Mature appointments

Recruitment with a real difference

Matureaccountants was started in 2005 by Chartered Accountant Martin Lloyd-Penny as a result of his personal experience of being over 50 (just) and out of work - as he soon discovered not a good combination!

Martin knew from his years in both industry and the profession that there is no substitute for experience. A "mature" accountant has the depth of knowledge and skills that is vital when steering a company through major periods of change. Whether the change process involves financing growth, acquisitions, rationalisation, saving the company money or more importantly saving the company! But it can also be lonely running a business and many owner managers understand the benefit of working with people who have seen it all before.

Matureaccountants has grown at a dizzying rate thanks largely to Martin's and his business partner Geoff's insistence on the highest standards in all areas of the business. Both client and candidate have recognised this as shown by the testimonials below.


Matureaccountants has nearly 2,000 candidates who can provide the expertise to satisfy a company's requirements whether it be full time, part time, interim, contract or for more specialist areas such as taxation, compliance and secretarial. We have candidates across the UK from book keepers to Finance Directors and everything in between.

Contact us today to discuss your specific requirements.

T: 0115 931 2668 M: 07771 925180 E: martin@matureaccountants.com

Mature Appointments will now be licensing other mature brands and we are delighted to welcome Ed Simpson as our first licensee with maturelawyers.com

If you have an area of expertise that you think could be developed as a mature brand please contact Martin.

  Testimonials
Mature accountants were immediately responsive to the needs of my business and within a week I had 15 applicants, 10 of whom were a perfect fit. I chose one and he got stuck in within 24 hours of having understood the brief. The quality of the work done was first class. Mature accountants exceeded my expectations by a comfortable margin. If only other B2B services were as efficient. Thank you very much. 
Peter S. Detre Accelerated Growth Ltd 

Bridgeman Art Library recruited their Financial Controller vacancy through Mature Accountants. A difficult role at a time in the company when extensive restructuring and developing is being configured for their whole IT systems and programs. They needed to find someone who would be able to take up the challenge that this poses by contributing in the development of the new systems, whilst keeping in consideration the specialist field and requirements that this digital international library has to contend with.

Martin at Mature Accountants was from the outset very attentive to all our requirements as well as himself actively helping to further define our requirements not only verbally and in his excellent selection of a small number of candidates which he put forward very quickly, but also by writing up for us an excellent detailed job description.

Martin was also very flexible with our changing requirements from a full time to a part-time role the result was that in the space of three weeks all the interviews which had been arranged and co-ordinated with Martin were completed and a candidate was in place. Martin took the stress out of the search process. Thank you so much for a most efficient and considered service. 
Cherine Mekkaoui PA to Deputy Managing Director The Bridgeman Art Library Ltd 

As a financial management outsourcing business, we often need staff at short notice to satisfy client situations both on a temporary and full time basis. We are delighted to work with Matureaccountants to help fulfill these opportunities as we have found them to be very responsive to our requests, happy to put together a quality advert from an outline brief, and put forward a range of candidates who can possibly meet our requirements.
In addition when looking to grow our own business, Martin has been able to identify senior candidates in a geographic area to match our needs and has helped to contribute ideas as to how we might present our proposition to these candidates. We look forward to continuing to work with matureaccountants on such an open and flexible basis. 
Gary Jesson Managing Director e-Financial Management Ltd 

Mature Accountants could not have been more helpful. They listened carefully to want we needed, responded quickly and sent us only high-quality candidates who fitted the bill. I will definitely use them again.  
Judi Geisler, Partner, Aptus Training Consultants 

At last! I have finally found a source of experienced candidates and an agency that provides just the right level of service - quick to respond, proactive but not pushy. A sensible fee rate helps also!
Mature Accountants have found me two staff in the last three months and they will now be my first and only port of call when I have another vacancy. 
Roger Nilsson Director Nimbus PRG Limited 

I have found mature accountants to be extremely responsive with a strong list of candidates. I am delighted with the candidate I took on an interim basis and have got matureaccountants.com at the top of my list of internet recruitment favourites. 
David Oliver Managing Director Clear Channel UK Limited 

Mature Accountants provided a quick solution to a not so easy problem; we recruited a high calibre individual that enabled us to continue with our work and have a competent person onside; highly recommended and we will certainly consider working together in the future. 
Andrew G. Steel Founder/Director PATT Foundation 

We used Mature Accountants to help us find a Finance Director. We were extremely satisfied with the service, both in terms of the quality of candidates and their availability for what was an almost immediate vacancy.
Our initial appointment was not successful, but matureaccountants found an alternative candidate who is currently filling the role in a very satisfactory manner. We would certainly use the service again. 
Peter M Brown, Director Gabbitas Educational Services Ltd 

It is truly a pleasure dealing with the mature accountants team. The promptness of their response and personal attention made me feel valued and confident that their help was genuine and beyond the call of duty. 
Glenn Lawrence Managing Director 8020 Financial Management 

 
News Feed
Solicitor challenges mandatory retirement at 65
Leslie Seldon, former Senior Partner of Kent firm Clarkson Wright and Jakes, has challenged an Employment Tribunal decision that upheld the firm's policy of mandatory partner retirement at 65. We await the decision with great interest.
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Mature Workers bridge the skills gap
I read with great interest today that UK entrepreneurs are increasingly relying on older workers to plug skills shortages in their businesses, according to figures released by entrepreneur think tank, the Tenon Forum.Nearly half (45 per cent) of UK owner-managers are concerned about skills shortages and many claim younger recruits are often just not up to the job. Many entrepreneurs are now looking to the previously untapped potential of older workers to plug the gap, with two thirds (66 per cent) of SME leaders agreeing that the employment of workers aged 50 plus is a good solution to skills shortages. And more than a fifth (22 per cent) of entrepreneurial businesses actually favour the hiring of older workers over college leavers as a solution to staffing problems.
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Another "mature" brand
MatureMD was launched on 8th April 2008 and will be run by Peter Detre an experienced London-based CEO. MatureMD is the latest brand from Mature Appointments.
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Celia gets her job back
Worthing Council has reinstated Celia Powis and extended her contract for 12 months.
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Age Discrimination Alive and Well
This morning BBC Breakfast reported the story of 70-year old fitness instructor Celia Powis, who was sacked by Worthing Borough Council for being too old. Her appeal against the decision is tomorrow.
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