Alison is a very experienced member of staff, who works mainly with Jed Lester but also helps with other partners' case loads from time to time and has built up very strong working relationships with clients over the years.
Chris Shaw
Chris joined the firm straight from university in 1991, and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1995.
He works with a large range of clients including charities, and those in the motor, farming and service industries, and also deals with audit work on various government and European Union grant funding claims.
He is married with one son, and enjoys hockey and walking in the Lake District.
Karen Taylor
Karen joined the firm in 1988 and qualified as a chartered acoountant in 1991. She assists the partners by dealing with a wide range of clients, providing audit, taxation, accounting and other advisory services.
Karen is married, lives in Hartlepool and is a keen fan of her home town football team.
Nicola Johns
Nicky joined Baines Goldston from another local firm in 2003 and her ability to relate to clients and staff alike, combined with her techical knowledge and IT capability, have proven her to be a highly capable chartered accountant. She is a member of Mike Bigley's team, is married with one child and lives locally.
Suzanne Barker
Suzanne originally joined the firm in 1986 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1991. She deals with a wide range of clients, from small sole traders to larger companies. Her main areas of work are in audit and accounts preparation but she is also involved with management accounts and VAT returns. Suzanne has a specialist knowledge of National Insurance issues and advises across the firm on this subject.
Suzanne is married with two children and enjoys swimming, cycling and children's parties! Whilst not a football fan, she has no alternative but to follow the fortunes of Middlesbrough FC at home and at work!
Joanne Cotton
Joanne joined Jewitts in June 2002 as a qualified AAT and part-way through her Association of Certified Chartered Accountant examinations. She continued her studies and qualified with ACCA as a Certified Accountant in August 2004.
Joanne's work covers a broad range of industries, mainly dealing with small and medium-sized companies. She lives locally, is married and enjoys horse riding, going to the gym and walking (when the weather is nice).
Hilary Bevan
Hilary joined the firm in 1998 and qualified with us as an Accounting Technician and a Chartered Certified Accountant. More recently, she has also qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor.
Hilary is part of Trevor Cook’s team and supports a wide portfolio of clients from farmers to manufacturing companies. Her work includes Annual Accounts, Management Accounts and VAT Returns.
Hilary lives in Darlington and has a love of live music. In her spare time she enjoys going to gigs across the North East and writes the occasional theatre review for the Darlington & Stockton Times.
She is also a committee member for Assist – Tees Valley Business Ladies Support Group.
