About

About the Blog

The Happy Accountant blog was started by Louise of Figurate Ltd, in 2007 and was one of the first blogs to share knowledge and information (both freely and for free) on the nuts and bolts and practicalities of actually doing accounting and tax.

The posts are generally about one or more of the following:

• Accountancy, Bookkeeping and Tax for SMEs
• Performance Management
• Excel spreadsheets (in relation to how it can help with the above)
• The odd Accounting software comment.
• Accounting & Accountants in general
• Whatever random ramblings that spring to mind that don’t fit with the above.

Posts are normally arranged in a series of 4 or 5 posts on a topic (typically from Monday – Thursday or Friday)

If something is unclear or you would like to ask the Happy Accountant a question about a specific post, please feel free to pop a comment against that specific article.

Please note that all comments are moderated, so it might take a while for them to become visible – and a little bit longer still for a reply (if one is necessary).

 To find out a bit more about the real person behind The Happy Accountant blog, read Louise’s bio, below.

There are also several ways to contact The Happy Accountant

Louise|Bio

Louise is a Chartered Management Accountant and the real life person behind The Happy Accountant.

Louise graduated from University with a degree in Mathematics. Since then, she has worked in all manner of accounting and finance roles, starting in accounts clerk roles, working upwards and moving into financial management and budgeting.  She has worked for small businesses, start ups and some global brands and more recently in the public sector. During that time, she’s seen some really good accounting systems and some terrifyingly bad ones, too.

Unlike most accountants in practice, Louise has worked in businesses not external to them.

Since 2007, Louise has been using her expertise to help a variety of clients with all aspects of their accounts and systems, through her company, Figurate Ltd.

Louise lives in Northampton with her husband and children.  She blogs occasionally and you can also follow her frequent tweets.

You can read her professional profile on Linked In.