Iain McVicar

Managing Partner

Specialist in providing strategic accounting, tax and business advice to farmers, estates and rural businesses

Iain McVicar has been the Managing Partner of Albert Goodman Chartered Accountants since 2022 and is Chair of the Albert Goodman Strategic and Operational boards.

After graduating in agriculture Iain worked as an agricultural business consultant. He then qualified as an accountant with a national accounting firm specialising in agriculture, spending six years there, including three years with the business recovery department advising on business turnaround strategies.

He joined Albert Goodman Farms and Estates Team in 2001. Iain specialises in providing strategic tax and business advice to farmers, estate owners, and other rural businesses. He is an accomplished speaker on agricultural matters and is often published in the press.

Iain often undertakes expert witness work, mainly for farming and estate businesses.  This includes Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy livelihood calculations, partnership disputes and divorce valuations.

In his spare time, Iain is a keen cyclist and enjoys getting into the countryside and cycling over Exmoor. 

Iain's expertise

Iain's credentials

  • FCA
  • 30+ years’ experience advising farmers and estates
  • Managing Partner of Albert Goodman
  • Director of Albert Goodman Financial Planning Limited
  • Trustee of Soil Association Land Trust
  • Trustee of Seale Hayne Educational Trust

Specialisms

Agriculture

With agriculture and diversified land management underpinning our vibrant economy, supporting farms and rural businesses is naturally our sector strength. It has been for the past 150 years as agricul
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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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Business Advice

Trusted and resourceful business advice
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Forensic Accounting & Valuation Services

Whether it is investigating a fraud, valuing a business or advising on a contractual dispute, stakes can be high. You need a trusted forensic accounting expert to guide you through what can be a diff
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