Michael Cairns (17 August 1951 to 23 July 2024)
‘A kind, unassuming gentleman with the biggest heart’
It is with great sadness we learnt of the death of Michael (Mike) Cairns our Honorary Treasurer. Mike joined us in 2022 (Member 8335) and managed our financial affairs in an extremely efficient and positive way presenting detailed accounts at our Trustees' Meetings and for our annual accounts.
Mike was a proud family man who gained a first class degree in Economics at Warwick University. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant and moved from his roots in Lincolnshire to London in the 1990’s. After working with a major accountancy practice in The City he became Company Secretary of a firm on Lloyd’s brokers and underwriting agents. His knowledge of taxation and financial affairs was very wide and enabled him to set up complicated software, including an in depth analysis of our own accounts.
He will be sadly missed by his wife Julie, his children, Sam, Kelly and Tom, his grandchildren, Henry, Elliot, Toby, Freya and Brooklyn and members of The Association.