Accountants in Northallerton

Armstrong Watson have been the accountants for John Prest property Management for more than 25 years. Helen has been looking after us for a number of years now and during that time has always been available for help, advice, support and dealing with my enquiries, inane or otherwise, with her usual happy and smiling disposition.

I have every confidence in her advice and support and am not afraid to tell people that I have a friend who happens to be my accountant, rather than I’m friendly with my accountant.

I have no hesitation in recommending Armstrong Watson, based on my experience of Helen’s advice, expertise and support.

John Prest, Senior Partner – John Prest Property Management

Since changing accountants three years ago, it all has become much clearer to me what all the facts and figures mean due to the way Nicki Hutchinson is able to explain to a layman in a clear, simple and concise way. She explains all of the technical terms such as opening stock, closing stock, variable costs etc, so I now feel I can attend meetings and for once understand and follow her line of conversation and feel part of it much more easily.

Christopher Thomson

So much of running a business is surrounding yourselves with the right people. Be that for advice, support and professional services. In farming it also really helps if you like those people, especially your accountant, as they are someone you communicate with regularly and have to trust completely. With Nicki Hutchinson we have been incredibly lucky not only to find someone who is professionally at the top of her game, but whose genuine warmth and comprehensive understanding of agriculture makes us feel she's very much part of our team, driving forward our business. Nicki has also been pivotal in succession planning for our business and has shown empathy and foresight, providing common sense solutions and delivering everything on time and as promised.  I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Nicki and her team at AW, I feel our business is stronger with her input, her professional knowledge is superb and personally we find her a pleasure to work with.  

Clare Wise Chapman, Mr J M & Mrs M Wise & Mrs C Wise-Chapman Farming Partnership

When it comes to accounting it can feel a bit daunting. With Helen's guidance, we have navigated our business through many changes over the years. Together with her professional support and the services of Armstrong Watson, we have kept up to date, introduced new strategies, making our accounting efficient, time saving and cost effective.

Kearton Crushing & Screening Limited

Nicki Hutchinson has worked with me for over 10 years. I have great confidence in Nicki, and the excellent advice she provides. This advice is delivered in plain English with precision and clarity. Nicki is always available and completes tasks within deadlines. Nicki is also always willing to help.

I followed Nicki (metaphorically) when she changed firms and I am pleased whole-heartedly to recommend Nicki.

William Dartmouth

Peter has been our go-to adviser through some pretty tricky times over the past few years.  Moving from purely the agricultural sector to branching out into hospitality has been mainly made possible by following Peter's advice and guidance.   Peter has not only offered financial planning and accountancy guidance but has been a very trusted family advisor.  Having someone to act as a knowledgeable well-informed sounding board for ideas who provides impartial, well informed advice and feedback is priceless - something we value greatly.

Minister Walk

Changing accountants is always a major decision and one not to be taken lightly.  When our accountant announced his retirement in 2013 we were forced to make a move.  As a Rural Estate, we were very keen to engage a firm who had both an understanding of and an interest in Agriculture.  Peter Molyneux and his team came very highly recommended by our agricultural bank manager at the time.  On the initial meeting with Peter, Keith and Andrew, we felt instantly at ease with them.  Nostell Estate comprises of 3 farms along with residential and commercial lettings and on a day to day basis we deal predominately with Peter Molyneux or Keith Johnston.  As our trust and respect has grown for Peter and Keith, they have become increasingly more involved with major projects, succession planning and general business advice.  I now consider them an integral part of my team at Nostell Estate and I would not hesitate to recommend them.

Lord St Oswald, Nostell Estate

In 2016 we engaged the services of Armstrong Watson’s specialist Legal Sector as we sought to change our business structure to reflect our modern approach to Law at our dynamic and growing law firm. Andy Poole and the team were able to guide us through the various structure options to find the structure which met our business needs. The checklist approach used allowed us to delegate tasks to the appropriate people and track what needed to be done and when. 

As part of this process we were introduced to one of Armstrong Watson’s Financial Planning team who advised us on ensuring the business and its key stakeholders are adequately protected in the event of death or critical illness and continues to guide us through our pension planning including the use of commercial property. I actually enjoy talking with him and the rest of the Armstrong team!

We were delighted by the forward thinking joined up approach and look forward to our working relationship with the Armstrong Watson team continuing to develop.

Ben Pepperell CEO, Pepperells Solicitors

I would like to thank the Yorkshire Corporate Finance Team at Armstrong Watson for assisting me in the sale of my business. They identified an appropriate buyer and negotiated a deal to meet my objectives for an exit with continued involvement for a certain period. Throughout the sale process they were always available to provide straight talking advice and took much of the strain out of what, at times, could have been a stressful process allowing me to continue to focus on the running of my fine wine business and ultimately securing me a successful outcome.

Mr Simon M Wrightson, Richmond Fine Wine

Armstrong Watson work very closely with our company and we meet with Tony Bullock regularly to discuss the business and strategic matters. During one such meeting we mentioned a new craft tool that we were involved with, and some of the technical challenges we had faced in this regard.

Armstrong Watson immediately made us aware of research & development tax relief. We then met with their R&D tax relief expert who explained the relief clearly and we agreed a way forward in order to make our first claim under this relief. Armstrong Watson helped us every step of the way, making the process easy and really showing knowledge and expertise throughout.

I would strongly recommend any company involved in science or technology to seek help with R&D tax relief claims from Armstrong Watson
 

Brian Welch, Managing Director, UK Industrial Tapes Limited