governance issues.   Within the owner-managed business sphere she has particular experience in media, property & construction and engineering clients. Vicky has also acted for a number of AIM listed clients and several complex groups.

Steve Livingston – Corporate Tax Partner
0161 214 7517
steve.livingston@crowecw.co.uk

Steve is a corporate tax partner responsible for advising entrepreneurial, fast growth and owner managed businesses on all aspects of corporate tax planning and compliance requirements.
Steve has particular expertise in advising technology companies of all sizes from start-ups through to listed.

Tom Elliott – Personal Tax Partner
0161 214 7585
tom.elliott@crowecw.co.uk

Tom is the Private Client tax partner responsible for all aspects of taxation for entrepreneurial clients, with particular interest in providing advice on the tax consequences and planning opportunities arising from their business interests. 

Jacob Wolf – Personal Financial Planning Partner
0161 214 7555
jacob.wolf@crowecw.co.uk

Jacob has been a partner since 2001 and heads up the Manchester office Personal Financial Planning department. He specialises in the planning aspects of private client work, with a strong focus on Personal Tax and Financial Planning for high net worth individuals.