Established for over 50 years

about us

Established in Barnsley in 1970, gbac is now a modern female led practice. Corinna Humphries and Marie Lang head a team of accountants, auditors, tax advisors, payroll and company secretarial specialists. Together the gbac team provides an holistic accounting, taxation and advisory service to clients that incorporates internal and external audit and assurance services, restructuring, share schemes and business valuation services, and estate planning provided by our licensed wills and probate practitioners.

our ethos

As business owners, we understand that the factors that motivate and drive growth are as varied as the individuals who choose to build a business in the first place. That’s why we are focused on providing an individual approach to our clients, working closely alongside them to better understand their business needs and deliver a bespoke solution that supports capital growth for both businesses and individuals.

Sustainability for our gbac team, our clients and our community, is at the heart of everything we do. We welcome change, continually investing in and looking for new ways of working to remain as pro-active and efficient as possible for our clients in this ever evolving world.

We are proud to be an accredited ACCA training practice, to have achieved Gold Standard for Investors in People, and more recently we are on the road to become B-Corp accredited as well as working towards gold standard for Be Well at Work. These accreditations are not simply badges that we have collected but rather reflect our professional commitment to our gbac values.

We are honest, open, ethical, and fair, and what we do, we do well.

Our values

people first accounting

who we are..

honest, open, ethical and fair
embodying a desire to learn and improve
all embody an entrepreneurial spirit
a supportive team

what we do..

we do well
we strive for continual improvement
we research, collaborate and investigate
we deliver an holistic service when we say we will

I would like to say a big thank you to gbac for all your advice and support over the last 10 years. We have been through some tough times but with your help we made it through the other side. We are pleased to have you as part of our team and look forward to continuing working with you in the future. Well done gbac!
Angela Clark, Director Norham Plastics LTD
We are fortunate that gbac has been able to support us across the full range of financial services that we have required. As well as day to day support on payroll and our accountancy software leading to prompt and accurate financial reporting, we have benefited from tax planning advice from one of the partners. As well as providing these efficient and cost effective services it is a bonus to receive such friendly service from the whole team which makes us feel we are a valued client despite being a relatively small business.
Peter Moulam Director, PJ Taste LLP

Marie Lang

Director (FCA, FCCA)

Marie is co-owner alongside Corinna Humphries. She has over 30 years’ experience working with and advising SME’s. She specialises in Transaction Services, in addition to being a Senior Statutory Auditor. She has previously held a position as Chair and Member of the IAASB and IESBA Consultative Advisory Groups in her capacity as Technical Director of EFAA. Marie has worked in practice and business having started her career with KPMG and having worked with one of the UK’s largest Truck Exporters. Marie is a Governor of Barnsley College.
Corinna Humphries

Director (FCCA, CTA)

With over 30 years’ experience at gbac and now co-owner, Corinna is the gbac Tax Director. She specialises in Employee Share Schemes, Business Restructuring, and Tax Efficient Investing. She is also a qualified wills and probate practitioner. Corinna is a volunteer at “Tax Help for Older People.”
Brett Skelly

Associate (FCCA)

Brett has over 20 years’ experience and specialises in outsourced financial controller and non-executive director (NED) roles whilst also being a core member of our accounts and audit team. He is also one of gbac’s trained mental health first aiders.
Charlotte Ward

Practice Manager (FMAAT)

Charlotte is the gbac Office Manager. She joined gbac in 2010 and now manages gbac’s internal finance function and day to day running of all aspects of the gbac business, being the driver of our staff mental and physical well-being offering.
Emma Dawson

Associate (FCCA)

Emma’s accountancy career started at gbac over 18 years ago where she is now a core senior member of our accounts and audit team managing a portfolio of clients from varying industries. Emma is also a member of the Barnsley College and South Yorkshire Pension Authority Audit Committee bringing her expertise in audit to the board.
Hayley Simpson

Tax Associate (ACCA)

Hayley is a senior tax manager and has worked at gbac over 18 years. She works closely with gbac clients throughout the preparation and completion of their corporation and personal tax returns to carefully manage every aspect of their tax position.
Louise Wroe

Associate (AAT, ATT, CTA)

Louise has worked in the accountancy profession since the 1990’s having gained a vast amount of experience in both accounts and tax. She heads up the gbac tax team and specialises in tax planning, trusts and estates. She is also a qualified wills and probate practitioner. Louise is a volunteer at “Tax Help for Older People”.
Marita Moxon

Associate (FCCA)

Marita has been part of gbac’s tax team for over 20 years. Throughout this time has gained expertise knowledge in employment taxes, status and benefits, charities tax, R&D and Patent Box claims and the taxation of CryptoAssets.
Nikki Stuart

Property Services Manager (FCCA)

Nikki heads up the Property Services Offering at gbac. Over the years Nikki’s specialist area has developed to include all matters property including supporting large property investment and development companies, advising on VAT aspects, and the preparation of service charge accounts for residential and commercial developments, both single and multi-schedule.
Pam Parker

Associate (FCCA)

With over 21 years at gbac, Pam is experienced in many of our service areas she deals with management and financial reporting, external and internal audits Pam is a Senior Statutory Auditor and one of gbac’s certified wills and probate practitioners.
Rob Booth

Head of Accounting and VAT Services (FCCA)

Rob has over 33 years’ experience in the accountancy profession at gbac. He heads up the gbac bookkeeping and accounting team and is the gbac VAT specialist.
Victoria Davies

Head of Accounting and Auditing Services (FCCA, CIA)

Vicky is the gbac Head of Audit. She has over 30 years’ experience of accounting and auditing and is a skilled audit practitioner being both a Senior Statutory Auditor and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). Vicky also holds a qualification in Company Secretarial with the Chartered Governance Institute.