Stewart Associates Shrewsbury

read moreWe are a firm of Shrewsbury based Chartered Accountants situated on Shrewsbury Business Park. We have expertise tax and all forms of commercial activity. Our philosophy is to provide a very personal service to all clients, underpinned by our attitude combined with technical ability. We seek to add value to the client in the provision of information and in the taxation advice provided. We recognise that all clients have differing requirements and we aim to meet those needs with personal service.

read moreStewart Associates Shrewsbury Ltd is an accountancy practice which seeks to help clients to help themselves. The more work the Client is willing and able to undertake themselves the more time we have to spend on the important things, advising on tax and similar matters. And of course there is no need for a Client to pay for work which they can do or can be trained to do themselves. Our attitude is to work as efficiently and effectively as possible with Clients. Independent Auditors LLP provides Audit services directly to clients requiring Statutory Audit and also to firms of accountants throughout the UK who choose to outsource the Audit function either wholly or in part.

read moreOur expertise in business management support services enables us to conduct due diligence reports on the purchase of a new business. As part of this process or as an exercise in itself we frequently undertake projections and budgets for use by new and expanding businesses or in relation to the purchase of an existing business. We have undertaken assignments on the instruction of equity finance providers to report on investments they have made in private trading companies. The growth in the property market has led to many more participants in this sector.

read moreThe increase in the audit threshold to 6.5 million together with the introduction of International Auditing Standards and changes to the ethical guidelines for auditors are severely changing the provision of audit services by firms of Chartered Accountants. The full range of services including Statutory Audit, FCA reporting, Charities, Client Money reporting requirements for Lawyers, Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents, and Friendly and Provident Societies are now undertaken by our sister firm Independent Auditors LLP which also undertakes this type of work on an outsourced basis for other firms of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Certified Accountants.

read moreA number of years ago an employed salesman asked us to complete his tax return and expenses claim. Of course we duly obliged and obtained income tax repayments. After two years our client had a business idea and asked us to prepare cash flow projections and budgets and to provide advice on the most appropriate method of trading. When the business started we initially undertook the book-keeping, payroll and VAT returns until the business could afford an in-house book-keeper. The business suffered a downturn and we were engaged to prepare a business viability report.

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read moreHi Ian, It was great to meet you yesterday, I was impressed with your pragmatic, no nonsense approach and really appreciated your comments and observations. We have used Ian Stewart and his team since we started our business in 2003. We have been extremely pleased with the service and advice we receive and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them! We have been customers for over 10 years now and have always found Ian to be a wonderful balance of both professionalism and friendliness. We have no hesitation in highly recommending them.