A small practice, built to stay small.
CloudAccounts was started by Alan Purcell in 2019, after seven years inside Big Four tax and industry finance. The brief was simple: advise directly, explain plainly, and be accessible.
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Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Adviser
Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Adviser. Previously tax senior at a Big Four firm; CFO of a Series B Irish tech company before founding CloudAccounts.
The best thing you can say about an accountant is that they picked up the phone.
Most firms are built for scale, centralised intake, tiered staffing, bills by the six-minute unit. That model works for some clients. It does not work for a founder with a cross-border RSU problem, a family negotiating a difficult inheritance, or a landlord who wants the same person to read their file three years running.
We chose the opposite shape. Engagements are led by a Chartered Accountant end-to-end. Response times are measured in hours, not weeks. And we deliberately cap the number of clients we take on each year so that the work stays good.
Our clients tend to be tech directors with equity compensation, small company owners who've outgrown their previous accountant, and private clients facing a recurring, or one-time tax decision, like income tax, inheritance or a capital gain, that they want to get right.
A practice built around one principle: you speak to the accountant.
No junior hand-offs, no call-centre intake. Every engagement is led by a Chartered Accountant who knows the file — and we deliberately cap client numbers so the work stays good.
Press & commentary
We write regularly on Irish tax practice. Alan has been quoted in national press on inheritance tax thresholds, equity compensation, and small-company regime changes.