Client Testimonials
“Charles is my go-to for people. I have worked with him for 20 years and he knows the Valuations market inside out. He only refers strong candidates and is a great advocate for me and the firm. He’s a genuine consultant who listens carefully, advises honestly, and finds solutions. Highly recommended.
Head of Valuations, Top 10, London
“It was a great working with Charles and the team at Adlestrop Consulting. Charles took the time to fully understand our firm, our culture, and what we look for in our people. Adlestrop are always professional, approachable and go out of their way to make sure that, we as the client, receive an effective and efficient service. I would have no hesitation recommending Adlestrop Consulting.
Tax Director, Top 20, Nottingham
“I’ve worked with Charles for a couple of years now and he’s become one of my go-to people for finding partner and director candidates for London audit.
National Head of Audit & Assurance, Top 10, London
“Due to continuing growth, RSM had a specific need to attract a high quality, experienced business advisor at Partner level. This person needed to possess a very specific skill set comprising a proven track-record of working successfully with businesses of all sizes particularly in relation to the preparation and utilisation of financial information. Charles and Adlestrop, with their strong knowledge of our business and full understanding of our needs were quickly able to identify and introduce the perfect candidate for our needs. This person has now successfully joined our local partner team and is already making great strides, helping us to continue with our growth strategy.
Office Managing Partner, Top 10, Leicester
“I have known Charles a long time and he has assisted with several appointments over the years, including a very recent and senior hire. Charles makes sure that he comes to see the working environment and also to discuss in detail the requirements of the role to ensure that he only sends over suitable candidates.”
Audit Partner / Staff Partner, Top 20, Birmingham
“Over the last few years, Charles has been – and continues to be – an invaluable business partner to me and our firm in the Central region. He has successfully headhunted for a number of key senior (partner/director) roles as well as proactively identifying talented individuals who could be additive to our business. On more than one occasion, we have then gone on to hire those individuals.
Regional Managing Partner, Top 10, Birmingham
“Charles was appointed to recruit at partner level for our transactions team. From the get go, he worked on building a relationship with the senior members of the current team so that he could be sure that the candidates were properly informed about the role, team and firm and spent time working with candidates to support and guide them. The result was that we had a good executive search process with great quality engaged people and we filled the role with an excellent practitioner.
TS Partner / Regional Managing Partner, Top 10, London
“It was a pleasure working with the team at Adlestrop Consulting. They were recommended to me by a colleague, I warmed to them instantly and that gave me the confidence that potential candidates would be happy to engage with them. I’ve been trying to grow my team for some time with limited success and the team at Adlestrop took the time to get to know me, to understand what I was looking for in a candidate and to present me with a sensible plan of action which ultimately led to me hiring an excellent candidate. I remain grateful to them and would happily recommend their services to others.
Corporate Tax Partner, Top 10 Firm, South Coast
“Adlestrop have really impressed in taking the time to fully understand our firm, our culture, our growth strategy and exactly what we look for in our people. Where others have struggled to come up with the goods, Adlestrop have always delivered quality candidates.
Audit Partner, Top 15 Firm, Midlands
“Adlestrop have stayed in touch over many years, even when I moved out of the region and showed an interest in my business and its growth strategy. They are the ‘go to’ person for knowledge of candidates and employers and send candidates who would be right for the business, saving me time. In a way, their approach fits our deal approach – rifle shot rather than scatter gun.”
CF partner, Large independent Accountancy firm.
“Adlestrop are a breath of fresh air. They spent the time finding out exactly what it was we were looking for to fit the role. The quality of candidates and speed of service was impressive and it took away the need for me to spend time sifting CV’s that did not fit the business. If you want the right people first time, then I would highly recommend Adlestrop.
Managing Director, IT Solutions and Services SME
“Wouldn’t it be nice if you found an agency that understood both your business strategy and your philosophy? They would then only put candidates in front of you that would fit with your firm and your people. It would save time all round and you would enjoy the discussions with them. When Adlestrop call me I take them, because I know that they will fit my firm’s DNA, and because of that I have a hit rate of making offers to their candidates. I can honestly say that Adlestrop have never put me in front of a candidate that I thought was a waste of time.
“Adlestrop really understood what we were looking for to help grow our Birmingham business service offering. Adlestrop was able to recommend to us a highly skilled sales individual, and his appointment has proven to be very valuable to our future growth plans. Adlestrop does not mess around with wasting time sending lots of CV’s. Adlestrop focusses and waits for the most appropriate and relevant candidate for the role that we are looking for, thus saving our time and effort. I would highly recommend Adlestrop and we would definitely use them again when looking for senior roles.
Audit and Transactions Partner – Top 20 Firm
“We were impressed with the quality of candidates and speed of service from Adlestrop. They understood our requirements and only introduced appropriate CVs. Indeed, we have recruited the first candidate introduced so they got it right from the start. A breath of fresh air compared to the scatter gun volume approach from other recruiters!
Managing Director – Corporate Finance Boutique
“I’ve asked Adlestrop to help me with some tough projects over the past 18 months and they have been both tenacious in their approach and resilient when challenges have arisen. Adlestrop certainly like to get a job done and demonstrate many of the key attributes required for successfully identifying and attracting senior talent for clients.
Head of Recruitment – Top 10 Firm
“Adlestrop’s knowledge of the market is spot on. At every level of recruitment, the candidate selection produces an excellent short list, fully vetted with frank honest views of how the candidates come across. As specialists our time is never wasted by the candidates put forward by Adlestrop and the successful recruits fit our culture perfectly.
Top Tier Independent
“We are a niche firm of commercial lawyers based in Swindon and we have been most impressed by the pro-active, helpful, friendly and effective service provided by Adlestrop, even though we are only a small firm and some way from the major legal centres. We would certainly continue to use them.
Managing Partner – Niche Corporate Law Firm
“Adlestrop understood our recruitment brief perfectly and identified the candidate that best matched what we were looking for and handled communications between us and the candidate professionally and efficiently. Too often recruiters have a list of candidates they present to you, whereas Adlestrop presented the best one for us.
Head of VAT – Top 20 Firm