Chris Walford
Partner
Chris Walford is an experienced chartered accountant who has vast experience of advising clients of all sizes. Prior to joining Albert Goodman, Chris was responsible for the North Somerset audit offering at another large regional firm of accountants and thus brings a great deal of experience and expertise to the role.
Chris Walford runs our Weston-super-Mare office and is responsible for leading our development in this exciting region. Chris works with a wide variety of businesses both above and below the audit threshold and has worked with some of the regions best-known businesses. Chris has a particular focus on providing owner-managed and family businesses with practical, commercial and strategic advice.
As a Business Service Partner, Chris Walford provides compliance and advisory services to a broad portfolio of business clients (predominantly SME) and their shareholders. Specialising in audit, compliance services, strategic advice, tax advisory, and transaction support.
Chris Walford also acts as our judge for the Business Leader Awards where Albert Goodman is proud to sponsor the Family Business Award. Chris is a regular at networking events across North Somerset and Bristol, and when not working loves watching England play test cricket and walking his dog, an Italian Spinone.
Specialisms
Construction and Property
Managing a business in the construction and property sector comes with its own challenges. Tight deadlines and restrictive cash flows make planning ahead difficult. You also have approval hurdles to j...
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Healthcare
For our healthcare clients, the pressure to evolve and streamline never goes away. You need to meet ever-changing regulations and navigate increasingly complex financial compliance. At the same time, ...
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Family Business
When your business is also personal, navigating change can be even more challenging. Different interests and opinions matter more when family is involved. And the pressure to create a sustainable busi...
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Services
Accountancy
No business can afford to get its accounts wrong. With regulations to meet, reputations at stake and opportunities to grasp, one wrong step can put your business on the back foot. But that doesn’t mea...
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Audits
An annual audit can deliver significant benefits for your company, such as:
compliance with legal or borrowing requirements;a rigorous financial health check; orthe development of an assured financial...
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