About Us
Allegro Tax is a specialist tax advisory firm providing expert outsourced tax support to accountants and lawyers across the UK. We partner with professionals who don’t have an in-house tax department, offering clear, practical, and cost-effective tax advice that helps you deliver an exceptional service to your clients.
Founded by Sarah Gardner, Allegro Tax was established to make tax consultancy accessible and jargon-free. Sarah trained at a top 10 London accountancy firm and has extensive experience advising firms and businesses of all sizes from ambitious start-ups to large multinational enterprises.
At Allegro Tax, we combine the technical excellence and quality of a large firm with the flexibility and personal attention of a boutique consultancy. Our clients benefit from specialist UK tax expertise without the overheads of maintaining an internal tax team.
As a Good Business Charter–accredited firm, we’re committed to ethical, transparent, and responsible business practices. Whether you’re an accountancy firm or a legal practice seeking trusted tax advisory support, Allegro Tax is here to help you deliver the highest standard of service to your clients.
Sarah Gardner
Founder and Managing Director
Sarah is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser who trained with a top 10 London firm.
She has extensive experience working with businesses at every stage of growth, from start-up, through scale-up to successful exit. This broad background enables her to provide strategic and practical advice to clients ranging from early-stage ventures to multinational enterprises.
Rebecca Simpson
Senior Tax Manager
Rebecca is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser who qualified and worked at a large London firm in the business tax department.
As well as her experience in practice, Rebecca has also run her own business for a number of years and as such has a real understanding of business issues from a client point of view.
Jamie Kelly
Jamie is a Chartered Tax Adviser that has been advising owner-managed businesses and high-net worth individuals on structuring their tax affairs in an efficient manner for over 10 years.
Jamie regularly works with individuals on Inheritance Tax planning exercises including establishing trusts as well as with businesses on restructures and corporate transactions.
Hilary Bevan
VAT Consultant
Hilary has twenty years of experience working in accountancy and tax.
She joined a local accountancy firm straight after her A-Levels and qualified with them as a Chartered Certified Accountant before going on to qualify as a Chartered Tax Adviser and an Associate of the Institute of Indirect Taxation.
Hilary has a unique perspective on how a particular VAT issue will affect each business. With extensive technical knowledge built up over her years in practice, she provides VAT advice on a range of topics from land & buildings to partial exemption.
Kate Reynolds
Associate Tax Director
Will Rainford
R&D Tax Incentives Consultant
Will is a Chartered Tax Adviser who qualified in the corporate tax department of a big four accountancy firm.
He specialises in R&D tax incentives, preparing claims for businesses ranging from global listed groups through to university technology spin-outs.
In recent years, Will has also led patent box advisory services for a top-10 accountancy firm and is keen to support more businesses to make use of this tax relief.
Sarah Brown
Executive Assistant
Sarah is a chartered accountant, with many years’ experience in a range of clients. She joined Deloitte after qualifying and worked in Forensic & Dispute Services before joining the FCA in their Enforcement division.
In later years she has set up her own business, supporting independent companies to run their operations smoothly, covering all areas of finance, administration, and general business management.
Emily Jones
Receptionist
Emily is our dedicated receptionist/PA. She has worked with a wide range of corporate clients so has lots of experience in customer service. Emily ensures all queries are handled efficiently and that our clients are directed to the correct member of the team.
Supporting the Environment
Having a positive impact on the environment is something that’s close to our heart here at Allegro Tax. So in order to contribute to a small piece of giving back, we’ve signed up to Ecologi and pledge to plant trees when new clients sign up to our services.
We realise that one of the best tools to tackle the climate crisis and help the environment is to plant trees. Through Ecologi we are able to do this as they have a wide range of amazing tree planting partners who responsibly plant trees on our behalf.