Last updated on October 9th, 2018 at 02:20 pm

Locke Williams Associates is an established firm of Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors, based on St Pauls Square, in the centre of  Birmingham that offers a wide range of accountancy services to individuals, small and medium businesses, charities, solicitors and trusts across the West Midlands.

As well as the usual range of accountancy services that are likely to be used by all clients they have developed the skills to provide the individual guidance and services that charity trustees (of all sizes) need including :

• Advice on compliance with the Charities Act 2006 and SORP 2005
• Carrying out statutory audits and independent examinations
• VAT and Tax compliance and planning advice, including trading issues
• Registration and advice on organisation structure
• Guidance on best practice for governance and trusteeship
• Strategic planning, grant applications and risk assessments

Having said that, Locke Williams also have a great deal of experience and knowledge relating to starting a business and can help clients with many of the aspects such as :

• Deciding on a business structure (whether to set up a limited company / partnership or just act as a sole trader for example)
• Creating a business plan and cash flow projections
• Setting up an accounting system
• Registration with the relevant authorities such as Companies House and the HMRC
• Assessing and finance requirement and helping draw up proposals for getting the necessary finance.