Profile

Andrew Slack (Partner)

Andrew is Head of the firm's Food and Agriculture Sector Group. He has a substantial portfolio of clients in the rural sector including commercial farms, landed estates and agribusinesses.

Experience

Andrew joined us at Grant Thornton in 1979 as an agricultural specialist. He obtained an honours degree in agriculture from Nottingham University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1974. After qualification, Andrew worked as Chief Accountant for the farm management division of the Nickerson Group. He has written many articles and given many presentations on accounting and taxation issues in agriculture. Andrew has considerable experience in problem solving, tax planning and strategic advice on a wide range of issues for agribusinesses and estate owning clients. He combines an awareness of commercial issues in the rural sector with a sound knowledge of tax to produce practical solutions.

Andrew is a member of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) and is a former member of both organisations Taxation Committees. He is a member of the Farmers Club and the Worshipful Company of Farmers.

Andrew's expertise covers:

  • Commercial knowledge of farming and the food chain
  • Private client services, including farm accounts, audit, partnership agreements, capital and income taxes, land transactions and diversification, succession planning, trusts and the skills required in co-ordinating the interaction of these issues
  • Agricultural forensic accounting assignments including farming divorce and loss of profit

Qualifications

  • BSc (Agric)
  • FCA