Testimonials

Vivienne Richardson
Director at West Sussex Counselling Training Ltd.

“As a small business owner, it can be difficult to bridge the gap between doing the work yourself, and deciding on an additional member of staff. I was in a place where I needed help, but the hours very sporadic. That is when a friend suggested I look into a virtual assistant, as this would offer me some
flexibility while my business evolved. I did quite a bit of research before settling on the Admin Tree. I think what won me over was that Karen really took the time to get to know my business, where the gaps were, and how she could add value. It’s been a couple of years now, and Karen has been helping with my accounts and various other admin jobs. More recently, Karen has put new systems in place to manage enrolments, and track course deposits. Usually at this time of year, I would be feeling very overwhelmed, but because Karen has been overseeing things it has given me the space to work on new course material and be ready for the new academic year. Being able to draw on Karen’s business knowledge has been invaluable to me, and although I know she has many other clients, I feel that she is part of the WSCT team. Thank you Karen!”

Vivienne is a client of The Admin Tree

Louise Cooke
Director at House of Therapies

“I have been running my company since 2016. I met up with Karen not long after as I was getting in a mess with my invoicing and other admin jobs ,as my business needed me to concentrate on the things that I am good at.

Karen has seen my business grow and has been an absolute god send for me and has taken on all the extra jobs in her stride, its clearly something she finds easy.

I would not hesitate recommending the services of The Admin Tree to any small business owner like myself, as she is certainly worth her weight in gold.”

Louise is a client of The Admin Tree

Chris Lake
Managing Director at Integrated Development Ltd

“Karen has been providing virtual admin, office management, invoicing and more services to my business for over a year now. She’s great! Her work is prompt, professional, flexible and grows with the business I lead. We work well together as colleagues and partners – she understands my business and clients so works much more as part of the organisation than as a virtual administrator.

In short – I recommend!”

Chris is a client of The Admin Tree

Roger Smith
Owner & Director at Grounded

“I have worked with Karen numerous times and I can’t rate her highly enough. She becomes part of the team, thoroughly adaptable to the needs of a project and such a delight to work with. The flexibility she offers suits a modern way of running business and she will continue to be a ‘go to’ resource for me.

Nothing is too much trouble, everything gets done on time, and with a great attitude.”

Roger is a client of The Admin Tree

Paul Wojcik
Managing Director at Advanced Ventilation Systems

Karen is a great person to have as an extension of our business. I trust her implicitly in all the work she does with/for us and I regard her as part of our team going forward despite the fact that she only works for us some of the time. She is what I’d term a ‘safe pair of hands’ – when a give Karen a job I know I don’t need to worry about it anymore as it’s going to get done. The other great thing about Karen is if she can’t do it – she invariably knows a man (or woman) that can. I cannot recommend her highly enough, for an out sourced admin support I can honestly say she has transformed our business..’

Paul is a client of The Admin Tree

Roy Hutchings
Owner at Hutchings Vehicle Services Ltd

“We have been using Karen’s services for sometime.
She is great at her job and extremely talented with the social media content she does for us. Would highly recommended The Admin Rree.”

Roy is a client of The Admin Tree

Chris Parr
Sales Manager at Midas Displays

I would highly recommend The Admin Tree to others. I was very pleased with the service Karen Thornton provided to our organisation. She was quick, well-organised, well-spoken, and had great customer service. Karen is willing to work with you on anything and we are lucky to have such a great person to help with our work, when we need a “little extra”. The Admin Tree provide many business services and clearly have a great background with business and how things work. Karen took any information I needed and organized it into Excel sheets (at our request) that were easy to read and process. I believe everyone could use The Admin Tree in some capacity, whether they are an international sales organisation like Midas Displays or a Sole Trader.

Chris is a client of The Admin Tree

Mark Forsyth
Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft

I can’t recommend Karen highly enough quite frankly. Karen was diligent, conscientious and superb at her job. It’s safe to say that before Karen arrived, Ravenbridge had scope for improvement from an administration perspective. After all, it wasn’t exactly our forte.

Nevertheless, after a very short period of time Karen had knocked us into shape, had rectified many shortcomings in our admin processes and had improved our office efficiency tremendously, including our accounting, resourcing and client facing functions. Her achievements went way beyond our expectations.

Karen approached all of her tasks with huge enthusiasm and good humour. Our customers and all of our members of staff appreciated her positivity and her helpful manner. She would be an asset to any organisation.’

Mark was a Director at Ravenbridge Ltd.

Katie Grennan
Owner at Ti-D

I’d thoroughly recommend Karen for all your admin needs. She’s been a god send for me.
Highly professional and motivated ‘

Ti-D Cleaning Services is a client of The Admin Tree

Paul Alexander
Chief Executive at Snowdon Trust

‘Snowdon Trust has used Karen’s services primarily for managing and updating our website. We let her know what is needed – she gets on and does it. Quickly and efficiently – no fuss! She is also happy to manage our relationship with the original web designer if more fundamental changes to the underlying code are needed. She is just the sort of highly-reliable extra resource you sometimes need. Quick response, good clear communication, excellent management/administration skills and a lovely personable nature too.’

Snowdon Trust is a client of The Admin Tree

Dennis Winderbank
Director at Ravenbridge Ltd

Karen is an excellent manager, both in organising and scheduling the office activities as well as being an excellent ambassador when marketing the company and designing exhibition stands. Karen’s design won Ravenbridge an award at the 2010 Horsham Microbiz.

Dennis managed Karen at Ravenbridge Ltd

Norman Pipe
Operations Controller at TowerLight UK ltd

I had the pleasure of working with Karen at First Quench Head Office. Karen is a hardworking, dedicated and self-motivated individual who impressed me initially with her good communication skills, excellent telephone manner, impeccable appearance and friendly outgoing personality.

The work that Karen produced for me was always of an excellent quality and she thrived on going the extra mile to ensure that this standard was maintained.

In a busy customer service facing part of the business she always represented the business in a professional manner. The bonus for me also was that Karen matched her customer skills with an organised and efficient approach to the office administration side of her work.

I would not hesitate in recommending her services to any prospective client or employer.

Norman managed Karen at First Quench

Nick Connolly
Project Manager at Waitrose

As part of the Customer Service team in a large retail organisation Karen showed efficient organisation and great customer service skills on a day to day basis. She could work on her own initiative with the right level of maturity and communication skills so necessary for her job. She also had a great sense of humor that added to her value as a team player within the organisation.

Nick managed Karen indirectly at First Quench