Ashgates promotes auditor to director

A leading auditor at Ashgates is celebrating 18 years at the firm by being promoted to director. 

Arron Anderson, who started as a trainee in 2007, joins the senior management team at Ashgates amid its ongoing expansion after it joined accountancy and professional services group, DJH, last year.

The firm achieved its best-ever twelve months after it exceeded £7m of annual revenue and aims to continue growing its SME and owner-managed client base with access to additional in-house services, including specialist R&D and capital allowance support, commercial funding, estate planning and HR. 

Prior to becoming a director, Anderson has been a hugely successful senior manager, working closely with the directors to strengthen client relationships and support the firm’s expansion in the region.

He said: “This is a very special moment, and I’m thrilled to be joining the senior management team at Ashgates to support our next chapter with DJH.

“We pride ourselves on being more than just ‘number crunchers’ and instead prefer to look at how we can become an extension to the management teams of our clients – guiding them through an extremely complicated economic landscape and, importantly, helping them to achieve their goals.”

He added: “As director, I will continue to support the wider ABS team at Ashgates, whilst taking on more responsibility as a key contact for several clients. There is also an emphasis on attracting new clients and enhancing the advice and support we offer through DJH’s specialist service lines, and that’s something I’m keen to contribute to in my new role.

“A lot has changed since I joined back in 2007. At that time, we were a team of around 40 people, now we are over 90 and heading towards 100 as we take advantage of being the first East Midlands office in the DJH group.”

David Newborough, director at Ashgates, concluded: “Arron has been a great performer at each level of his progression through our business and fully merits his promotion to director.

“His expertise in auditing and seeing the ‘bigger picture’ for our clients has been instrumental in us building several strategic relationships with key East Midlands employers and now is the right time to take this to the next level.”