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I’m delighted to share that the ICB Cambridgeshire Branch has been shortlisted for ICB Branch of the Year at the 2026 LUCA Awards! 🎉🥰
I started the Cambridgeshire Branch back in 2013, after hearing such great things about other ICB branches and wanting to create that same sense of support locally.
Since then, we’ve held 81 meetings, covering a huge variety of topics and learning plenty along the way. Most importantly, though, we’ve supported each other.
And I include myself in that. ❤️
The support isn’t just something I organise for other people. I get just as much from our branch community as I hope everyone else does.
We first entered the LUCA Awards in 2021, so perhaps this will be sixth time lucky! 🤞😂
I’m incredibly proud of my own LUCA Awards. Bookkeeping Personality 2023, Small Practice of the Year 2024 and Bookkeepers Champion 2024 are all very, very special to me.
They have pride of place and are permanently in my eyeline! 🏆🥰
But this nomination feels different.
The Branch sums up so much of what the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers means to me. It’s about community, friendship, sharing knowledge and making sure that none of us has to figure everything out on our own.
ICB really is a family, and I’m very proud to have been part of it for nearly 20 years. ❤️
Huge congratulations to Aberdeenshire Branch and Kent Branch, who are shortlisted alongside us, and to everyone who has made a 2026 LUCA Awards shortlist.
Being shortlisted is an achievement in itself. 🎉
Now we’ll just have to wait and see whether 2026 really is sixth time lucky! 🤞

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​We were very pleased to be shortlisted for the 2nd year for the ICB Luca awards : Small Practice of the Year, and also for the Cambridgeshire Branch (Kirsty is the Chair)
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21st September 2026
ICB Cambridgeshire Branch shortlisted for Branch of the Year!

Delighted that the Cambridgeshire Branch has been shortlisted for ICB Branch of the Year at the 2026 LUCA Awards. Perhaps sixth time lucky! 🤞


26th Jun 2026 - My article on Making Tax Digital was published in UKATA's The Tax Adviser magazine. See my blog for the full article.

28th Jan 2026 - supporting HMRC with video interview about MTD
I was delighted to take part in an HMRC video interview about Making Tax Digital, sharing my experience as a bookkeeper supporting small businesses through the changes.

www.gov.uk/guidance/get-ready-for-mtd-an-agent-toolkit/what-agents-are-saying

17th Nov 2025 -
ICB Branch of the Year Sadly not our year. Congratulations to Warwick Branch on their win! 🎉

25th Oct 2025 - Corporation Tax passed! 🎉
Another qualification added to KCS! After plenty of studying, I passed my Corporation Tax exam with 90%. This supports the year-end accounts and Corporation Tax services now available through Kirsty's Counting Services.

13th Oct 2025 - the Branch is shortlisted again !

​26th July 2025 : Fiona passed Self Assessment Tax - now available

25th Jun 2025 : Kirsty passed Level4 Drafting Financial Statements - 1/2 way to being able to do Company Year-End Accounts + Tax returns

18th Dec 2024 : Here is my episode of "Ask The Accountant - We Have Cool Friends" #17 

11th November 2024 : WE WON!!!!!!!!
So pleased that we won the ICB Luca for "Small Practice of the Year" and Kirsty won "Bookkeepers Champion" 
Sadly we lost out on the Cambridgeshire Branch one.

4th October 2024 : Shortlist is out and I am so pleased to be a finalist in 4 categories - here is a full list

17th May 2024 : It's released - I did a Pitstop Podcast with the lovely chaps at Ask The Accountant - here's a link 

15th May 2024 - Appeared on stage at Accountex with ICB about why bookkeepers are happy.  Here's a Link

7th May 2024 - upcoming ICB meeting with Abigail from ICB about AML
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1st May 2024 - Quickbooks recertification = done 

5th Mar 2024 - ICB Cambs meeting 

13th/14th Mar 2024 - busy couple of days at FAB Festival of Accounting and Bookkeeping

6th Feb 2024 - 1st Cambs meeting of 2024 and planning for FAB

14th Nov 2023 - ICB Cambs meeting with Jo Gibney

6th Nov 2023
Surprised and so happy to announce that Kirsty St John won the Bookkeeping Personality of the year 2023. We lost out on Branch and Small Practice amongst tough competition but this award was voted for by ICB members.
Great day of CPD and summit with great speakers.

29th Sep 2023

Happy to announce that Kirsty's Counting is shortlisted for the ICB #LUCAAwards Small Practice of the Year! This is an amazing achievement 3 years in a row. Also Branch of the Year and Kirsty as Personality of the Year

2023 ICB Branch Meetings
Upcoming:  14th Nov Mindset with Jo Gibney
12th Sep - Process review and system implementation
11th Jul - event reviews after Accountex and DAS
9th May - Mindset and GoProposal demo
14th March - TechTalk with Lara Manton 
10th Jan 



11th Oct : We have been shortlisted for Small Practice of the Year,
​and also the Cambridgeshire ICB Branch of the Year


Cambridgeshire Branch Meetings 2022 (I am Branch Chair)
15th November - we will review the Summit
13th Sep - will be a Canva workshop
12th Jul (Hybrid with Ami), 10th May (Study + AML)  8th Mar (CIS/Streamdeck), 11th Jan (AML)


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May 2022 - Quickbooks ReCertified Advanced
Mar 2022 - Interviewed by ICB for newsletter link
Dec 2021 - Xero ReCertification
​Nov 2021 - Kirsty was awarded a Companion status
Oct 2021 - Kirsty's Counting has been shortlisted for a Luca Award - the Oscars of the Bookkeeping world

 June 2021 - Fiona Fowler joins the team
Kirsty's sister Fiona has passed her Level 3 with Distinction and joins the team.



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