Katherine Wilkes

Partner, Audit and Assurance

Katherine is a Chartered Accountant. She trained with a firm in Tunbridge Wells before spending time in industry. Katherine returned to practice in 2003 and has spent a large portion of her career with a big four firm, KPMG, where she gained extensive accounts and audit experience in both the commercial and charitable sectors.

She specialises in charity and academy audits, and her diverse charity portfolio includes many Oxford colleges through to small local charities. Katherine’s portfolio also includes multiple international groups and companies in the technology, software, manufacturing and distribution sectors.

Katherine is a Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee for the Oxford Playhouse, Chair of Cold Ash Brass, where she also enjoys performing, is a Scouting volunteer, and has previously spent five years as a local special school governor.

Services

Sectors

Technology Education Industrial and Manufacturing Charity

Locations

UK tax considerations in pre-sale company reorganisations

2nd October 2025
Written by: Fiona Cross
Pre-sale company reorganisations involve restructuring a business or group of companies prior to a sale....
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Tax

Directors must prepare for new HMRC reporting rules and penalties

26th September 2025
Written by: Thomas Adcock
If, like many of our clients, you are a Director of one or more owner-managed businesses (OMBs)...
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Economic Question Time: co-hosted by Gravita, HSBC and Mills & Reeve

26th September 2025
Katherine Wilkes, Audit Partner at Gravita, opened a dynamic event at Jesus College, Oxford, co-hosted....
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Employee car ownership schemes draft changes explained

22nd September 2025
Written by: Ian Timms
The government is proposing changes to the way employee car ownership scheme (ECOS) arrangements...
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Understanding payroll pitfalls and how to avoid them

22nd September 2025
Written by: Marc Taylor
t Gravita we recently ran a workshop to coincide with National Payroll Week, exploring some of...
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Angela Rayner’s SDLT mistake shows how easily property tax can go wrong

4th September 2025
Written by: Michaela Lamb
It is hard to get away from the news that Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister has been found to have...
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