About

Ben Kershaw

I’m an ICAEW Chartered Accountant with over 15 years’ experience in finance. I trained with PwC in Audit and Assurance, qualifying as an ACA in 2013, before moving into financial services. I was Head of Finance at Responsible Life and then Finance Director at Responsible Lending, where I was the primary financial modeller on the business plan behind Royal London’s initial investment in the Responsible Group in 2021. Royal London now fully owns the business.

That year I founded Kershaw Consultancy Services, working from Plymouth as a Fractional Finance Director for SMEs and charities across Devon and Cornwall. I work alongside your existing accountants and finance team, providing the oversight above the day-to-day: management accounts, board and trustee reporting, financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting, strategic planning, VAT and compliance oversight, and support through audits and year end.

I also co-founded a Devon brewery in 2013, which was sold in 2015, so I know first-hand the challenges of running a small business.

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Professional standards

As a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, my conduct is subject to its Code of Ethics. Kershaw Consultancy Services is professional indemnity insured and registered with the ICO.