Our team

About Tim

Tim Murphy, BA (Hons) FCA, joined the Group in 1994 and became Chief Financial Officer of the Company in 2012. He is responsible for the financial statements, financial reporting, treasury and taxation. Before joining Helical Tim worked at the financial and professional services firm Grant Thornton.

Tim is a highly experienced financial practitioner with significant sector knowledge, both technical and commercial.

Tim is experienced in working with boards and management teams in respect of financial and commercial management, reporting, and risk and control frameworks. These experiences make Tim particularly well-placed to contribute to the Group’s broader strategic agenda and further the sustainable success of the business.

About James

James Moss, MChem (Hons) (Oxon) FCA, joined Helical in September 2014 as Group Financial Controller and was appointed Company Secretary in May 2015 and to the Executive Committee in March 2018. He was subsequently appointed Chief Operating Officer in May 2022.

James has a broad range of responsibilities, contributing to setting and delivering Helical’s strategy and ensuring its operational and financial effectiveness.

As Group Company Secretary, he is responsible for corporate governance and Board administration matters.

James was previously at Grant Thornton, where he was responsible for leading audit and other assurance assignments in their real estate division.

About Martin

Martin is Helical’s Group Tax Manager and joined the company in 2013.  He is responsible for the management of all the group’s taxes, including Corporation Tax, VAT, CIS and payroll.  Sitting within the wider finance team, his role covers both the calculation of tax provisions for management and statutory reporting purposes and the group’s ongoing tax compliance requirements.  Alongside this he provides support to the finance team in the production of the group’s annual and interim financial statements.

Martin also acts as the internal point of contact for Helical’s staff on matters such as pensions, employee benefits including healthcare and life insurance, share schemes, the cycle to work scheme and the payroll aspects of maternity leave.

Martin’s interests include cooking, wine, travel, walking, reading and music. He is always happy to be part of a quiz team and remains unswerving in his opinion that The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows” is the greatest piece of popular music ever made by anyone.

About Lesley

Lesley joined Helical in 2014 from an audit firm where she trained as a Chartered Accountant. Originally joining as Development Accountant, her role soon expanded to encompass the Joint Venture accounting function and more recently the preparation of the consolidated Group Accounts. As well as being a key member in the Annual Report production, Lesley also coordinates the day-to-day property accounting and the statutory subsidiary accounts. After studying (and enjoying!) accounting at school, Lesley finished off her education with a degree in Business Studies and Accounting from the University of Edinburgh and will probably never leave accounting behind.

Originally from rural Scotland, Lesley now enjoys living the city life in London, spending time with her girls (young daughter and Brie the dog), husband and any friends willing to also spend time with her girls!

About Andrew

Andy joined Helical in 2005 as a Development Accountant, responsible for accounting for the Group’s development schemes. In 2014 he became the Group Accountant. In his current role he is responsible for budgeting and forecasting and the quarterly management accounts, as well as the consolidation and analysis of the Group’s financial position. In addition, Andy plays a key role in delivering the Annual Report and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the finance team and accounts systems and processes.

In his spare time Andy enjoys watching football and cricket. Having tired of the gym, he has recently taken up cycling. He is also an occasional runner and has taken part in the Land Aid 10k run whenever possible.

About Iveta

Iveta joined Helical in 2015 as an Accounts Administrator and her role covers a variety of responsibilities. She assists the Tax Manager with VAT returns and the CIS scheme and has sole responsibility for the company credit cards reconciliation and analysis. She also assists with the purchase ledger and periodically reviews and reconciles suppliers accounts. In addition, she has responsibility for monthly processing of many of the banking transactions.

Iveta was born in Slovakia where she studied at the Faculty of Humanities in Zilina and qualified as a Teacher of Mathematics/English Language & Literature. Iveta has a very busy life with her three young children but whenever possible she finds a moment for a good book or a film.

About Ann

Ann joined Helical in 1989 and manages Helical's Purchase Ledger. Ann is responsible for checking, coding and processing invoices, making payments, processing staff expenses, setting up new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details. Ann is also responsible for the reconciliation of supplier statements, filing invoices and being first point of contact for relevant enquiries.

Ann is a fitness fanatic and exercises every day. Outside work Ann plays Walking Football for Leyton Orient and Steppers WOC WFC.

About Lucy

Lucy joined Helical in 2017 and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. Lucy is actively involved in the financing decisions of the business, providing analysis and liaising with Lenders regarding Helical’s debt financing, to support and help inform Helical’s financial and operational strategy. Lucy is also responsible for treasury management, forecasting cashflow and profit as well as monitoring covenants and hedging strategies. In addition, she is an integral member of the team responsible for the listed group annual report and accounts.

Lucy has become increasingly involved in the asset management side of the business, working closely on the implementation of our serviced office provision at The Bower and liaising with our occupiers.

Lucy lives in London and in her spare time enjoys spending time with friends and family. Lucy also enjoys musical theatre and has recently become a Formula 1 enthusiast. 

About Shailen

Shailen joined Helical in April 2013 as a Management Accountant. Prior to joining Helical, Shailen started his career with Landsec where he held various roles including managing the Rent Accounts team. Shailen's initial responsibilities at Helical focused on streamlining reporting and processes between managing agents however during his time he has undertaken various tasks including loan covenant reporting, quarterly board papers, Covid-19 reporting and assisting with the annual financial statements.

Shailen's passions outside work mainly revolve around sports; during the summer he enjoys watching cricket at the London cricket grounds and has recently joined Harrow School Golf club to improve his golf handicap.