Meet the team

Warren has over 30 years’ experience having qualified in 1991 whilst training with Hazlewoods in Cheltenham. He maintains an involvement with every client and deals with a wide variety of businesses both in terms of size and sector. Warren specialises in providing friendly, common-sense advice to owner managed businesses and his approachable nature has grown the business into what it is today. Whether you require help and advice with annual accounts, company and personal tax, auditing, payroll or book-keeping, or whether you just need some general business advice, Warren and his team are the people to talk to.

Christina has been at Francis & Co for 12 years and is the practice manager. Graduating from the University of Gloucestershire in 2010, she then went on to qualify as a Chartered Accountant. Christina is involved in all aspects of the business, from working on our more complex clients, carrying out client audits and reviewing colleagues work, to assisting Warren with all practice compliance requirements.

Qualifying as a Chartered Tax Advisor, Michelle has gained a vast amount of knowledge over her 25 years working in the industry. Michelle is our personal tax manager and specialises in all aspects of personal tax, including dealing with individuals, capital gains, inheritance tax and trusts and estates.
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Working as an accountant for over 20 years, Lisa works on both corporate clients and individuals alongside taking care of the first review stage for her colleagues. Lisa works on more complex clients and also manages the bookkeeping function in the firm.

Heading up the payroll function, Hayley has been at Francis and Co for 11 years. Hayley deals with payroll and CIS contractor and subcontractors, ensuring that all clients are compliant with HMRC requirements. She is a member of both AAT and the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.
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Jack has been at Francis & Co for 8 years and is AAT level 4 qualified. He prepares annual accounts, VAT returns and personal tax returns for a wide range of clients. He is also the go-to person for any IT issues.

Jack has been with Francis & Co for 3 years and is currently studying towards his AAT qualification. Jack looks after the accounts for various clients, carries out the bookkeeping, prepares VAT returns and personal tax returns. He also assists on audit assignments.

Kaileigh is level 3 AAT qualified and alongside completing bookkeeping and VAT returns, she looks after the onboarding of all clients ensuring they are set up with everything they need to be compliant.

Joining us straight from Sixth Form, Josh is the newest member of the team and is currently studying towards his AAT qualification. Josh carries out the bookkeeping and accounts for a number of clients and is progressing really well in his studies.