Severn Valley Branch

Welcome to the Severn Valley Branch of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and Association of Taxation Technicians.

Welcome to the home page for the Severn Valley branch of the CIOT!  The Severn Valley branch covers a wide geographical area encompassing Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and parts of Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, and we organise a lecture programme that runs between September and May each year.  The committee has access to some of the very best tax lecturers on the circuit, and we work to ensure we provide a broad range of subject matter relevant for local tax professionals. 

The lectures are aimed at both seasoned and newly qualified tax professionals, as well as students and general practitioners.  As well as being an excellent source of structured CPD for members of not just CIOT and ATT, but other professional bodies, our events provide a great opportunity to network and catch up with co-professionals, as well as sharing ideas and experiences.  The lectures are open and interactive, so participation is encouraged to ensure the content is as helpful as possible.

We hope to arrange events that are of the most interest to our local professionals, including running them with a balance of in-person and online with the change in landscape since the pandemic. We understand that it’s not always as easy to get to an in-person event with other commitments, so we will work to build a programme that is suited to as many of our tax professionals as possible.  

If you have any queries, suggestions or would like to get involved with the Branch or committee then please contact us at [email protected]

Branch Committee

Gina Gardner

Branch Chair

Christopher Mattos
Branch Committee

Joe Newton
Branch Committee

Harriet Turner
Branch Committee

Meet the Severn Valley Branch Committee

Gina Gardner

I am a Corporate Tax Manager at Ballards LLP, working largely with limited companies. I am a specialist in R&D Tax Relief, but also undertake a wide variety of Corporate Tax work in my role. As British Accountancy Awards Rising Star of the Year 2018, it is my aim to help support other new members and to be an advocate for the CIOT, hopefully becoming a point of contact for other local professionals. As newly appointed Branch Chair, I hope to reinvigorate the Severn Valley Branch and build a community that helps one another with a variety of technical and soft skill topics.