Our Services

Audit

Audit & assurance

Audits are not just something you “have” to do when required – they are an incredibly beneficial tool for businesses. A professional audit provides unequivocal evidence of the integrity of your accounts – useful whether you’re talking to regulators, investors, bankers, or customers. Our highly qualified team of dedicated professionals will take the time to really get to know your business, finding opportunities for improvement and cost cutting. And if a statutory audit is not a requirement, we can provide an assurance report instead, which provides a lower level review, which should be more than enough to satisfy most organisation’s needs. Our core audit services are:

• Statutory audits: a traditional audit carried out in accordance with International Auditing Standards for a variety of sectors and legislation
• Voluntary audits and assurance work: a full audit carried out in accordance with International Auditing Standards, guaranteed to enhance management accountability and integrity
• Due diligence: used to confirm all the material facts needed to secure the acquisition of a new business
• Specialist audits: audits for specialist assignments, such as client money reports for financial services or audits of UK subsidiaries of foreign-controlled companies

Pension audit

Occupational pension schemes require a wide range of audit and accountancy services, and our proactive team of technical pension experts can advise trustees in all pension-related areas. In addition to areas such as trustee training, assurance reporting on internal controls, and employer covenant reviews, we can also provide specialist assistance with the latest Statement of Recommended Practice. This lays out the best practices for financial accounting and reporting of pension schemes. 

Taxation

Corporation and personal tax planning

Tax is a significant issue for any business or individual. You need to stay compliant with HMRC, but definitely don’t want to pay more than you need to. If you are a business owner, our expert team can deal with all tax compliance issues, including the preparation and submission of partnership and corporation tax returns, ensuring you stay within regulatory guidelines. At the same time, we know how to make the most of all the allowances and reliefs available to minimise your tax bill, and will deal with all the queries and correspondence between your company and HMRC, saving you valuable time and money. And for individuals, we can tailor our service to your particular financial circumstances, including issues such as income tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, and the complex residence and domicile tax regime. 

HMRC enquiries

If you or your business are the focus of a tax investigation, then you need expert help – and we can represent you in the most effective way possible. We are experienced at handling tax investigations at the highest and most complex level, and have detailed knowledge about tax legislation and compliance. We also offer an insurance scheme that covers the fee for additional accountancy work incurred during the investigation, which can be substantial.

Inheritance tax planning

Seeking expert advice on how to protect your assets in the event of your death will provide a better future for your family once you have gone. We can work with individuals to minimise inheritance tax liability, reviewing their estate and will to ensure that they are as tax-efficient as possible. There are a range of tax minimisation opportunities, including trusts and the use of gifts and exemptions – we can help you make the most of them, providing security for your family when they need it most.

Investments and pensions

In conjunction with expert financial planners at Redbourne Wealth Management and Hayden Kilkelly, we can provide independent professional advice on all aspects of financial planning, investment portfolio management, and mortgages. Both of our partners possess the coveted ‘Chartered Financial Planners’ status, and have earned reputations as high-quality providers and innovators in the UK. Together with JW Hinks portfolio of world-class accountancy services, we believe this offers clients an unparalleled level of service.

Payroll

Payroll

Your business can save itself time and money by outsourcing your payroll facility to us. We specialise in small and medium-sized businesses, and are always up-to-date with frequently changing regulations. Our comprehensive administration and processing service for payrolls can be tailored to suit your specific needs, and is completely paperless – and it also includes payroll advice. That means you get the benefit of a payroll team that has years of experience in the field, without having to deal with the costs of doing it in-house.

Auto-enrolment and re-enrolment

All businesses are required to automatically enrol any members of staff aged 22 and older into a workplace pension scheme. And even when your members of staff opt-out of such a scheme, you’re obligated to re-enrol them every three years. This involves a number of tasks for employers, such as choosing re-enrolment dates and completing redeclarations of compliance, all of which we can help you with.