Ayrshire Roots.Growing Together.

Ammu is building on more than 20 years of local expertise to support Ayrshire businesses today and for the future.

Ayrshire has always been home to ambitious businesses. From family firms and manufacturers to hospitality, retail, professional services and growing SMEs, the region is full of people building, investing and creating opportunities.

Ammu is proud to be part of that story.

With an office in Ayr and roots in the local business community stretching back more than 20 years, Ammu supports businesses and individuals with the financial clarity, practical advice and confidence they need to move forward.

And while the Ammu name may be relatively new, the people, relationships and experience behind it are anything but.

Built on strong Ayrshire foundations
Ammu was formed in 2020, bringing together two established Scottish accountancy firms: Ayrshire practice AMAS, founded in 2002 and led by Jane Grant, and successful Glasgow business Murrison & Wilson, founded in 2013 by Simon Murrison.

For almost two decades, AMAS had worked alongside businesses and individuals throughout Ayrshire, building trusted relationships and becoming part of the local business community.

The merger created an opportunity to build on those strong local foundations while giving Ayrshire clients access to an even wider range of expertise.

Today, Ammu has offices in Ayr and Glasgow and is led by Directors Simon Murrison and Emily Wilson.

But while the business has grown, its approach remains deliberately personal.

At Ammu, the team believes numbers matter because behind every number is a decision, an opportunity and a future. The role of a good accountant is not simply to report what has already happened, but to help clients understand what the figures mean and what they might do next.

Local people, different areas of expertise
That approach is reflected in the team working from the Ayr office.

Emily Wilson, Director, brings specialist tax expertise to the team. For Emily, tax planning is about much more than meeting the next deadline. She helps clients understand their tax position and think ahead, whether that means planning for growth, considering how to take income from a business, passing wealth to the next generation, preparing for retirement or eventually selling a company.

Alongside Emily is Stephen Black, Business Information and Funding Manager, who helps Ayrshire businesses turn management information into practical insight through financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, funding applications, business planning and meaningful KPIs.

Jamie McLachlan, Manager, combines management accounting expertise with a strong focus on digital transformation, helping businesses improve financial reporting, streamline processes and introduce cloud systems that reduce administration and provide clearer, more up-to-date information.

As Making Tax Digital continues to change how businesses and individuals manage their financial records, Jamie’s support is becoming increasingly important.

Lucy McConnell supports clients across management accounting, annual accounts and bookkeeping, helping prepare real-time financial information for businesses across a range of sectors and sizes.

Karen Stacey, Senior Bookkeeper and Payroll Executive, helps clients keep their day-to-day finances organised, accurate and running smoothly across bookkeeping and payroll.

Complementing Emily’s tax expertise, Gillian Green, Senior Taxation Executive, supports clients across accounts, tax, VAT, payroll and cloud accounting, helping them keep their financial records accurate, compliant and up to date.

Together, the team brings different skills to the table, but with a shared goal: making finance easier to understand and more useful to clients.

Support for every stage of business
That breadth of expertise means clients can access support across corporate and personal tax, accounts, bookkeeping, payroll and cloud accounting, depending on what they need.

For some, that may mean keeping accounts, payroll and tax reporting accurate and on time. For others, it could mean understanding future tax liabilities, improving financial information, digitising processes or getting better visibility of cash flow and performance.

Corporate tax advice can extend into areas such as VAT, capital allowances, employment taxes, business structures and planning for the eventual sale of a business.

For individuals, support includes Self Assessment, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax, property and wider personal tax matters.

The aim is always the same: to provide financial clarity, reduce unnecessary administration and give clients better information to plan and make better decisions.

Proud to be part of Ayrshire
For Ammu, having an office in Ayr is about more than geography. It means being part of a diverse and thriving business community.

Ayrshire is home to long-established family firms, innovative manufacturers, tourism and hospitality businesses, professional services, retailers, property businesses, trades and entrepreneurs building something new.

These organisations create jobs, support local suppliers and invest in the communities around them.

Ammu values being part of that community and the relationships that come from working alongside businesses over many years.

A client might first come to the team needing help with a tax return or annual accounts. Over time, that conversation can evolve into growth plans, investment, digital transformation, succession or the next generation taking over the business.

Those long-term relationships matter.

The next chapter
More than two decades after AMAS first established its Ayrshire roots, Ammu is continuing to build on that heritage.

The business now has a wider team, broader expertise and clients across Scotland, the UK and beyond, but its connection to Ayrshire remains an important part of who it is.

For Emily, Stephen, Jamie, Lucy, Karen, Gillian, and the wider Ammu team, that means continuing to work alongside the people behind Ayrshire businesses.

While numbers will always matter in accountancy, it is what they enable people and businesses to do next that really counts.

Want to get to know Ammu?
Whether you’re starting a business, planning for growth or simply want greater clarity over your finances, the Ayr team would be happy to have a chat.
Visit ammu.uk or call the Ayr office
on 01292 388 031.