About Us

Jan

Accountant and Managing Director

Jan is passionate about helping small to mid-sized businesses with their accounting responsibilities, saving them tax, time and headaches.  Having started her business as a sole trader back in 1981, Jan is now director of JMB Accounting Ltd, with an awesome team supporting her.

With the team growing from 2 to 8 over the 13 years since moving the office to London Road, the business is still expanding. Jan finds the process both rewarding and great fun due mainly to the fantastic camaraderie.

Outside of the office, Jan enjoys photo scrapbooking with her daughter. Playing golf with her husband is always on the agenda, ideally in a warm location.  Visiting her son and family in Colorado is always on the To Do list.

Judith

Office Manager, Bookkeeper, CIS

Judith started working at JMB in 1998 providing manual bookkeeping for monthly and annual clients, VAT submissions and payroll.  She likes nothing more than taking a bag of muddled paperwork and turning it into usable reports or information for her colleagues.  Over the years as bookkeeping has evolved, she moved away from payroll, becoming proficient on Sage. Recently, Judith has trained on the cloud based Quickbooks and has Xero training set clearly within her sights.

Having been at JMB for so long she has seen it expand and develop. It is now a business where the professionalism of the team, provides clients with great, all round accountancy support.

Outside of work Judith enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 daughters, gardening, photo scrapbooking and has recently got back into walking.

Charlie

Practice Manager, Xero, Quickbooks, Bookkeeper

Charlie has been working at JMB since 2011 and does the bookkeeping for our monthly and annual clients, which includes the VAT submissions.  Having transitioned over to cloud-based accounting software in 2019, she has taken on the task of training both team members and clients in Xero and Quickbooks.

JMB is a great place to work, where colleagues are both professional and supportive, giving our clients the very best accountancy service.

Outside of work, Charlie enjoys cooking, spending time with her partner and two children and being outdoors walking her Mum’s dog Georgie and her new puppy Bea.

Catherine

Client Manager, Accountant, Pensions & Payroll

Catherine trained and worked for many years as an accountant within the financial services sector. Before that working for a couple of small businesses and has now been at JMB since 2014.

Catherine loves the variety of work that she is involved in. This ranges from tax returns, management accounts, VAT to payroll and pensions. She enjoys getting to know the clients, working as part of a small friendly team and the personal service that go hand in hand with a small business.

Outside work Catherine enjoys spending time with her three almost grown-up children, travelling, Pilates and Yoga.

Angela

Client Administrator, Onboarding, Payroll

Angela joined the team in 2018. Most of her working life has been spent in the financial sector, having first worked for Lloyds bank then the Nationwide Building Society in Liphook for 17 years. Her bookkeeping and payroll experience was gained while working for a local builder.

Angela’s roles include processing monthly payrolls, on-boarding for new clients, bookkeeping and supporting her colleagues where she can.

Angela enjoys travelling, walking, swimming and spending time with friends and family particularly with her two young grandchildren.

Michael

Client Manager, Accountant

Michael joined the team in October 2022 after many years’ working in industry for a variety of organisations.

Michael has a BA(Hons) in Accounting from the University of Portsmouth. He then went on to qualify as a chartered accountant with PKF in Guildford. He then spent a few years living & working in Sydney, Australia before returning to the UK. Michael’s last role being as Head of Finance for a charitable elderly care provider.

Michael has joined JMB as a Client Manager dealing with a portfolio of clients and helping the team where he can.

Outside of work Michael is often seen in his lycra on his mountain bike, where he enjoys the freedom and open spaces around Liphook. He is married with two grown up children.

Emma

Accounts Assistant

Emma is currently studying her first year in Accounting with finance at the University of Portsmouth. It’s a subject which Emma has a real passion for, as it combines aspects of both statistics and computing which are both areas she has enjoyed throughout my education.

Outside of work and university Emma enjoys going to live music shows but spends most of her free time reading books. Emma also attends dance classes every week, but her favourite activity is definitely skiing!