Precise and In-Depth Accounts

We complete annual accounts and financial statements for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies.

Accounts Procedure

• Prior to your year end you will receive a stock valuation form and paperwork checklist for you to fill in.
• Your paperwork, together with the valuation sheets, will then be collected from you at your convenience after your year end.
• Once a draft set of accounts has been completed, we will then visit you at your farm with the accounts to discuss their content in detail.
• We then guarantee that within 60 days of you providing us with all your books and records we will provide you with your final accounts for signature. This is on the basis you provide us with complete information and answer any queries we have quickly.

Our accounts are very simple to read but contain lots of valuable information. We understand that as agricultural and horticultural business owners you need to have a general picture of how each aspect of your business is performing and we show you this through the enterprise performance report sheets included in your annual accounts.

Tax Returns and Tax Planning Advice

We offer a complete tax return service covering Self Assessment, Partnership, Limited Company and Value Added Tax Returns including online submissions.

As a practice, we believe that many people in the agricultural and horticultural industry are paying too much tax. We are very proactive in finding solutions to your tax problems and have several tax specialists on staff. We deal with all types of tax that affect you and your business including corporation, capital gains, self assessment and value added tax.

In our experience a large number of agricultural and horticultural businesses are centred on a family. This is why we also offer Inheritance Tax Planning and are able to complete Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits forms for you. We are also able to help you through the probate process, filling out the necessary paperwork and liaising with HM Revenue and Customs on your behalf.

Farming Contracts

As a firm we have extensive knowledge on contracts such as Farm Business Tenancies, Contract Farming Agreements and Partnership Agreements. We are also able to help with dissolving partnerships and limited companies or even bringing in new partners and directors as the younger generations in a farming family join the family business.

Business Reports and Financial Projections

Business Reports and Financial Projections not only aid you when making any decision or change with regards to your business; they can also help you when applying for bank loans and mortgages. We can also give you the advice you need on how to expand or move your business in new directions.

Setting up and running Limited Companies

Thinking of setting up a Limited Company? We can do all of the necessary work for this for you. We will search out the company name that suits you, fill in all necessary forms and generally provide any help that you may need while setting up your new company. Our knowledge of limited companies can give you the piece of mind of knowing that everything is being done correctly with only a minimum effort on your part and without the hassle of involving solicitors and dealing with third party companies.

Once your company is up and running, we can then complete all of the necessary compliance work. This includes keeping up with the range of deadlines throughout the year, submitting annual returns, company tax returns and full and abbreviated sets of accounts.

We are also able to change shareholdings, company names and any other work that may arise with regards to your Limited Company.

Grants and Subsidies within England and Wales

As a team of agricultural advisors we ensure that we keep up to date with all government funding available. This means that our clients get as much help as they need. We are able to complete all necessary forms for subsides (i.e. single payment scheme etc) and help you apply for the grants available to you, including the Rural Developments Programme for England.

Both Directors are also mentors under the Agriplan Cymru/Farming Connect programme for the Welsh Assembly Government and are able to advise you on this process.

Financial Advisors and Solicitors

We now liaise with a team of financial advisors and several firms of solicitors within the Herefordshire and Worcestershire area. This means that we can advise you on mortgages, bank loans, trusts, Wills and much more. This benefits you because you are getting advice from a source you can trust.

We Come To You

Not only can we travel to you for any arranged meetings, we also provide a books collection service where we pick up your information from your home. To us providing a good customer service is vital.

Free Telephone Advice

Many accountants will now charge for telephone advice, it is a firm company policy that we never charge for advice given over the telephone.

How much does all this cost?

We like to boast highly competitive rates. It is our view that the cost should not outweigh your final product or eat away at the profit you have worked hard for. We usually quote for an annual cost covering your necessary annual accounts and tax returns and then quote for any other work done when the need arises. We are always willing to negotiate and will always quote before completing an additional piece of work.