Tim’s passion lies in helping his clients maximise their wealth through successful tax planning for the future. Whether you are seeking a solution on the most efficient way to implement your inheritance plans or would simply like some plain-English advice on your tax liabilities, Tim is expertly placed to offer you a highly professional and personalised service.

Having previously worked for HMRC, Tim Cook can use his insights to assist with HMRC investigations and ensure that you are informed at all times, and can offer you clear and simple advice throughout the process.

His technical areas of expertise include tax planning, pensions, emigration and trusts. Tim works with entrepreneurs, and families from a wide range of backgrounds, based both in the UK and overseas.

Tim Cook joined Wilder Coe in 1996 and was made Tax Partner in 2001.

Professional Memberships

• Affiliate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Professional Areas of Expertise

• Tax Planning
• Pension Planning
• Inheritance Tax
• Trusts
• HM Revenue and Customs Investigations
• International Tax
• Capital Gains Tax

Sectors of Expertise

• Entrepreneurs
• High Net-Worth Individuals

Read Tim Cook’s latest insights:

• Wilder Coe appoints two Tax Partners - 2 Apr 24
• Economic Crime Levy - 25 Apr 23
• UK IHT (Inheritance Tax) and planning strategies recording - 4 Jul 22

Pauline Hudd provides clients with practical advice and pragmatic solutions in relation to all aspects of stamp taxes. Her wide-ranging experience on corporate and real estate transactions means that she gives bespoke advice tailored to the needs of clients, whether they are major multinationals, financial institutions or individual investors.

She has a proven track record in delivering outcomes on unwinding complex structures, working alongside lenders on re-financing projects and supporting corporate trustees and offshore lawyers in managing transactions across multiple jurisdictions.

She has also supported administrators and liquidators on assets disposals to realise value from property portfolios. In addition, she has worked extensively on public sector projects, ranging from urban regeneration to student accommodation out-sourcing. Her considerable expertise comes from her 14 years in practice at KPMG and through her previous role as Assistant Controller at HMRC Stamp Office.

Pauline Hudd joined Wilder Coe in March 2016 and was made Partner in September 2016.

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) – University College Cardiff

Professional memberships

• Member of the Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group

Professional Areas of Expertise

• Stamp duty
• Stamp duty land tax (SDLT)
• Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)

Sectors of expertise

• Hotel groups
• Property investors and funds
• Property developers
• Charities
• Financial Industry clients

Read Pauline Hudd’s latest insights:

Jamie Muirhead joined Wilder Coe in August 2018 after graduating from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Natural Sciences. Jamie is a Chartered Tax Advisor and Chartered Accountant after completing the ACA/CTA joint programme with Wilder Coe in 2021. Jamie was promoted to Assistant Tax Manager in 2022 and now takes on the mantle of Tax Manager at Wilder Coe.

He has a portfolio of clients including non-UK resident company landlords, high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, the self-employed and owner-managed businesses.

Jamie’s role means he advises and provides technical tax support across the business. His support has helped individuals, owner-managed businesses, and large corporate groups utilise tax reliefs to run their businesses efficiently and ensure they meet their compliance obligations.

Jamie Muirhead has advised on but is not limited to:

• The refinancing of a substantial London hotel group
• Tax due diligence for a major property developer
• Employers with internationally mobile workers

Jamie is a keen tennis player and holds several voluntary and committee roles, including philanthropy work of the International Tennis Club of Great Britain.

Professional Areas of Expertise

• Tax Planning
• Pension Planning
• Inheritance Tax
• Owner Managed businesses
• International Tax
• Capital Gains Tax
• Corporation Tax

Professional Memberships

• A Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• A Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Cantab
• ACA
• CTA

Sarah Simpson joined Wilder Coe in March 1996 and qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor in 1998. She has a varied portfolio of clients consisting of high net-worth individuals including Lloyd’s names, self-employed individuals and Barristers. As well as completing annual tax returns, Sarah also assists her clients in any other matters which might arise.

Sarah Simpson has worked closely with Tax Partner, Tim Cook, since 1996 and strives to provide her clients with a friendly, professional and personal service.

Professional Memberships

• A Member of the Association of Tax Technicians
• A Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation

Qualifications

• BA Hons Accounting

With over 30 years of experience offering tax advice to individuals and their businesses, Mark focuses on complex advisory aspects of UK taxation and has built expertise in the Sports and Cryptocurrency sectors.

With a strong business development track record, Mark prides himself on building strong, long-standing relationships and proactively mitigating his client's tax exposure wherever possible.

Specialisms

• Tax compliance and planning
• Incorporations, share reorganisation, corporate restructuring and liquidations
• Tax-efficient remuneration and succession/retirement/exit planning
• Property-related tax matters, such as rental/property portfolios and land transactions
• HMRC negotiations on voluntary disclosures, discovery assessments and enquiries
• Trusts, estates and beneficiary compliance and planning matters
• SEIS/EIS/VCT and pensions
• Specific expertise for non-doms, barristers, sportspeople and media/entertainment clients