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[ About Wakefield Pacific ]
It started in a spare bedroom in 2020.
Wakefield Pacific began on the Gold Coast in 2020, with Mitch working from home and doing most of what needed to be done himself.
There was no large team or established firm behind it. The idea was to build an accounting business that understood the businesses it looked after and stayed close enough to be useful when something important needed to be decided.
The firm looks very different today. Some of the things we care about have not changed much.
[ Our story ]
2020
One person and a spare bedroom.
Wakefield Pacific started on the Gold Coast in 2020. In the beginning, Mitch was working from a spare bedroom and doing most of the work himself.
He was interested in more than getting to the end of the year and preparing the tax return. He wanted to understand what was actually happening inside the businesses he looked after and the decisions the owners were making.
Why was a profitable business short of cash? Could it afford another employee? Did the structure still make sense? How much could the owners reasonably take out?
Those sorts of questions became part of the firm from the beginning.
Meet Mitch →[ March 2021 ]
The first office.
Less than a year after starting from home, Wakefield Pacific moved into its first office in Miami.
It was still a small business, but it marked an important change. There was now somewhere for a team to work together, and Wakefield Pacific was beginning to become a firm rather than one person working from home.
[ 2022 ]
The team started to take shape.
Sam and Bridget joined Wakefield Pacific in 2022.
The firm was becoming less dependent on one person doing everything, with more people involved in looking after clients and getting the work done.
[ 2023–2024 ]
More people. More room.
Bec Bagnall joined Wakefield Pacific in 2023, followed by Bec Samouilhan in 2024.
By then, the team had also outgrown the Miami office.
[ February 2024 ]
Miami wasn't big enough anymore.
In February 2024, Wakefield Pacific moved into its current Mermaid Beach office.
The new office was roughly four times the size of the Miami space.
It reflected what had changed inside the firm: more people, more clients and broader capability across accounting, tax and business advisory.
[ January 2025 ]
The team grew beyond the Gold Coast.
In January 2025, Wakefield Pacific expanded the team to include colleagues based in the Philippines.
The Philippines-based team works alongside the Australian team and has become an important part of how the firm operates.
It has given Wakefield Pacific more depth behind the work and helped build a team with different people responsible for different parts of the client experience.
[ August 2026 ]
11 people. More than 225 active client groups.
As at August 2026, Wakefield Pacific has a team of 11 and works with more than 225 active client groups.
The business looks very different from the spare-bedroom firm that started in 2020. There are more people, more specialised roles and more depth behind the work.
The important question is what growth should change — and what it shouldn't.
2020
Started from a spare bedroom
2026
11 people
225+ active client groups
[ What hasn't changed ]
Some things should change as a firm grows. Some shouldn't.
The office is different. The systems are different. There are more people and more specialised roles.
But there are a few things we do not want growth to remove from the relationship.
01
Know the business.
When something important comes up, you shouldn't have to explain the business from the beginning.
The conversation is more useful when the people advising you already understand the business, the owners and what has happened before.
02
Do the technical work properly.
The accounting, tax, BAS, financial statements and other technical work still have to be right.
Useful advice depends on reliable information underneath it.
03
Say what we think.
Clients come to us for judgement as well as completed work.
We should explain our view, the reasoning behind it and where the options differ. The final decision still belongs to the client.
04
Keep the relationship close to the work.
A larger team should create more depth around the client, not more distance from the people responsible for their business.
You should know who is looking after your business and be able to speak with people who understand the work behind it.
[ The people ]
The firm is the people behind it.
What started with one person now includes people responsible for client relationships, accounting and tax work, technical review, workflow, operations and administration.
The team spans the Gold Coast and the Philippines and works together as one Wakefield Pacific team. The office is in Mermaid Beach — more on how we work as business accountants on the Gold Coast.
The structure has changed as the firm has grown, but clients should still know who is responsible for looking after their business.
Meet the team →
[ Professional foundations ]
The technical side matters too.
Wakefield Pacific is built around professional accounting and tax work. The registrations and professional relationships behind that work matter.
Tax Practitioners Board
Registered Tax Agent no. 26056643
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Member firm
Xero
Platinum Partner
[ In their words ]
5.0from 60+Google Reviews"Wakefield Pacific is a highly professional and personalised experience where I feel comfortable and confident that my finances are being looked after. Mitch and the team at Wakefield are very approachable and committed to their work — I can go to them with whatever questions or queries I have. Love working with them."
Courtney Don Slaven · Verified Google review
[ Still building ]
We're still building it.
The next stage of Wakefield Pacific is about building more depth into the firm — developing people, improving how the work gets done and having more people capable of taking responsibility for important client relationships.
As the firm grows, clients should get more from the team around them, not become further removed from it.
[ Meet us ]
The best way to understand the firm is to meet the people in it.
If you're considering Wakefield Pacific, you can meet the team, see how we work or talk to us about what is happening in your business.
Book an introductory call →