About
Caulie is a family run firm of accountants dedicated to providing an exceptional and discrete service.
Meet the team
Shahida Khanom, Managing Director
Shahida has spent more than 20 years looking after the accounting and taxation needs of high net worth clients. As both an accountant and tax adviser, she is able to provide her specialist knowledge to clients who require a strategic yet practical approach in managing their financial affairs in an efficient and compliant manner.
Her expertise includes accounting and tax compliance for individuals, trusts, estates, charities and small family companies. She also has in depth knowledge of setting up finance functions, including creating and implementing financial policies and procedures.
Shahida has a passion for training and development and was an original founding member of First Intuition Luton LLP, an accountancy training provider. She continues to champion learning through delivering practical training to other professional firms, in-house finance teams as well as her own team. She also enjoys guiding clients through the compliance process, providing clarity and comfort.
Before joining Caulie in 2013, Shahida spent over a decade in the private client teams of Ernst & Young and Deloitte, specialising in Family Office services, which encompasses a holistic approach to private wealth.
Credentials:
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners – Full Member
Zaman Uddin, Founder & Non-Executive Director
Zaman is the founding principal of Caulie and now provides his ongoing leadership in a Non- Executive capacity. Zaman started his career at Deloitte as a graduate trainee. Reaching Senior Manager, he qualified as an information systems auditor and accountant. He moved onto investment banking before founding Caulie. Zaman specialises in Cyber Security with a focus on strategy and risk.
Credentials:
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Certified Information Systems Auditor
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Certified Cloud Security Professional
Hafiza Uddin, Senior Associate
Hafiza joined Caulie in 2022 having spent 7 years in general practice (of which, 4 were spent with Caulie previously). Hafiza enjoys looking after private clients' affairs including their accounting and taxation needs and is responsible for the day to day compliance for our personal, trust and estate clients.
Credentials:
Association of Accounting Technicians (part-qualified)
Aysha Ahmed, Associate
Aysha joined Caulie in 2023 as an Associate and is working towards her professional accountancy qualification. Aysha previously worked in finance and credit control and is responsible for day to day bookkeeping, payroll and general compliance.
Zakaria Hussain, Consultant
Zakaria has over 15 years of experience in public sector finance specialising in financial planning and management for local authority settings, working closely with elected members and senior officers. He has been instrumental in developing analysis and modelling for major transformation programmes, resulting in significant savings.
Zakaria has been consulting for Caulie for many years in the charities sector.
Credentials:
Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
Esha Ahmed, Executive Assistant & Administrator
Esha joined Caulie in 2021 as an administrator, looking after our office, team and clients on a day to day basis.
Caulie is registered with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Chartered Institute of Taxation and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
‘Caulie’ is a trading name of Caulie Ltd registered in England and Wales, registration number 07979489 and registered office address 7 Bell Yard, London, WC2A 2JR