Our Story

Making tax compliance fair for everyone.

ClearAudit was born out of frustration. Our founders watched small businesses pay thousands in avoidable penalties, simply because they lacked the tools that large corporations take for granted.

We built ClearAudit to level the playing field — giving every freelancer, startup, and SME access to AI-powered tax intelligence that was once only available to FTSE 100 finance departments.

2021
Founded
50+
Team Members
12K+
Customers
£2.4M
Errors Caught

What we believe in

Our values shape every decision we make.

Trust First

We handle your most sensitive financial data. Security and privacy are never afterthoughts.

Radical Clarity

Tax is complex. Our job is to make it simple. Plain language, no jargon, no confusion.

SME Champion

We built this for the businesses that can't afford enterprise tax teams. The little guys deserve big protection.

Continuous Accuracy

Our AI improves every week. We actively audit our own audit engine to keep accuracy above 99%.

Meet the team

Tax experts and engineers, united by a single mission.

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Alexandra Reed
CEO & Co-Founder

Former tax director at Deloitte with 15 years in corporate compliance. Founded ClearAudit after seeing how SMEs were being crushed by complexity.

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James Okafor
CTO & Co-Founder

ML engineer formerly at Google DeepMind. Built the anomaly detection engine that powers ClearAudit's AI core.

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Priya Sharma
Head of Tax Policy

Chartered accountant with deep expertise in HMRC compliance, VAT regulations, and cross-border tax law.

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David Chen
Head of Product

Previous product lead at Xero. Obsessed with making complex financial workflows feel effortless to non-accountants.

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Sofia Mbeki
Head of Security

CISSP certified security engineer. Responsible for ClearAudit's SOC 2 certification and ISO 27001 compliance programme.

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Tom Whitfield
VP of Customer Success

10 years in fintech customer success. Ensures every ClearAudit customer gets real value from day one.

Our journey

2021

ClearAudit founded in London by Alexandra Reed and James Okafor

2022

Raised £1.2M seed round. Launched beta with 200 SME customers.

2023

Reached 5,000 users. Achieved SOC 2 Type II certification.

2024

Expanded to EU markets. Launched Business plan. 12,000+ customers.

2025

Raised Series A. AI engine v3 released. 50+ team members.

Compliance & Certifications

SOC 2 Type II
ISO 27001
GDPR Compliant
UK HMRC Recognised
256-bit AES
TLS 1.3