About Us
by John R Culverhouse FCA, FPFS, AIFP.
I have been a practising Chartered Accountant in the London Borough of Bromley for many years (since 1983 in fact) During this time I have sought to develop with clients and assist them with their business, their taxation and their financial affairs.
I have a dedicated and motivated team and I seek to utilise their abilities in an optimum way in order to provide clients with a cost effective service.
Our Charges
Our fees, which are based upon the recommendations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, will take account of the degree of skill and responsibility involved and the time necessary to complete the work.
How We Operate
Initially you will have a free of charge meeting with me in order that I can make an assessment of the proposed assignment. Basically I and only I will decide on the amount of my personal involvement in the case. Generally the more complex that I perceive the case to be the less the amount of the work that I will initially delegate to my staff.At our first meeting once I have had the opportunity to understand the case I will then outline a plan of action to you and provided you and I are in agreement with that plan we then begin to implement it.
Illustrations: 4 typical cases
- For instance if the assignment is for the preparation of a tax return then the work would normally be restricted to 1 member of staff with myself overseeing the work.
- Similarly if the assignment were to prepare a set of accounts for a sole trader perhaps in the building trade which from a technical point of view might be relatively straightforward I would contain this work to 1 member of staff and again with myself overseeing the case.
- If the assignment were to carry out the book-keeping for you; prepare the payroll; prepare your year end accounts and audit those accounts, you might find that you will be dealing with as many as 4 different people. One person for the book-keeping: another person to complete the payroll; another person to prepare the accounts and for myself to control the audit and the smooth running of the operation.
- If the assignment were concerned with a complex Tax Investigation or perhaps a difficult VAT problem or perhaps a Financial Services issue to do with a SSAS or SIPP Pension scheme or the relative merits or otherwise of a particular VCT or advice on various derivative trading activities then obviously the work will mainly be dealt with by myself.
