

About us and our services
The Martlet Partnership is a firm of Worthing based accountants with a commitment to providing high quality, constructive advice with a positive and personal service to all types of business and individual. The Martlet Partnership has over 20 years experience and today we continue to build on our enviable reputation for providing excellent advice and first class service to our business and personal clients alike.
At The Martlet Partnership, we are client-focused and our partners believe in establishing long-term relationships to ensure that we achieve the best results for our clients. We work with a wide variety of clients including owner-managed businesses, private individuals and public sector organisations.
We are a progressive firm and continually look to develop our exciting portfolio of accountancy, taxation and advisory services, which include:
• Audit and accounts preparation
• Corporation and personal tax
• Tax consultancy services
• Payroll services
• HR advice
• Wealth management
• Corporate finance
• Company secretarial services
Our services




Our people

David Macdonald B.A., F.C.A.
The founder of The Martlet Partnership, David Macdonald qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986. In 1994 David set about building his own firm, after rapid growth the business was incorporated forming D Macdonald & Company Limited in 2000.

John Pudduck F.C.C.A.
John qualified as a Certified Accountant in 1999 having already gained a wealth of experience in local accountancy practices. In the same year he joined Wolstenholme McIlwee in Worthing and managed that practice until it was acquired by The Martlet Partnership in 2007.
At The Martlet Partnership, we are client-focused and our partners believe in establishing long-term relationships to ensure that we achieve the best results for our clients. We work with a wide variety of clients including owner-managed businesses, private individuals and public sector organisations.
We are a progressive firm and continually look to develop our exciting portfolio of accountancy, taxation and advisory services, which include:
• Audit and accounts preparation
• Corporation and personal tax
• Tax consultancy services
• Payroll services
• HR advice
• Wealth management
• Corporate finance
• Company secretarial services


Fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and Catalan; David has delivered seminars abroad and as a result has had a huge interest from clients on the continent who have come to England to set up business and prosper. He has particular experience in practice whose clients include small and start-up businesses through to international corporate groups advising on all aspects of business, accounting and taxation.

His specialist areas are trusts and estates, auditing and tax advice for corporate clients. In particular he advises company owners how to extract their profits in the most tax-efficient manner. His client portfolio includes sole traders, partnerships and limited companies.
















