About us

The firm

GBJ LLP is an experienced chartered accountancy firm located in Redhill.

We offer a wide range of accountancy and advisory services tailored to your individual needs, and specialise in providing advice to small, medium-sized and fledgling companies and businesses.

We aim to build long term working relationships with our clients and acquire detailed knowledge of their affairs to provide them with the best service possible.

Our professional support teams are trained to listen and interpret, and then assist you in developing your business aspirations. For more information on our partners, please see below.

The Partners

Nigel Green

Nigel trained with a firm of Chartered Accountants in Harrow and following a stint with Coopers and Lybrand in the Middle East, returned to England to found Green & Co in September 1989. He believes that our clients have remarkable skills within their own trade and professions and sees our role in their business as that of a close advisor to maximise their time and investment.

Nigel’s interests include all sports, but particularly football and athletics. Nigel has completed three marathons and represented Surrey and the Southern Counties at the 800 and 1500 metres.

Shailen Patel

Shailen qualified in 1984 after serving a training contract with Berke Fine, a medium sized firm in Croydon. He joined KPMG’s London office with a view to expanding his audit and client management skills and was involved in large system based audits of multi-national companies.

After a very rewarding 4 years with KPMG Shailen joined Jaye & Co in Croydon. They became part of the GBJ family in August 2001 and Shailen has since become a Partner and an important part of GBJ’s mission to provide the best accountancy services in the UK.

Dipak Rao

Born and raised in East Africa Dipak moved to England in 1964.

He joined EH Reid, a predecessor firm to GBJ in 1975.  He is a member of The Institute of Financial Accountants and specialises in clients within the music sector and construction industry.

Tax Manager

Trevor Rowlan

Trevor has fifteen years of tax and accountancy experience having previously trained and worked as a bank manager with Barclays.  He is our main point of contact for personal tax and company secretarial matters.