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“Never let a great accountant go! The Academy Partnership were instrumental in supporting my business from its foundation, through to exit via MBO some 12 years later. Their expertise and hand-holding on both business and personal finance was invaluable to me, and I cannot recommend them enough. Their efforts enabled me and my team to focus on what we do best, knowing that the financial wellbeing of our business was being monitored with genuine care and attention.”

Alex Minchin – Founder, Zest Digital

“We have worked with The Academy Partnership since they helped us perform a management buy-out nearly four years ago. Ian and the team were well-equipped to handle the intricacies and politics of new ownership and the finances relating to this. We have managed a very smooth transition into the new ownership team and have made a real success of things; in-part thanks to Ian’s expertise and his team’s willingness to help. We hope this successful partnership will continue well into the future.”

Richard Porter – Managing Director, Chief Nation

“As a startup, we’d raised plenty of funding, but had no FD or internal finance people to properly set up our legal structure for shares etc. Ian acted as interim FD, providing financial modelling and support during our growth stage. Ian, Hannah and the team are immensely knowledgeable, incredibly quick to respond to queries and are a pleasure to do business with on a day-to-day basis. I can’t recommend them highly enough.”

Ben Newnum – CEO and Founder, Nala’s Baby

“We have consistently been impressed with the speed and efficiency of the Academy Partnership and the help they provide is second to none. While we manage our day to day book keeping in Xero, Ian and the team provide us with the professional advice we need when it comes to tax and strategic planning.

Our management team are now accessing the Live Data analysis tool to measure our performance so that we all know where the business is headed.

I have no hesitation in recommending The Academy Partnership.”

Paul Horseman – CEO and Founder, Flex Information Technology Ltd

“During the last 4 years Ian and his team have been fantastic in dealing with both my companies. They use their experience and technology to find proactive solutions that allow accounting and financing processes to be operationally scaled. Once the processes and tasks are set up, they consistently deliver.

I would highly recommend having a monthly or regular face-to-face meeting to ensure alignment, which we have found much more effective than doing everything remotely. A short period of co-working time during this meeting has also been useful in rapidly making smaller decisions in a fast-moving environment.”

Chris – Nye Health

“For the past two and a half years The Academy Partnership have provided us with an excellent service. As well as being totally efficient, fully informed of all rules and regulations, and on time for all our necessary returns, Ian and his team are always there on the other end of the phone for us should we need any help with the software or accounting issues.

Ian gave us invaluable help and support before, during and after the purchase of our Landscaping Company.”

Nicola Bull, Director  – Slade Estate Services Ltd

“We have been working with The Academy Partnership since they founded and I can honestly and truly say that we have only experienced good things.

They are efficient, understanding, approachable and will always pick up the phone and take the time to explain issues and talk through queries. When we came to them we were in a bit of a mess, but they quickly sorted the issues and got us set up on Xero. They understood exactly what we needed and even trained our FD to use the software.

I would not hesitate to recommend The Academy Partnership to anyone who needs a professional accounting service with actual people behind it who truly care about your business.”

Casey Small, Director – The Cocktail Service

“The Academy Partnership handle all the accounts for our five registered companies. They not only assisted in a seamless transition over from Quickbooks to Xero, but have also advised us on two successful business acquisitions.

In a world where everything is frustratingly automated it is of great comfort that Ian and his team are always on hand to answer the phone when ever we need to help. I really could not ask for more.”

Tom Denby, Managing Director – Anthem x

“Quite simply, they are brilliant.

I do my own book-keeping and I thought I knew my way around Xero, but they have saved me a day per week with their fantastic tips and advice.

The payroll is painless, the annual accounts are always on time and the ability to pick up the phone and get through to a proper accountant straight away when I have a tricky question is priceless.

If you think you have Xero set up properly already, get them to do an audit – they WILL save you time and money”.

Simon Gregory – Clear & Creative