Ginger Accounts Hilary Barlow FMAAT Hilary Barlow was brought up in Bolton and when she left school her Mum, Eva Lomas wanted her to join the family business. She had owned Holker Estate Agents and had offices in Westhoughton, Leigh and Over Hulton.
her to study for the Association of Accounting Technicians qualification, which she did whilst working full time and bringing up Jacob. After gaining her qualification and a few more years’ experience with some private clients, husband Keith suggested she start her own business full-time and in September 2015 Ginger Accounts was born.
lthough Hilary enjoyed the office work, she did not really like the estate agency side, so went on to work in other office jobs including a building society. It was there whilst doing the building society exams, that she realised she enjoyed working with numbers as she found the Finance exams easy when others were struggling.
Hilary is now a Fellow Member of the A.A.T. and an authorised trainer for SAGE Business Cloud Accounting.
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So was born her love for numbers! Hilary married her wonderful husband Keith and she went to work in his butcher’s shop, The Bird and Beef in Westhoughton. After their son Jacob was born, Hilary started doing bookkeeping for a local accountant and that is how she ended up in accountancy. After doing this for a number of years, her best friend encouraged
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She says ‘I found that I like to build a relationship with clients, it isn’t just number crunching to me, it is getting to know my clients, their businesses, their personal circumstances so that I can work with them not only to give them the best possible advice but also to relieve them of the burden of worrying about their accounts and taxation and talk to them in a language they understand. Most of my business comes from word of mouth’. Ginger Accounts specialises in helping small businesses with their financial affairs from business startup advice through compliance with HMRC regulations and recordkeeping to accounts and taxation.
She offers a range of services that you can build your own package from: Personal Tax, VAT, Corporation Tax, Accounts Preparation, Payroll, Construction Industry Scheme and General Business Advice. There are big changes ahead in the world of tax, with HMRC bringing in ‘Making Tax Digital’ from 1 April 2024. This could have a big impact on some small business owners both administratively and financially as they have to work out how to navigate their way around a digital world which they are not familiar with. Hilary is there to aid clients’ transition to this new world with as little stress to them as possible. Hilary and Keith have recently moved to the village of St Michaels, near Garstang, Lancashire into a beautiful lodge overlooking a lake… a gorgeous location to play with numbers and enjoy your work. If accounts are your biggest fear or that thing you always put off… contact Hilary to put you back on the right track. CONTACT HILARY: E enquiries@gingeraccounts.co.uk N 07803 207875 D www.gingeraccounts.co.uk
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