Our History
Woodside traces its history back to 1988 when Woodside Secretaries Limited (now Tricor Secretaries Limited) was founded as a company secretarial, registrar and corporate services provider. Over time, the business developed a strong reputation within the EIS industry for providing client money handling, safe custody and nominee services to fund managers, brokers and companies seeking investment.
In 2012, Woodside was acquired by Tricor Services Europe LLP, part of the global Tricor Group headquartered in Hong Kong providing outsourced business, corporate and investor services. Today, Woodside Corporate Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and serves a wide range of clients, including (S)EIS fund managers, VCTs, crowdfunding platforms, bond issuers and ISA managers. We also provide a range of unregulated services such as acting as a Registrar and fully independent Security Trustee. Through the global Tricor Group, we are able to offer a range of complementary professional services including company secretarial, accounting, payroll and corporate tax services.
“We take care of the investment and back office administration, leaving our clients to focus on what they do best.”
Director
John Rowe
John has been with Woodside for over 10 years and is responsible for the overall management and strategy of the group.
Director
Anna Long
Anna has wide experience within the tax-advantaged and alternative investments industry and is responsible for business development and operations within the group.
Director
Phil Martin
Phil is responsible for group compliance and risk management and ensures our business processes and procedures are in line with the group’s internal risk strategy and FCA rules.
Associate Director
Steve Martin
Steve heads up Tricor Services Europe LLP’s company secretarial team following its acquisition from KPMG in 2009. Steve advises a number of institutional clients on structuring and corporate actions.
Custodial Manager
Beth Williamson
Beth heads up the Custodial and Fund Administration team and is responsible for client money and asset operations and reporting.
Systems Manager & Custodial Administrator
Megan Libbeter
Megan looks after a number of EIS, VCT, SITR fund managers and investment platforms and manages the development of our internal operations systems.
Custodial Administrator
Rachel O’Halloran
Rachel looks after a range of clients including fund managers and brokers and is responsible for providing a seamless investment service right through from investment application through to distribution of investment proceeds.
Custodial Administrator
Elizabeth Highwood
Lizzie deals with a large number of EIS fund managers and is responsible for processing applications, performing daily cash reconciliations and investor reporting.
Associate Director
Steve Martin
Steve heads up Tricor Services Europe LLP’s company secretarial team following its acquisition from KPMG in 2009. Steve advises a number of institutional clients on structuring and corporate actions.
Senior Manager
Monica Peters
Monica has a wealth of company secretarial and corporate governance experience, having previously spent over 30 years at PwC. Monica provides corporate advice and company secretarial services to clients including multinational companies.
Company Secretarial Assistant
Wendy Onafalujo
Wendy is currently studying to become a qualified Chartered Secretary and supports the company secretarial team.
Client Account Manager
Danila Valaythen
Danila is a qualified Chartered Accountant and oversees Tricor Services Europe LLP’s accounting, payroll and tax department and the development of key client relationships.
Client Account Assistant Manager
Dilen Valaythen
Dilen is a qualified Chartered Accountant and provides a full range of accounting, payroll and tax services to local and international clients operating in a wide variety of industries.
Accounts Assistant
Eleanor Dimond
Ellie is currently training to become a qualified Chartered Accountant and assists both the Accounts team and the Finance Manager with book-keeping, billing, preparing management accounts and VAT returns.
Compliance Officer
Phil Martin
Phil is responsible for group compliance and risk management and ensures our business processes and procedures are in line with the group’s internal risk strategy and FCA rules.
Compliance Assistant
Rebecca Olley
Rebecca is responsible for managing client on-boarding processes, conducting enhanced due diligence checks and supporting the compliance officer with the development and implementation of compliance policies and procedures.
Operational Compliance Assistant
Helen Jeal
Helen assists both the Compliance and Custodial team by conducting investor AML checks, client on-boarding and preparing EIS compliance statements for the issue of EIS3 certificates.
Reception & Office Assistant
Alex Carr
Alex is our front of house receptionist and is responsible for supporting the managers and for the general smooth running of the office.
