This week’s episode features Kasia Machalinski, the multi-award-winning founder of Prevail Accountancy in Rochdale.

Kasia’s journey is both inspiring and refreshing—moving to the UK from Poland with a master’s in economics, she’s become a CIMA-qualified accountant with a knack for supporting construction SMEs. Her specialist know-how in project costing and business planning is matched only by her passion for climbing actual mountains in her spare time!

Joining co-hosts Philippa Haynes and Mark Lee, Kasia reveals hard-won lessons from over 16 years in the sector, including:

1. From Bookkeeping to Board Meetings: Kasia describes how she found her true niche by combining hands-on management accounting with cloud technology, turning once reluctant clients into devoted fans of financial planning.

2. Getting Through Tough Times: Discover how Kasia built resilience—both as a single mum and an entrepreneur—while overcoming obstacles that would stop most of us in our tracks (including literally surviving a mountaineering accident!).

3. Mistakes Are for Learning: Hear Kasia’s mindset shifts and why she sees mistakes not as failures, but as experiences that happen for us—not to us.

Packed with practical takeaways, honest advice, and a dash of true grit, this is an episode every accountant in practice can learn from—especially if you’re determined to build a business as strong as your clients’ foundations.

Tune in to Accountants’ Success Secrets, subscribe, and leave a review if Kasia’s story resonates with you. And if you’ve got a story of your own to share, get in touch with Philippa Haynes and Mark Lee.

Don’t miss it—your next step up could be just one listen away!

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