Mr Toby York

Biography

Toby qualified as a chartered accountant in 1989 with a firm now part of RSM. After spending time in audit, corporate finance and corporate recovery, he moved to Speciality Retail Group, becoming its Finance Director between 1996 and 2003, a period of rapid expansion and success for the company. 

Toby joined Middlesex University in 2003 but continues to be involved with private companies through corporate consultancy and by advising social enterprises.

In 2021, Toby founded Accounting Cafe, a community for accounting educators and learners to find and share their best ideas. Accounting Cafe publishes resources, videos, and courses. It hosts workshops and seminars and provides a place for discussion and debate. 

In January 2024, he joined Wealthvox in the role of Research & Development director. Wealthvox is a training company that owns and licenses the Colour Accounting Learning System for use in financial education workshops in commercial and academic settings. 

Toby was Chair of Finance at Queens Park Community School until 2018. Toby sits on the boards of various companies, social enterprises and charities. He sits on the ICAEW Academia & Education Community advisory group and is a member of the Employer Validation Panel for T Level in Accounting.

Teaching

Toby's teaching and learning interests include:

Audit and Assurance: the perceived value of audit; ethical behaviour of auditors; and current models of audit practice.

Entrepreneurial Finance: preparing entrepreneurs and their advisors for meaningful and insightful conversations about finance.

Financial Accounting: fundamentals of accounting, bookkeeping and accounts preparation.

Financial Analysis and Valuation: equity valuation techniques using financial statements as the anchor point; investigating the limitations of financial statements and valuation models.

Issues in Financial Accounting: exploring current issues in financial accounting, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.