meet the team

Tony grew up in Carlisle and joined the accountancy profession in 1966 after leaving Carlisle Grammar School. He progressed within the firm and became a partner of O'Reilly in 1976. Much of his early experience focused on providing sound business advice to sole traders and family partnerships and time in the Wensleydale office gave him insights into the farming world. Now senior partner, Tony is generally the first point of contact between the firm and new clients in the Carlisle area. Tony is also now a business mentor with the Prince's Trust.
tonylittle@o-reilly.co.uk

John joined O'Reilly in 1966 after leaving Carlisle Grammar School and he became a partner in 1977. John handles a variety of accounts and tax work.
johnmclaren@o-reilly.co.uk

Jim was born and grew up in Dumfries. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1980 and moved to join a new Edinburgh office of the national firm Pannell Kerr Forster. In 1984 he joined the firm of F. Gordon Joynt and Co. in Carlisle, which was merged with O'Reilly in 1991. Jim is responsible for audit compliance for the firm.
jimcochrane@o-reilly.co.uk

Andy comes from a farming family and joined the accountancy profession in 1989 with a Wensleydale firm after thirteen years with Lloyds Bank and eight years owning and managing his own businesses including a pub. After qualifying as a certified accountant, he joined O'Reilly in 1998 as farming manager. He became a partner of the firm in 1999. He is responsible for business development for the firm and is generally the first point of contact for new clients of the Penrith, Kirkby Stephen and Hawes offices.
andyneeve@o-reilly.co.uk

Originally from County Durham, Gary graduated from Birmingham Polytechnic with a degree in accountancy before qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1992. He worked with two firms in Newcastle-upon-Tyne then joined O'Reilly in 1999. He was manager of the audit department, dealing with corporate clients as well as other regulated work and was made a partner in 2004, based at the Penrith office.
garyritzema@o-reilly.co.uk

Lee grew up in Keswick and Penrith then graduated from Huddersfield University with a degree in business law. He started a career in financial planning, joining a major insurance company and progressing to area sales manager and completing the professional Financial Planning Certificate. With a desire to offer independent financial advice, rather than being tied to the products of one company, Lee joined O'Reilly in 2000 as an independent financial adviser and became a partner in 2004.
leewatson@o-reilly.co.uk

After completing a maths degree in 1996, Steven trained as an accountant in his home town of Liverpool and qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 1999. In 2002, he joined O'Reilly as farm accounts manager where he closely follows developments in the agricultural sector to be able to provide his clients with a specialist service. After joining the firm, Steven also qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor and currently serves on the committee of the Cumbria & SW Scotland branch of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and advises clients on general tax issues with a particular interest in Value Added Tax.
stevenbrown@o-reilly.co.uk

Louise joined O'Reilly in 1998 as an accounts assistant preparing accounts for sole traders, partnerships and farmers. In 1999 she transferred into the audit department to gain experience in preparing company accounts and completing income tax returns. Louise is now responsible for IT training and assists clients in various aspects of their computer processing.
louisedonnison@o-reilly.co.uk

Martin has worked in the accountancy profession since leaving school in 1996 and joined O'Reillys at Penrith in 2000. After qualifying as an AAT technician in 2002, Martin then qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2006. Now based at our Hawes Office, Martin provides advice and support to a range of clients, which includes Limited companies, sole traders, partnerships, charitable organizations and personal tax clients.
martinfleming@o-reilly.co.uk

Elizabeth joined O'Reilly after leaving secretarial college and has been with the firm for over 30 years. She is now a tax manager based in Carlisle dealing with Carlisle clients' personal taxation, responsible for an allocation of clients covering self employed, directors, employees and non-business clients with small and large portfolios.
elizabethhall@o-reilly.co.uk

Brought up in Penrith, Linda completed a degree in accounting and management control at Sheffield Hallam University. She joined O'Reilly in 1997 and in her current role as manager she deals with a range of sole trader and partnership clients outside of the farming sector.
lindahind@o-reilly.co.uk

Rachel was brought up on a hill farm between Sedbergh and Kirkby Stephen and is a partner in her husband's family farm. She joined O'Reilly in 2002 and is currently training to be an accounting technician. Rachel is a key member within the farming section, preparing accounts and making regular farm visits she also looks after the Kirkby Stephen office from time to time.
rachelmarston@o-reilly.co.uk

Geoff has been with O'Reilly for a number of years and he handles company audit work and accounts preparation together with partnership and larger sole trader accounts and associated tax work.
geofftaylor@o-reilly.co.uk

Fiona joined O'Reilly in 1981. She is the tax manager and is also responsible for a team of administration staff, the PAYE department within the office and a portfolio of personal tax clients. Fiona qualified as a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians in 1993 and is part of the O'Reilly tax team dealing with compliance reviews and planning work. She has served on the committee of the Cumbrian and SW Scotland branch of the Chartered Institute of Taxation since its formation in 2001 to 2008.
fionawatson@o-reilly.co.uk