Project Description
Owner-managed Businesses
Owner-managed businesses are the cornerstone of Sagars, coming from a range of sectors and professional practice areas, and varying in size from sole traders and partnerships to limited companies and substantial international businesses.

Not all businesses are the same. Fortunately, neither are all accountants.

We act for lots of differently sized, privately owned businesses – often with hands-on owner-managers – across a range of sectors
Depending on their needs and stage of growth or maturity, our business clients take advantage of the full range of our services and expertise.
Tax
Accounting
Audit
Financial management
Payroll
Business help
Corporate finance support
What our clients say

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Paul Lodder
Tech Partner
As tech partner at Sagars, Paul spends a lot of time ensuring that Sagars has the best cloud accounting offering to help make an even bigger difference to clients. Paul's profile >Paul Lodder
As tech partner at Sagars, Paul spends a lot of time ensuring that Sagars has the best cloud accounting offering to help make an even bigger difference to clients. Paul helps his clients to get the most out of their businesses by providing commercial, strategic, business and tax advice to solve a variety of business challenges, enabling them to concentrate on other business matters. Heading up our cloud accounting offering, he is also responsible for identifying the most useful cloud solutions and ensuring that our clients benefit from the efficiencies and improved financial information that this new technology can deliver. Graduating with a Biology degree from York University, Paul joined Sagars in 1999, qualifying as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 2003. He was promoted to manager in 2005, achieved senior manager status in 2008 and recently became a partner. Outside of work Paul is a whiff whaff king - challenge him at your peril. Favourite place: New Zealand

Kate Naylor
Business Tax Partner Kate spends a lot of time working with businesses and their owners on tax strategies and mitigation, which includes looking at the business and its structure, through to the owners personal tax situation and their longer term goals and plans. Kate's profile >
Kate Naylor
Kate spends a lot of time working with businesses and their owners on tax strategies and mitigation, which includes looking at the business and its structure, through to the owners personal tax situation and their longer term goals and plans. An experienced tax practitioner, a Chartered Accountant (a prize winner in her finals) and Chartered Tax Adviser, Kate has considerable expertise in tax planning and developing tax mitigation strategies for private and business clients – with particular experience in dealing with complex groups. Kate graduated from Oxford University, qualifying and working at a senior level with a Big 4 firm before joining Sagars in 2001 and becoming a Partner in 2003. Having walked down the aisle to 'Dizzy' by Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff, Kate was persuaded to move North from the West Country on the promise that the beer was better (we're thankful she didn't prefer cider). Favourite book: Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown

Susan Seaman
Charities & Not-for-Profits Partner
Susan provides audit, accounting, taxation and business advisory services to small and medium-sized limited companies, pension schemes, charities and not for profit organisations. Susan's profile >Susan Seaman
Susan provides audit, accounting, taxation and business advisory services to small and medium sized limited companies, pension schemes, charities and not for profit organisations. She has extensive knowledge of accounts preparation and statutory audit work and advises on related corporation tax and income tax matters. Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Taxation Adviser with a national firm, Susan joined Sagars in 1998 and recently became a partner. She is a member of the ICAEW’s Charity and Voluntary Sector special interest group and is responsible for our graduate recruitment and on-going professional development programmes. Susan likes to spend her time away from Sagars in the great outdoors - cycling, walking and gardening in the summer months and standing on junior football touchlines in the winter months…she’s also a very dedicated mum. Favourite song: One, U2

Kevin Hoult
Audit & Assurance Partner
Kevin is an FCA qualified accountant with lots of experience in dealing with owner-managed businesses. He works with the business client team at Sagars, looking after a portfolio of diverse clients with a focus on larger companies and complex groups. Kevin's profile >Kevin Hoult
Kevin is an FCA qualified accountant with lots of experience in dealing with owner-managed businesses. He works with the business client team at Sagars, looking after a portfolio of diverse clients with a focus on larger companies and complex groups. A Chartered Accountant and Economics graduate from Liverpool University, Kevin joined Sagars in 2006. Specialising in advising growing businesses of varying sizes across a range of industry sectors, Kevin has extensive knowledge of general audit work and particular expertise in working with groups of companies on complex audit matters, also providing tailored support to clients with overseas subsidiaries. After a hard day at the office (in Leeds), Kevin likes nothing more than to pull on his trainers and run home (to Huddersfield) … as a warm-up for the 100 mile challenges that he "enjoys" on a weekend! Favourite book: Life of Pi, Yann Martel