Guy Blake

Guy leads the Audit Team as Audit Director. Having joined the firm in September 2013 as a graduate trainee, Guy has spent 10 years with Godfrey Wilson gaining extensive experience of charity accounting and audit. Guy holds a Practising Certificate and Responsible Individual status.

Guy’s experience to date has included a wide variety of assignments from bookkeeping for small owner-managed businesses, to working on some of the firm’s largest charity audit assignments. Guy now manages a portfolio of audit and independent examination clients, most of which are small to medium sized charities and social enterprises. Recent work assignments have included reconfiguring a clients’ accounting software to improve reporting processes, providing VAT advice, and delivering training to a trustee board on management reporting and budgeting. Guy has a specialism in arts charities and regularly advises his clients on creative tax reliefs.

Prior to joining Godfrey Wilson, Guy worked in data management and reporting initially for a counselling service and latterly as a Dashboard Developer for a consultancy firm. Guy achieved a first-class degree in Mathematics from the University of Plymouth. Outside of work Guy is a keen runner, cyclist and swimmer, and enjoys competing in races from 10km up to marathon distance.