Our services

Company formation
Corporate finance
Management advisory services
Motor sport specialism
Payroll
Sage
Taxes
Tax investigation insurance
Tax planning

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Paying for our services:

We offer many flexible payment solutions.
These include the ability to pay for the services you receive by monthly standing order and by credit or debit card.

Accounting

Irrespective of whether you keep your records on a computer package or prefer to operate manually, we can prepare your annual accounts. Our approach is based on pro-active advice and as part of your accounts preparation process we will ensure that we have not missed any important issues.

We assist you in understanding the accounts so that you can use them as a valuable tool to run your business.

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Auditing

Audits provide a cornerstone to financial reporting. They furnish valuable and reliable information to banks, tax authorities and others who desire to make well-informed financial decisions.

In order for us to perform effective audits, we must not only audit our clients financial records, but we must also be familiar with our clients operations, the industries in which they operate and the economic events which have impacted on their businesses.  

The audits we conduct adhere to all the professional standards issued by the Auditing Standards Board, the Financial Reporting Council and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

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Aviation specialism

Harris & Co have several clients in the aviation industry and specialist knowledge of the industry.

These clients include helicopter pilots and commercial airline pilots. Our clients fly politicians and celebrities as well as the general public all around the area. They also fly at fun days and fetes.

Our pilots ferry passengers to and from such events as the Grand Prix at Silverstone, when as many as fifteen helicopters can be seen in the air at any one time, one third of which might be operated by Harris & Co clients!

Harris & Co thus have a wide knowledge of the accounting requirements of pilots such as these. If you are a pilot and would like to discuss in more detail how Harris & Co may help you, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Bookkeeping

If it is not practical for you to perform your accounting requirements in house we can offer you a monthly accounting service. This provides you with computerised financial statements with supporting general ledgers, debtors and creditors and payroll systems.  To supplement these book-keeping services, we also assist in the preparation of the payroll and VAT returns.

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Business development consultancy

“Business do not plan to fail, they fail to plan”

We believe that business is a journey and we all need a guide. We aim to be an invaluable guide to your business with our strategic planning service. We won’t try to teach you about the things you know in theory, we have a proven track record of starting and growing a business and know what it’s like to face the problems you may have, in growing and managing your business. Every assignment we work on is unique. We have developed a methodology that enables us to act as your guide along the road you chose to take in business.

The key steps work like this:

Firstly we help you to define “A” (where you are now) through a penetrating analysis of the business and you as you are now.

Secondly help you to define “B” (where you want to go to) by assisting you to stand back from the business and really focus on what you are trying to achieve.

Thirdly, help you to create a strategy of how you can move from “A” to “B” The strategic planning process is NOT just about doing a business plan on its own. It’s about you, your goals and the goals of your business partners becoming a reality not just a vision.

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Business start up

We provide our clients with a range of corporate and business services to enable them to maximise their profits and minimise their tax burden. Our main area of expertise is in the owner-managed business sector and our business services team has expanded and adapted to meet the challenges of the ever-changing business environment. Our business start up service covers:

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Company formation

We have our own in-house company formation service that can form a company for you speedily and with the minimum of fuss.

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Corporate finance

Corporate finance includes advising on and arranging: 

We have a long track record of successfully putting together deals of the above nature. These assignments cover a wide range of deals from £5,000 to £40 million.

We are authorised to provide impartial independent advice to our clients.

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Management advisory services

A sound financial system is essential in providing reliable information in order for management to make informed decisions.

Since your business environment is constantly changing, these decisions and resultant actions must be made and implemented in a timely manner.

Without accurate and up to date financial information, it is difficult to achieve these desirable objectives.

In order to assist you in having accurate and up to date financial information we can provide you with:

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Motor sport specialism

Harris & Co have a long association with the motor sport industry. Phil Harris inherited an interest in all things connected with cars from his father Les, an engineer who used to go rallying at the highest level both nationally and internationally in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Phil started servicing for Les and graduated to driving in the Lombard RAC Rally in 1987 and 1988. Phil is still the proud owner of a rallying Mini which is over forty years old.

Through his interest in motor sport, Phil Harris has developed a wide range of contacts in the industry, many of whom are clients. These clients range through:

Harris & Co have acted for several well-known national and international racing drivers.

Harris & Co thus have a first-hand knowledge of the motor industry's accounting requirements, both on day-to-day bookkeeping, payroll and taxation needs and for more specialist needs. These specialist needs include:

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Payroll

We offer weekly and monthly payroll services to businesses for whom it is not practical to perform these functions in house.

We provide fully computerised payrolls with supporting payslips, P11d’s, P14’s, P60’s and P35’s.

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Sage

We are authorised Sage dealers and can supply:

• Software; and
• training.

• Preparation of personal tax returns
• Preparation of business tax returns
• Tax planning
• Preparation of VAT returns
• Preparation of payroll returns