Catherine Phillips
Bookkeeping Guru
Catherine qualified as a bookkeeper, with distinction, in 2013 and previously worked in the Financial Services industry for 12 years.
In her spare time, Catherine enjoys spending time with her partner, their 2 daughters and little dog, Millie. They enjoy a family game night together but Millie rarely wins!
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 934756
Chloe Fallon
Founder & Director
Chloe is the founder of Lodestar Accounting with lots of experience with Xero in the industry.
When she's not getting stuck in to Xero and helping to guide businesses, she spends time with her family which includes her two young children Millie & Archie. Their favourite activity is walking their energetic dogs Chester and Rey.
Chloe loved to tread the boards and has been involved in her local theatre group (TACT) who have represented their country on a number of occassions and taken a variety of shows to Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Recently, Chloe has taken up golf to join her family in a sport they love.
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 907456
Claire Daniel BA (Hons) Econ and AATQB
Bookkeeping Guru
Claire is currently studying for her AAT qualifications and has previous experience as a PA and a BA(Hons) in Economics.
She has a busy life looking after her husband, three teenage children and dog, Bailey.
On the rare occasions she gets some free time she loves catching up with friends or reading and is a huge Terry Pratchett fan.
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 907316
Debbie Fallon
Onboarding Boffin
Debbie joins us with many years experience in customer care. She is responsible for ensuring our new clients journey is as smooth as possible.
Outside of the office, Debbie enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, walking her dogs Milo and Teddy and having a good laugh!
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 907457
Frances Hallworth BSc (Hons) FCCA
Head of Client Services
Frances is an ACCA qualified accountant and has been working with Xero since 2009. She enjoys working with clients to get the most out of their accounting processes and to free up their time to concentrate on what they are best at, their business expertise.
Away from the office, Frances spends time with her husband, three children and their dog. She likes playing crown green bowls and is also an avid football supporter with a passion for Liverpool FC.
Frances looks for opportunities to get involved in the community, most recently being a volunteer at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where she was based at Victoria Park.
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 907310
Georgia Grandison
Bookkeeping Guru & Payroll Pro
Georgia is AAT Level 3 Qualified and currently studying towards her Level 4 AAT Qualification, she is also studying ICB Payroll Management Level 3. She has over 10 years of experience working in various accountancy roles in industry and is looking forward to transferring her knowledge and experience into practice. She has also previously worked in payroll for an accountancy practice. She loves problem solving especially if it involves a spreadsheet and enjoys helping people.
In her spare time, when she is not studying of course, she enjoys; baking, exercising (to work off the cake) and salsa dancing. She has been told she makes a good lemon drizzle cake!
An interesting fact about Georgia is that as a child she spent a year living out in Ghana, West Africa with her family.
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 907491
Jenni Broomfield
Administrative Assistant
Jenni has been working in the accountancy industry for a number of years, supporting teams with their administrative requirements.
Outside of work Jenni’s 2 children keep her busy! Once her shift as taxi mum is over she enjoys binge watching a good drama/thriller series with her husband, keeping fit and socialising with her friends.
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 934838
Lauren MacIver
Bookkeeping Guru
Lauren recently graduated from university with an honours degree in business management and accounting. Lauren is looking forward to studying further and learning more about the financial world.
In her spare time Lauren is busy raising her daughter Fearne and walking her dogs Marley the Beagle and River the pointer x lab whilst also attending equestrian events.
Lauren loves to problem solve and can complete a rubiks cube!
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 934763
Lauren Smyth BSc (Hons)
Virtual Financial Controller
Lauren joined the profession in 2019 and is currently studying towards her ACA Qualification.
Specialising in bookkeeping, Lauren works with Xero and other various data processing softwares on a day-to-day basis to allow her clients to get an accurate overview of their business. As she has progressed through her course, to enable her to apply her knowledge to practice, Lauren has picked up other jobs such as Payroll and VAT returns.
Outside of work & studying, Lauren enjoys spending time with her family and their full of life Sprocker Spaniel. She probably holds the world record for the highest number of Peppa Pig views, but otherwise loves to get stuck into a good series on Netflix, go on long walks with her dog or read a good crime thriller.
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 907310
Nataliya Angelova
Bookkeeping Guru
Nataliya recently graduated from university with a first class degree in accounting and finance and is looking forward to gaining experience in the industry and finishing her ACCA qualification.
In her free time she loves reading a good book, watching historical movies on Netflix or simply cooking.
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 934765
Sarah Grandison CTA
Head of Tax
Sarah is a CTA qualified chartered tax advisor with over 20 years experience in practice advising clients on a wide range of tax matters.
Outside of work, Sarah enjoys spending time with her family including her two boys and taking Rocket the dog on long country walks.
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 934965
Sarah Ward BCom (Hons) FCCA
Virtual Financial Controller
Sarah is an ACCA qualified accountant with over 20 years experience of working in practice. She loves helping clients and getting to know them.
Outside of work, she is usually planning her next holiday, and enjoys spending quality time with her two children, Hannah and Daniel.
The family pet is a cat called Daisy who appears very pleased to have Sarah working from home.
@ [email protected] Phone 01827 907311
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The office companions
These guys are the company companions who spend a lot of time curled up in their cosy bed's next to the team during the day.
They help the team get out in the fresh air during walk time, and the working day would not be the same without them getting into a conversation with the postman or getting front and centre on a video call!
We have Maggie the sprocker, Bailey the working cocker, Daisy the cat, Rey the sproodle, Chester the cockapoo, Bella the working cocker, Rocket the Cavapoo, Millie in her Christmas coat, Marley and River the Beagle and the pointer x lab, Ghost the cat and Rudi the Cavapoo.
