Accountants who have also had to make the decisions the numbers inform.
Phil Crawford FCA, Director
Phil Crawford FCA leads JSAP Advisory, bringing more than 20 years in accountancy, tax and senior finance roles. Every client relationship is led by Phil. Day-to-day compliance work (accounts, tax, payroll and company secretarial) is prepared by an experienced accountant within the team and reviewed by Phil before it reaches you.
The technical answer matters. So does what happens next.
Practice, then the finance director’s chair
Phil’s advice is shaped by two kinds of experience: years spent working through the tax detail for clients, and seven years responsible for the finance function of a growing business.
Dublin and professional practice
Phil trained with Ernst & Young in Dublin, then qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Flannigan Edmonds Bannon, one of Northern Ireland’s larger independent practices. He spent 14 years there, latterly in senior management.
Into industry as CFO
At Bedford Consultancy Services, an EMEA Anaplan partner, Phil took responsibility for finance, systems, funding and shareholder matters through a period of growth.
JSAP Advisory
Phil leads JSAP to bring that combined perspective to owner-managed businesses, founders, property investors and families, supported by a small team.
A business may not need a full-time CFO. It still needs CFO thinking.
When you run a business, the accounts are only part of the picture. Cash flow, tax, funding and the next decision belong in the same conversation.
Phil works as a part-time finance director for a number of clients, bringing a board-level view without a full-time appointment. The client base stays deliberately small so those conversations happen in good time.
Someone close to the detail and the decision
For clients across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and GB.
Senior attention
Phil, a Fellow Chartered Accountant, leads every client relationship and the advisory work.
Advice before the commitment
Whether the question concerns a funding round, a property structure or a future sale, the aim is to understand the cash, tax and commercial consequences while there is still room to choose.
The essentials, properly handled
Accounts, tax returns, payroll and company secretarial work remain part of the relationship. Clear deadlines and dependable compliance provide the foundation for better planning.
Get in touch
A clearer cash-flow picture, a UK/Irish tax question, a funding decision or an exit that is still years away — a conversation is where the useful work begins.