Chris Gascoyne
Financial Advisor | Financial Strategy & Business Advisory
About Chris
Virtual accountant and business advisor with 30+ years experience helping business owners achieve success. As a Xero Gold Champion, Chris combines deep accounting expertise with strategic business advisory to support innovative companies in emerging sectors, including hemp and cannabis biotechnology.
Role at Precision Plants
Chris provides critical financial strategy and business advisory services to Precision Plants, specialising in R&D tax credit claims, grant management, and investment structuring. His expertise in navigating complex funding mechanisms—including Innovate UK grants and SEIS compliance—has been instrumental in securing non-dilutive funding for hemp gene-editing research and commercial development.
Financial & Business Expertise
Current Roles
Director & Owner
Acumist (since 1994)Xero Gold Champion Accountant
Recognised for excellence in cloud accounting
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"There is only one known annually renewable natural resource… capable of providing the majority of the world's paper and textiles… energy needs, while simultaneously reducing pollution… and that substance is… Cannabis hemp."
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