A small firm, by design.

Two principals, one office and a client list short enough that we know every business on it.

Principal reviewing a document in the office

Helen Marsh

Principal

Helen has advised family businesses for two decades and still reads every set of accounts herself.

Principal reading case notes at his desk

James Whitford

Director

James left a national tax practice for the version of the job where he knows every client by name.

Founded in 2003. Deliberately small ever since.

Blackwood opened with one desk and a view that advice gets better when the same person stays with a business over years, not quarters.

We have turned down growth that would have changed that. The firm today is two principals, a small team and the same phone number we started with.

Aerial view over rooftops looking towards a city skyline
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