We aim to be your first-choice accountants for owner-managed businesses and not-for-profit organisations.
Through a progressive team approach and efficient systems we aim to provide all our clients with a top quality service.
Our team consists of two directors, both Chartered Accountants, three other qualified senior members of the team, two students, a payroll/company secretarial manager and an administrator.
The service is personal, it’s professional and it’s progressive. We know that clients value our availability, our willingness to listen and then advise, as well as the value for money service that we provide.
But don’t just take our word for it. Here are a few testimonials from just a small sample of the businessmen and women that we’ve helped over the years:
“Andorran provides a thoroughly professional approach to all its services, but I value especially the objectivity and high professional standards that underpin everything they do.”
MICHAEL RATCLIFFE – Managing Director, M R Ratcliffe Consultants Limited
“I never ask a second opinion."
STUART DIESEL – Managing Director, Group HES Limited
“I really can't speak highly enough of Roger; he has been a constant source of extremely good advice. His complete reliability, professional skill and calm problem-solving make him truly invaluable and unique.”
JO BICKNELL – Managing Director, Make Believe Ideas Limited
“We get straightforward advice from Sarah, who takes time to understand our family business, providing encouragement and explanation whenever we need it.”
VANCE BABBAGE – Director, B&M Babbage & Co Limited
“Although operating independently Roger has guided all aspects of our business and have been the catalyst and provider of the strong financial position we now enjoy. Roger draws on his vast experience in the interests of sound commercial advice that goes well beyond the world of accountancy.”
NICK PONTING – Managing Director, Meld Group Limited
When Andorran was founded by its current directors in 1998, Roger and Sarah set out to provide a first class service to the owner-managed business sector in everything from helping them meet their responsibilities under accounting and tax legislation to guiding their businesses in both dynamic and troubled times.
Since setting out on that path, Andorran has established a market niche in the provision of audit and accounting services to the local not-for-profit sector, particularly charities, where clients appreciate especially the understanding and caring approach that we take to our work.
Meet the directors:
Roger Downes FCA is responsible for corporate finance activity as well as controlling a portfolio of owner-managed and charity clients. Having qualified with a national firm, Roger went on to become a partner there for 13 years before setting up Andorran in 1998.
A keen sportsman, Roger has been Captain at Naunton Downs Golf Club, Financial Director at Cheltenham Town FC and part-time sports reporter for Seven Sound Radio at various times during his career.
Sarah Garside FCA co-founded Andorran with Roger and is responsible for a portfolio of clients ranging through manufacturing groups and service companies, farming and equestrian partnerhsip and sole traders. Sarah qualified with an international practice before first joining and then leaving the same national firm as Roger, where she was senior manager and client principal.
Outside of work, Sarah is a keen follower of equestrian sports, especially National Hunt racing and Point-to-Point.