About Us

The Firm

O'Kelly Sutton and Allan Morrissey Merger

O’KellySutton, Chartered Accountants Kildare, deliver expert advice to meet all your audit, accountancy, taxation, and business development needs. Our team of highly experienced business accountants in Ireland and qualified professionals have an outstanding track record in delivering success to companies of all sizes.

All clients receive the same level of personal attention regardless of size. Our core values are Expertise of the highest level, Adding Value to our clients at every opportunity and Trusted Advisors you can always rely on.

We pride ourselves in having the best talent and some of the top accountants in Ireland.

Our package of business advisory services combined with financial and audit services are designed to enhance shareholder value. Our work is focused on building your financial support systems and business capabilities to meet your overall strategic business objectives. If you are looking for Accountants in Ireland or Accountants in Kildare please contact us on +353 (0)45 530777 or drop in for a chat if you are passing by our door.

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Our particular strengths

Tax Planning - for high net worth companies and individuals
Succession Planning - passing to the next generation
Corporate restructuring – group structures/reorganisations
Tax reduction strategies
Corporate Finance – raising money for businesses, acquisitions/disposals/mergers, property financing and refinancing
Business Planning / Strategic Planning – working with companies to develop growth strategies and implementation programmes
Financial training – accounting software / management accounting / cost accounting /
Forensic Accounting – carry out investigations
Outsourcing – back office support teams

Target Sectors

Property related sectors – landlords/investors/construction companies/subcontractors
Family businesses
Agri and equine – farmers, horse trainers, suppliers to the industry
Wholesalers/Retailers/Manufacturers
Leisure/Hotels/Publicans
Professional services
Irish Branches/Divisions of Foreign companies
Foreign Landlords
SME’s – high growth profitable businesses
High Potential Start-ups

Meet The Principals

O’KellySutton team includes 15 professional accountants, payroll and VAT technicians who provide a full service offering including audit, financial accounting, management accounting, income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, capital acquisitions tax, company secretarial, VAT, Payroll, bookkeeping, and RCT. O’KellySutton were one of the first accounting firms in Ireland to roll out cloud accounting to its client base through its strategic partnerships with SURF and Xero.

Pat Sutton

Managing Partner

Pat Sutton, FCCA, founding partner of O’KellySutton in 1994. For more than 20 years Pat has worked hands on with clients in Ireland and abroad developing business and financial strategies to enable profitable growth. He is director of a number of companies advising on financial management and business growth. Pat is a regular media contributor on SME business planning matters. He is an executive member of County Kildare Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of Suncroft GAA Club. Previously is was director of County Kildare LEADER company and Sensational Kids Charity. Pat is married to Mary and has three children. He enjoys cycling, gaelic games, and a life-long greyhound enthusiast.

Patrick O’Rourke

Audit & Tax Partner

Patrick O’Rourke B. Comm FCA, CTA, partner with responsibility for audit, tax planning and outsourcing service he joined O’KellySutton in 2006. A graduate of UCD, Patrick is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser having trained with KPMG and PWC. He is responsible for staff training & education, practice compliance and quality standards. On the tax side, Patrick advises many high net worth individuals on wealth creation / protection and on efficient tax structures. Patrick married to Triona and has three children. He is a part-time beef farmer and a keen GAA follower.

Brendan Allen

Tax Consultant

Brendan Allen CPA is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor. He has extensive experience advising on tax structures both in Ireland and abroad in particular for Property, Rental, Investment Structures. Brendan is an ex-President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland. He was also former Chairman of the Irish Institute of Taxation committee for the UK. He is a Council Member of the Irish Property Owners Association and lectures extensively on property business tax matters. Apart from being a keen golfer Brendan’s other passion is saving tax for clients.

Paul O'Kelly

Business Consultant

Paul works directly with clients, whether one-to-one with leaders and their teams, or by guiding multiple sessions involving as many as 8,000 team members across international organisations. For more than twenty years, Paul O’Kelly has challenged clients in Ireland, Europe and across the world to make the breakthroughs they need in their thinking, planning and performance so that they can achieve previously unimagined ambitions. Paul is passionate about delivering leadership, motivation and business change. A keen and highly competitive sportsman, Paul combines his hands-on and no-holds-barred approach with the rich experience and proven methodologies of a handful of selected strategic partners from around the world.