About Us
Cooper Dawn Jerrom provide Accountancy, Audit, Tax and Business Advisory Services. Our roots go back to 1892, so over the years we’ve helped our clients adapt to many challenging financial and economic environments.
We work with a wide range of clients: from working families to high net worth individuals, from small and large domestic companies to international businesses.
The key to our success is the value we place on long term relationships. We encourage our staff to become closely involved with a client’s business. This helps forge a solid relationship and enables us to identify and understand a client’s needs, often before you do.
Top quality service can only be delivered by top quality people. So over the years, we have built up a highly motivated, professional team who are the key to our success. It’s a multi-cultural team, with diverse interests and experiences - and it enables us to approach situations laterally and to formulate and implement innovative solutions.
Whatever your financial situation, we can make a real difference.
So please visit the rest of our site and see what we can offer you.
Meet the team
Richard Cooper FCA, ATII - Chairman and Managing Director
Richard Cooper qualified in 1960. He had been articled to a small firm near Charring Cross so obtained wide experience of detail. After qualifying he spent 3 years with one of the big 5 firms in the City and so added on large scale abilities.He re-joined his original firm as a partner and following retirements of his collegues in that firm he became sole practitioner by the late 60's. His expertise is in long term relationships with family businesses, seeing the clients grow from small beginnings some to flourish, getting from Richard good tax and estate planning advice, accounts audited and day to day encouragement; other clients to falter and to have their owners helped over their difficulties.
In June 2004, Richard brought his Clients and his vast experience into Cooper Dawn Jerrom Ltd.
Michael Amos FCA - Audit and Compliance Director
On becoming disenchanted with large firm life, Michael left to join a leading small practice where his key area of responsibility was compliance and staff training before joining Michael Jerrom.
Michael Jerrom FCA, MA - Director
Mike was educated at Sherborne School and Oxford. He qualified with Thornton Baker (now Grant Thornton) in 1968, where he specialised in International Audit and Investigations, before moving into commerce with senior executive roles in the construction and investment fields. In 1977 he founded CCL Developments PLC.He moved back into general practice in 1992 co-founding Jerrom and Company, Chartered Accountants. Through a series of mergers, and acquisitions Cooper Dawn Jerrom Limited was established in 2004. He specialises in tax and property and believes in a disciplined but informal atmosphere.
Leigh Strachan FCA - Non Executive Director
A chartered accountant who has spent the majority of his post qualification career in private practice, Leigh considers every client, large or small, to be of equal importance and places great reliance in ensuring the highest professional standards are met in all aspects of his work.Leigh, whose interests include current affairs, sport, crosswords and bridge, is married to certified accountant Valerie and they have two sons.
Nigel Ventham - Company Secretary
Nigel was educated at Dulwich College and the College of Law. After qualifying as a Legal Executive he spent 10 years in the legal department of Clerical Medical, specialising in commercial conveyancing and litigation. In 1984 he moved to become the third generation in his expanding family business, dealing with all aspects of its administration and the full computerisation of all its systems. Following its disposal brought his extensive legal, commercial and IT experience to CDJ Ltd. in 2004.Specialising in systems analysis, Nigel maintains the practice, enabling the Directors to look after the clients.
