Tel: 01795 478044 | Email: admin@williamsgiles.co.uk

Alastair Crawford FCA

Audit Director

Alastair is the firm’s Senior Statutory Auditor, and is responsible for all of the audit work which the firm carries out. These audits vary from small companies where external funders require independent confirmation of the accounts, like Research and Development Companies, up to large groups with turnover in excess of £15m. He supervises all of the audit work for the now substantial specialism that the firm has in Academy Schools.

He has substantial experience in Independent Fostering Agencies, and was leading advisor on the creation of the first such entity in the UK. Also a founding Trustee of the children’s hospice Demelza House, he has a large number of client companies limited by guarantee, both charitable and non-charitable. Alastair also advises on the sale and purchase of general family companies.

Alastair is a Chartered Accountant having trained with a top twenty firm of Chartered Accountants in the City of London, and qualified in 1982. In 1984 he decided on a move to Kent, waving goodbye to the daily commute, and in 1985 joined Williams Giles, where he became a partner of the firm in 1987.

Outside work he is a school Governor, and has been Chair of the Finance Committee for ten years. When time permits he is seen supporting his two children in their various musical activities, and keeping his large garden under control.

alastair.crawford@williamsgiles.co.uk