This is not an advertising directory!  Care and consideration should be taken when choosing an Accountant.  After all, your accountant significantly influences your financial success.

Our ”dating agency approach” introduces you to ideal Accountants.  We are not affiliated with firms of accountants or accounting bodies and our introductions are independent and unbiased. We have been matching people with accountants for years and use human search facilities to find ideal accountants for you. 

It’s free, will save you time and hassle from inappropriate meetings, chasing up quotes, and being pestered with sales calls!

Maxxy’s find-me-an-accountant.comservice was a great service for us as a new startup facing a frankly bewildering array of accountants. Her industry knowledge and personal handling of our enquiry meant that we were quickly put in touch with knowledgeable, professional and approachable accountants. It’s saved us hours of searching and helped us avoid a potentially costly mistake in choosing the wrong accountant. Can’t thank Maxxy enough!
-Rob Spencer, York

So cut through the jargon, the sales spiel, and asking people for recommendations.  Remember that an accountant recommended by a colleague or someone with a biased view, may be the worst choice if that accountant does not have the specialist skills or qualification to suit your industry, the stage of growth of your business, or your particular circumstances.

Take the survey and answer basic questions about your business and we will manually select suitably matched accountants for your individual needs! Oh, and by the way we never share any data with third parties!

We have a good base of accountants across the UK but regularly seek more especially where a client has a need for a particular industry strength or software preference in a particular geographical location.

Our service has been more popular than we originally thought and it helps to save time with introducing clients to accountants who we think are suitable for them.

However, it can be difficult for us to get to speak with everyone that we wish to speak with by phone, and since we are making sales calls effectively to sell our service we also have a bit of a problem with around 35% of accountants being on the TPS.

We know that lots of people ignore TPS but we are professional and always adhere to this so this is a possible reason that we haven’t called you, just in case you are wondering.

Twitter is a great tool for us to find accountants who are interested in purchasing highly targeted leads for them on a pay-per-lead basis and we get lots of responses usually to the tweets we make canvassing certain types of accountants.

So thank you for retweeting, you really are helping us, your accountant colleagues and twitter followers, and our clients!

Please keep RT these.

Thanks and kind regards

Max

@maxinemaxxy

We have a survey running at the moment and one of the question asks if people know what qualifications their accountant has.

25% Admit they haven’t got the first clue!

A further 50% approx are not sure but think they have some sort of recognised qualification but don’t know what.

We are asking this question not because we advocate that qualifications are the be all and end all of supplying accountancy services, but because we are evaluating where the perceived benefits are from particular qualifications.

It goes without saying that experience and recommendation are usually important when selecting an accounting, but to not have any idea whatsoever of qualifications can make certain people in certain industries more vulnerable and exposed than others to areas such as large tax bills, financial surprises, weaker financial performance etc. To build on this having someone with the appropriate qualifications (plus experience, personality etc) can make a huge positive impact to financial performance.

Personally I am surprised that the levels of ignorance around qualifications was as high as this.  I expected there to be a large number of people who were not so sure but 25% without the first clue is a bit worrying don’t you think?

Tax changes quickly and it’s often difficult for accountants to write about tax planning without knowing people’s individual circumstances.

Here, our author Frank gives some general and advice for more meaningful and productive discussions with your accountant…

·      Be cautious of tales from the pub!  People can be notoriously inexact about their earnings, keen to boast and don’t usually understand the detail of their tax bill. Their circumstances may be very different to yours.

·      Tax planning should happen during the year, not after, and certainly not just before the tax payment date.

·      Good bookkeeping will give facts to help reasonable discussions about tax to take place. Waiting for draft accounts to be prepared may result in it being too late for tax planning.

·      Well organised records will help keep track and claim all business expenses.  You are much less likely ot have unexplained expenditure that cannot be claimed because you cannot remember what it was for! It’s not vital that every expense is supported with a receipt provided you can demonstrate it was a reasonable business expense but this should be an exception and you should have receipts for the majority of expenses.

… and finally… tax planning does not mean failing to put all your takings through the books because “that is what everyone does”.  That’s isn’t tax planning, it’s fraud.

You can leave a comment for Frank below or you can contact the author via our contact section.

I don’t know if they are good looking! But they are certainly attractive in terms of their specialisms, customer service, fees, and experience!

Do you operate a small business either as a Sole Trader, Partnership, Charity / Non for Profit, or Limited Company?

Have you been with the same accountant for years and not sure if you can get better value elsewhere? Business Link suggest on their site that businesses review their relationship with their accountant every 3 years.

Are you or a family member struggling to do your accounts yourself or do you think your time may be better spent doing more profitable things in your business? Are you finding it difficult to keep up with accounting changes? Or need support to help cover sickness and holidays?

Are you looking for someone to act as a Part Time Finance Director say on one day per month on site?

Are you looking to slim down the amount of accounting work that your accountant does for you and bring your bookkeeping inhouse and use an accountant for year end and tax advice?

Are you looking for an accountant who provides excellent customer service and who is proactive in their approach to improving your business? Perhaps you need someone with specific industry experience and qualifications?

We have some lovely accountants in Cardiff who are looking to take on more of the right type of clients for them so if you feel that this is a good opportunity to review your accounting set-up, please get in touch!

We are working with a national firm of accountants who operate a remote service and as part of their offer with find-me-an-accountant they guarantee to give savings of 20% off your last years accounting invoice.

So if you are not so concerned with where your accountants are based, but more concerned with the value they can provide for you please get in touch with us!

Our client based in Nottingham is a charity who wants to find an Accountant who better understands their day to day issues and can communicate with them effectively and help their Charity. They have a reasonable expectation for fees and no preferences on software, or working hours.

Please get in touch with us if you have several years experience of working with Charities and ideally hold the DChA award either via the study route or the qualification route.

If you do, and you are looking to grow your practice,  I would love to hear from you!

We are getting regular enquiries from clients who are specifically looking for accountants who offer remote based services.  So if this is you, and you belong to any of the professional accountancy bodies, please get in contact or better still, complete the Accountant’s survey and we can start referring new business to you soon.

We have a client in the IT industry, one director Limited company,looking for an accountant with a proven track record of experience and satisfied customers in the IT industry.

Must be able to supply some references of other clients in the IT industry for the client to call.

Sorry but I just lost the tweet counts by changing some settings on the site.

Good job I am not a web developer!

You can still see the number of times a page has been visited but unfortunately you will have to use your imagination for how many times an article has been tweeted!

If you feel that finding the right accountant should be a carefully considered decision. One that is based on a combination of factors and not just fees alone please come and say Hi and show your support by leaving a comment here.

You can use this to leave your name and your web address, but it’s not advisable to leave your email address (pesky spammers!)  Please keep your comments to a reasonable length or they will get edited.

Nice to meet you and Please Retweet this article to show your support.

Regards, Maxine

PS – We don’t endorse or recommend the services of any accountants posting comments here. This post is purely to show support for the concept of the site and our service aims