Phil is a true “Janner”, born and bred in Plymouth. He spent 15 years in a variety of local companies, including the manufacturing and wholesaling business sectors and qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 1987.
He joined the Plymouth office of Ernst & Young in the same year, staying for three years to broaden his horizons. Back into industry, he joined a local OMB computer company where he was Financial Director.
Phil left industry in 1994 starting his own management consultancy practice, and then joined with the current partners within Wills Accountants Ltd in 1998.
Phil now uses this experience to advise a whole range of different clients and business sectors, however Phil tends to specialise in two main areas of the practice:
- Business growth and development. Phil really gets a “buzz” in providing owner managed businesses with real solutions and also being available to give real hands on assistance;
- Charities and not for profit organisations. Phil offers these organisations real business solutions while being aware of the special accounting and tax issues that surround the charity and not for profit sector.
Phil is married and has one daughter (Stephanie). Stephanie currently attends Ivybridge Community College. He likes his rugger, after playing for 15 years in a local junior rugby team. Now the only thing that Phil can prop up is the bar, if he’s lucky! Phil tries to keep in “shape” (loosely speaking), by fitting in the occasional jog or two per week. It was rumoured that he had run the London Marathon in 1991, cracking the 5-hour barrier! His peak now is once a year in attempting to finish the Ivybridge 10k in one piece!