Directors

He has experience in construction and related trades, medical practices, education and related charities, motor trade, engineering & road and passenger transport.

Steve is also Chairman of the Doncaster Group of the Sheffield and District Society of Chartered Accountants. If he hadn’t been an accountant his grandfather said he should have been a race horse jockey.

He was educated at Newfield Comprehensive School and Sheffield Polytechnic and trained with the Sheffield Office of an international firm of Chartered Accountants.

In his spare time he enjoys golf, football and skiing. If Neil hadn't been an accountant, he would have loved to have been in movies, co-starring with Britt Ekland or Ursula Andrews.

His particular specialisms include tax planning and mitigation for business clients ranging from small and medium sized enterprises to multinational groups. Steve also leads our service offered to the growing number of Academy Schools.

Together with Mark Garrison he has developed a strong client base amongst Academy Schools in our region and has taken Allotts to being a leading advisory firm to the Academy School sector. When he was young, Steve wanted to be a Royal Navy helicopter pilot but decided to do something even more adventurous and follow the clarets of Burnley FC.

Mark specialises in audit and accounts work for professional partnerships, academies and charities. If Mark hadn’t been an accountant he would have liked to be a Surgeon.

He is also a member of AISMA, the Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants. He studied Modern History at Durham University and if he hadn't been an accountant, he would have liked to be a Professor of History. He is a former president of the Sheffield and District Society of Chartered Accountants.