We are delighted to announce that Affinia’s expansion in the South East continues with the recent addition of Richard Place Dobson, based in Crawley.
Affinia is the fastest growing purpose-led, purpose-built accountancy and advisory firm with over 1,000 people across 18 offices focusing on delivering exceptional services for clients, colleagues and the local communities they serve.
Founded in 1908, Richard Place Dobson has built a reputation as a key financial services provider in West Sussex. The team delivers a wide range of accounting services to a large client base across a variety of sectors, with a particular specialism in charities and not for profit organisations.
With a people-first approach at the heart of what they do, Richard Place Dobson’s values align with Affinia’s own approach to building stronger more valuable relationships and supporting its’ clients, colleagues and community.
Matthew Tyson, Managing Director at Richard Place Dobson, said: “We are delighted to be joining Affinia. Having met many of the people that have made them so successful to date it was clear that there were many synergies. That includes how we value people – be they clients we serve, those that make up our fantastic team, and those that form the business community within which we operate. This link-up will allow us to continue to grow, to further develop our team by providing valuable opportunities, and to invest in the future in what is an ever more challenging and complex financial world.
RPD has always believed strongly in its charitable work. And it is so good to see that the work that the RPD Foundation does will be matched by that same philosophy at Affinia.”
Rob Harden, Chief Development Officer of Affinia, says: “We’re delighted to welcome Richard Place Dobson to Affinia. With a shared approach to our people and clients, and with the team’s expertise in the charity and not-for-profit sectors, we will work together to further support our clients, colleagues and communities. The next step forward in our continued growth plans, this exciting combination supports our ambition to be the UK’s largest purpose-led, purpose-built accounting services firm in the UK”.
