Ellacotts LLP

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Ellacotts LLP is a UK firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers in Banbury, Kettering and London, providing independent accounting, audit, payroll and tax services and business advice to privately held businesses and individuals, not-for-profit organisations, and trusts across a range of sectors including agricultural, academies, charities, equine, international businesses, building and construction, landed estates and land, property and development.

Overview

Ellacotts is ranked as Top 100 Accountancy Firms in the UK by fee income by Accountancy Age.

Headquartered in Banbury, Oxfordshire, Ellacotts also has offices in both Kettering, Northamptonshire and London.

Specific advisory services and areas of expertise include: audit, payroll, bookkeeping, succession planning, inheritance tax, cloud accounting, academies transitions, not-for-profit organisations, business mergers and acquisitions advice, personal and business tax, and business valuations.

Key People:

David Stevens, Managing Partner

Charlotte Toemaes, Partner

John Thame, Agricultural and Property Partner

Mark Dickin, Agricultural and Property Partner

Helen King, Agricultural and Property Partner

Ann Bibby, Tax and Wealth Planning Partner

David Saunders, Business and Tax Services Partner

Derek Boughton, Business and Tax Services Partner

History

Ellacotts was originally founded by Geoffrey Ellacott in 1960 and operated from offices on Banbury’s High Street. In 1963, Moreton Stranks joined the firm, which lead to a name change of Ellacott Stranks & Co. Geoffrey Ellacott was well known for his involvement in the Banbury Historical Society as the Hon. Treasurer and for preparing their accounts. The society published a magazine called Cake & Cockhorse, three times a year and in Voluime 7, Number 9 in the summer of 1979 they thanked 'Mr Geoffrey Ellacott for his generosity in auditing the accounts of the Society'.

After years of growth, in 2006 Ellacott Stranks became Ellacotts LLP as it’s known today.

In 2010, they merged with another firm of accountants, Jones Boughton, still keeping the name Ellacotts LLP. This year also saw the move to offices at Countrywide House, Banbury, Oxfordshire, which remains the firm’s headquarters.

In 2012, the firm opened its second office in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. In 2014, Ellacotts opened its third office in London. In 2016, Ellacotts moved its Wellingborough office into purpose built offices at Vantage House, Kettering Parkway, Kettering, Northamptonshire.

In 2016, Ellacotts appointed two new partners - Charlotte Toemaes in the Corporate Services department and Helen King in the Agricultural and Property Team. The firm was also joined by Chris Slatter who is an Independent Financial Adviser, and Ellacotts Wealth Planning Limited was created.

In February 2017, Ellacotts appointed a new Tax Partner, Ann Bibby. Ann previously worked at a ‘Big Four’ firm, was a Partner at Mazars, and Head of Tax at Harrison Clark Rickerbys.

In June 2017, David Stevens was appointed Managing Partner.

In February 2018, Ellacotts unveiled a new responsive website made in partnership with PracticeWeb, and rolled out new up-to-date branding throughout the firm.

Following the launch of their new website, on 1st September 2018, Ellacotts launched a dedicated microsite for its cloud accounting offering.

Services

• Accounting

• Audit/Assurance

• Tax

• Wealth Planning

• Business Advisory

• Payroll

Specialisms:

• Agriculture Academies

• Charities

• Equine

• Personal Tax Planning

• Owner-Managed Businesses

• Cloud Accounting

• International

• Land, property and development

• Building and construction

• Landed estates

• Wealth Management

Accreditations:

• Investors in People Silver Accreditation until 2020.

• Ellacotts are members of the UK200 Group, a national quality assured association of chartered accountants and lawyers.

• Ellacotts are also members of the International Association of Practising Accountants (IAPA), an association of international accounting firms with similar ethos and quality standards.

• Xero Platinum Partners, including Xero Payroll Certified, Xero Migration Certified and Xero Advisor Certified.

• Members of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), a world leading professional membership organisation that promotes, develops and supports over 178,500 chartered accountants worldwide.

• Ellacotts are a Platinum ACCA training provider.

• It's trainee programme offers the following qualifications; Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Association of Chartered Accountants (ACA) offered by the ICEAEW or Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) qualification by The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) body.

• Member of the Banbury Chamber of Commerce and Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce.

Awards

In 2018, David Stevens, Managing Partner and Charlotte Toemaes, Partner, were both shortlisted for awards at the British Accountancy Awards. David Stevens was shortlisted for Partner of the Year 2018. Charlotte Toemaes was shortlisted and Highly Commended for New Partner of the Year.

Sponsorship

• Ellacotts sponsor the Banbury Rugby Football Club, and in 2018 they unveiled a new scoreboard at the grounds on Bodicote Park.

• Since 2016, Ellacotts have sponsored the Banbury Cricket Club in Bodicote.

• In September 2018 Ellacotts announced they would be sponsoring Towcestrians Rugby Club located in the market town of Towcester in Northamptonshire.

• They sponsor the Business Person of the Year Award at the Cherwell Business Awards.

• Business Woman of the Year - Micro Business at the Banbury Women in Business Awards (BWIB) 2018.

• In 2018 at the Northamptonshire Business Awards (NBAs) they sponsored the High Growth Business Award and are sponsoring the Employer of the Year Award at the 2019 NBAs.

• Every year Ellacotts sponsor the Broughton Castle Sportive which over 700 riders raise money for charity by riding up to 100 miles through the Cotswolds and finish at the Broughton Castle.

• Oxford Union debate at the Oxford Farming Conference 2019 alongside with Savills and Thrings Solicitors. Debate was focussed around the motion 'This house believes the country would be better served if farmers focused on profits rather than public goods' with the following speakers; Guy Smith, NFU Deputy President Sarah Bell, consultant and mixed farmer, Hilary McGrady, Director-General of the National Trust and Tom Lancaster, Principal Policy Officer for agriculture, RSPB.

External Links

• Banbury Chamber of Commerce
• Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce
• How Ellacotts use CCH OneClick from Wolters Kluwer
• Cereals - the technical event for the UK arable industry.
• IAPA International
• UK 200 Group
• ICAEW

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