We are absolutely delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 AVN Most Inspiring Accountant Award… it’s Rachael Chadwick-Harrison of Chadwick Accountants and Bookkeepers!
That makes it two years in a row for Rachael – which just goes to show how committed she and her team are to transforming the lives and businesses of their clients, as well as their own firm. Rachael won the Business Advisory and Consistently High Standards categories before being voted the overall winner.
What really stood out is how Chadwick are measuring what really matters to a business owner and condensing those numbers into one-page plans, so they can focus on the most important things. And they’re being much more proactive in delivering a more holistic end-of-year conversation with their clients as well.
Internally, they’re freeing up their team from doing the back office work as much as possible, so they can have client-facing, profit improvement conversations. They aren’t relying on memory to wow their clients; they’re putting the systems in place to ensure that the wows happen every time, no matter who’s dealing with the client.
And they’re also putting the mechanisms in place for Rachael’s own freedom. As a business owner, the business should work for you, not the other way around, and that’s the transition that Rachael’s made.
Category winners in 2026 AVN Most Inspiring Accountant Awards
All of the category winners deserve huge congratulations for what they’ve achieved – it’s not easy to win one of these awards. So well done to:
Phil Tarbun of Blue Ocean Tax – Business Vision Award
Lynn Watson of Office Assistants – Practice Differentiation Award and Changing Lives Award
Matt and Sally Rogers of Clear Vision Accountancy – Client Committed Team Award
Mia Seymour of Aim High Accounts – High Profile Practice Award
We’re incredibly grateful to our sponsors for helping to make these awards happen: headline sponsor Capium (it was great to have Capium director Nick Cheyne contributing to the awards webinar) and our category sponsors QX, ACCA and Outbooks.
You’ll be hearing more from our winners over the next few months as we invite them to share their stories on the Accountants Helping Accountants webinar – so watch this space!