About Us

 

Forensic Accounting Services was created in 2001 by Barry Draper FCA MAE to provide expert witness services to prosecutors, claimants and defendants in litigious matters but also in a variety of bespoke assignments.

Barry Draper - the firm's principal
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Barry has over 38 years’ experience in forensic accounting, starting off as a fraud investigator with what was then the Inland Revenue, and then senior managerial positions with two ‘Big Four’ accounting firms before forming Forensic Accounting Services in 2001.

Our specialisms include:

  • Fraud investigations
  • Confiscation proceedings
  • Divorce proceedings
  • Loss of profit and consequential loss
  • Commercial disputes
  • Contract disputes
  • Breach of contract
  • Bespoke investigations
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Fitting the final piece in a jigsaw puzzle

Bespoke assignments have included tax investigations, consultancy (including for two UK Government departments, two £ multi-million bribery & corruption investigations, and two UK television shows), and professional training.

 

We are based in Bristol, with centrally-based offices situated in Clifton, but cover assignments that arise across the UK.  The advent of electronic data transfer has meant that assignments can often be completed successfully without the time and cost for face-to-face meetings.

 

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