Disciplinary outcome: Katherine Gill
Order by consent
In the matter of
Katherine Gill FMAAT
Business name
Boston House Limited
Membership number
10032911
Date
13 July 2025
Misconduct
- For an unknown period up until on or around 03 March 2025, she did not comply with her obligations under the Money Laundering Regulations in force while providing accountancy and/or related services on a self-employed basis. Specifically, she failed to:
- have in place any or any adequate procedures to report discrepancies to Companies House concerning persons of significant control in connection to limited company clients and/or limited liability partnership clients; and/or
- have in place any or any adequate anti-money laundering (AML) policies or procedures; and/or
- conduct a regular compliance review of her firm’s AML controls; and/or
- undertake any or any effective AML training for one or more members of staff; and/or
- effectively document client due diligence (CDD) measures; and/or
- adequately perform and document ongoing CDD for one or more existing clients.
- On or around 28 February 2024, she submitted a licence renewal application wherein she answered “Yes” to the statement, “I am complying with my obligations under the Money Laundering Regulations in force and will comply with any other anti-money laundering legislation (as it comes into force) in the exercise of providing accountancy services as an external accountant”.
- Her conduct at Allegation 2 above was misleading.
Finding
By reason of the conduct set out in the Allegations above, Katherine Gill is guilty of misconduct pursuant to Article 21 of AAT’s Articles of Association.
Order
Katherine Gill is hereby:
- Reprimanded for a period of four years
- Fined £2,000
- Divested of her fellow member status for a period of four years
- Warned about her future conduct.
Consent
The decision of the Investigations Team shall stand as an Order of the Association pursuant to Regulations 5.2 and 5.3 of the Disciplinary Regulations.
