About M.A. Whately & Co.

M.A. Whately & Co. is a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants and Registered Auditors on Jervis Street in Ardee, Co. Louth. We prepare accounts, tax returns, audits, payroll and company filings for businesses and individuals across Louth, Meath and the rest of Ireland. You deal directly with the people who do the work, and every answer comes in plain English.

  • Chartered Certified AccountantsAccounts and tax for businesses and individuals
  • Registered AuditorsStatutory audit, and a check if you need one
  • Office in ArdeeJervis Street, Ardee, Co. Louth A92 KH36
  • Direct contactEmail Paul or Clair directly

About us

Who we are

What does the firm do?

Accounts and tax returns are the start. The same office looks after VAT, payroll, statutory audit, company secretarial work, capital allowances, wealth management and business planning, so nothing falls between two firms. See all our services.

Who do we work with?

Owner-run businesses at every stage: new businesses getting off the ground, and long-established businesses that want to keep growing. We look after the bookkeeping for local GP practices, so the doctors can spend their time on patients, and we prepare tax returns for sole traders, landlords, PAYE workers and farmers.

How do we work?

We start by getting to know you and your business, because the right advice depends on what you want from it: more time with your family, work-free evenings, a bigger profit or room to expand. Then we do more than file the returns. We help you plan, so the business is stable and keeps growing.

Our people

The people you'll deal with

Email any of the team directly, or ring the office on 041 685 3162, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.

How it works

Getting started takes three steps

  1. Book a call

    Pick a time on our booking page or ring 041 685 3162. Tell us about your business, where things stand and what you need help with.

  2. Agree the work and the fee

    Before anything starts, you get the scope, the deadlines and the fee in writing, so there are no surprises.

  3. We take it from there

    Moving from another accountant? We ask them for what we need and link to your Revenue record as your tax agent, so the switch takes little of your time.

Testimonials

What clients say

  • My experience with M.A. Whately has been fantastic, in fact it couldn’t have been better. Their extensive knowledge, experience and dedicated team make them a pleasure to work with. They are truly EXCELLENT, they really go above and beyond the standard duty of an accountant. They are a team you can trust. A BIG THANK YOU to the whole team!

    Dr. FigeuredoGP
  • Paul and the team have been absolutely fantastic to work with. I initially sought his services purely for accounting purposes but as time has passed, I have realised his depth of knowledge surrounding business planning, strategy and marketing has been invaluable to my new physiotherapy clinic.

    David MurphyPerform Physiotherapy
  • The team at M.A. Whately offer a very professional and helpful service. As a new start up business, we had plenty of questions and there has always been somebody on the other end of the phone/email to answer us, no matter what the question! More than just an accountant they really work with building and growing your business. A pleasure to deal with and a wonderful supportive service!

    Cafe Twenty TwentyHospitality
Adrian Capraru, Director of AI and Business Automation at M.A. Whately
Adrian CapraruDirector of AI & Business Automation, M.A. Whately

AI Integration & Business Automation

Your accountant now automates the admin too

M.A. Whately's newest service, alongside accounts, tax and audit. Adrian Capraru connects your accounting software, bank, CRM and email, and automates the admin that does not need a person, so your team gets its hours back. He designed and built the firm's own platform, the M.A. Whately Suite.

"I designed and built every page, flow and safeguard in the M.A. Whately Suite. If a system touches your business data, I know exactly where it goes."

Adrian Capraru, Director of AI & Business Automation
  • Built the M.A. Whately Suite end to end, every page, workflow, database rule and safeguard, and leads automation and AI integration for many of the firm's clients, connecting their accounting software, banks, CRMs and email with a person signing off every result.
  • Chief Operations Officer of HighCrowd, an EU-regulated crowdfunding platform, through Romania's second licence under the EU crowdfunding regulation, with penetration testing and KYC, AML and PSD2 controls.
  • Founded 3Descu, an ISO 9001:2015 certified 3D printing factory and one of the largest in Eastern Europe: over 200 printers, more than 1,200 orders for 450+ business clients in 10+ countries, and instant online quotes in under a minute.
  • Over 10,000 orders in 5 European markets for an e-commerce brand he founded, with orders, shipping labels and tax-authority invoicing automated in n8n.
  • Product Manager at EvoEstate, Europe's largest real estate crowdfunding aggregator, with over €7 million funded by more than 6,800 investors.
  • Certified by IBM (AI Product Manager), Amazon Web Services (Cloud Solutions Architect), Wharton (FinTech) and Duke University (Agile leadership).

Your data stays in Ireland. The Suite runs on servers in Dublin with its database in Ireland, under EU data protection law. Each business is walled off from every other, and every action is logged.

A person signs off. AI can read a receipt or draft a reply. Nothing is filed with Revenue or sent to a customer without your approval. How the Suite protects your data.

Or email Adrian directly: adrian@mawhately.ie

Giving back

Giving back through B1G1

We are members of B1G1 (Buy1GIVE1), which links everyday business moments to projects that help families in need. Each new client funds a week of clean drinking water, each referral a week of food for a child, and each client's birthday five days of education.

B1G1 says 100% of members' contributions go to the projects they choose.

How our giving works

Next step

Work with a team you can talk to

Book a call at a time that suits you, or ring the office.

Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pminfo@mawhately.ie

Newsletter

Irish tax and business updates, in plain English

Budget changes, Revenue deadlines, new free tools and what AI means for your business, from M.A. Whately.

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