About us

Harrison Young is an independent firm of chartered certified accountants who collectively share over 30 years of experience within general practice.

We combine the traditional values of personal service, integrity and in-depth knowledge. The dynamic and experienced partner lead a 10 strong team in well-located offices in South London and strive to provide the highest level of service in all accountancy, taxation and business advisory matters to individuals, companies and partnerships. Our small friendly team have years of experience in dealing with many business types and situations

We now offer protection against tax enquiry to all our clients, whereby if our client is chosen for enquiry all professional fees will be covered by insusrance company.

Our Clients

We have attracted a wide variety of individuals and companies. Our clients range from Hoteliers, Restaurateurs, Property Developers, Travel Agents, Media and Information Service Companies, Estate Agents, Glass Manufacturers, all range of retailers and professionals including doctors, pharmacists, Architect and a whole host of other businesses in between.

Whatever the size and aspirations of the business, we recognise the individual needs of all of our clients and how they benefit from a close personal relationship with us.

We feel it is important to maintain a close contact with you. We pro actively offer fresh ideas and advice in order to make a real difference to the success of your business.

How can we help you

We will do our utmost to really understand the fundamentals of your business. Using our training and experience, Whether you are a sole trader, owner-managed or family business, professional firm or large corporate, you need to develop your business, manage and reduce costs, develop your technology and still make a profit. We want to guide you in the right direction and help grow your business. We also provide a safe pair of hands and financial control so that you may sleep soundly at night. We have invested in state of the art equipment and software so that we can compete with the largest firms but by keeping our overheads low we can offer excellent value for money.

Private clients have the same concerns as large businesses: you want an assurance that we will understand your individual situation and help you manage your tax and financial affairs accordingly. This may range from simply saving the time and worry of dealing with your tax return, to lifetime tax planning, including advice on Inheritance Tax and trust formation.

Our clients come to us and, more importantly, stay with us because they know our reputation as competent and reliable business advisers. To achieve this we draw on an extensive pool of experience and ability. Our people are our greatest asset. We invest heavily in innovation, information technology and training to ensure that our partners and staff are able to deliver the high quality services demanded by today's clients, whether their needs are simple or complex.

Our Mission

Each client is unique and deserves individual attention. We are always available to answer client questions, whether simple or complex. We believe in the value of being business Advisors, not just

Accountants

Our mission is to provide excellence in service. Our aim is to become partners in client's success, assuring achievements of their potential goals.

Our Fees

We keep our fees simple to allow our client relationships to flourish:
On becoming a client, you will be given details of the services you have requested and their associated costs in an 'Engagement Letter'.

Each year the 'Engagement' is reviewed to ensure what we have agreed to do for you and the associated fees do not become an issue.
If services are carried out which are not incorporated in the 'Engagement Letter', fees for these will be agreed and invoiced separately.

The 'certainty' of our fee arrangements is appreciated by our clients and enables us to focus on providing solutions to their business issues

Our Service Guarantees

We understand the importance and difficulty of the decision that you have to make to take your business forward and we want you to know that as a result you have the right to expect the following standards from us:

• You will receive friendly, courteous, efficient service. You will be respected and not taken for granted
• We will honour all our commitments to you absolutely;
• You will always be able to seek our help with any aspect of your business. We see ourselves as an active member of your day to day management team, not just an interested party. We expect to help wherever we can;
• The way we communicate with each other is important. As part of that process, if we are not in the same location as you, or if we do not have the solutions to your problems easily available, then we will acknowledge any communication you have with us;
• We will be honest, truthful and ‘up front’ with you at all times. We’d expect you to be like that too. That way we can build a long term and valuable relationship with each other; and
• We believe totally that your perception of our performance is always the reality. For that, and other reasons, your feedback is critical to our continuing to innovate and improve. We’re always looking forward to your ideas, your comments and your suggestions.