2019 was a fantastic end to the decade for Armstrong Watson’s Yorkshire team, with significant growth across the region, including a raft of new appointments, major new business wins and an increase in audit fees of over 19%.
Matt Osbourne, Yorkshire Audit and Assurance Partner
The business continues to go from strength to strength, with rapid expansion throughout the past 12 months and new service lines added to the firm’s ‘full service’ offering, which along with accounting, audit and tax, also comprises; strategic business advice, restructuring recovery and insolvency, forensic accounting, corporate finance, funding solutions, financial planning and wealth management, and payroll.
12 new starters joined the Leeds, Skipton and Northallerton audit team – increasing resource by over 30% on 2018 – and 8 colleagues were promoted.
New services for Armstrong Watson in 2019 included partnering with Escalate Dispute Resolution – providing clients with quick settlement dispute resolution and removing upfront costs – and the very recent launch of Client Technology – offering accountancy/finance ERP solutions and cyber security health checks and advice.
Armstrong Watson attribute the firm’s continuing success to their unique position within the Yorkshire market – combining scale and capability with a reputation for working proactively and collaboratively with clients, supporting, advising and protecting businesses and their owners throughout the business lifecycle, and adapting their service offering to meet changing client needs.
Matt Osbourne, Yorkshire Audit and Assurance Partner is looking forward to what 2020 is yet to bring,
“It’s a really exciting time for the practice across Yorkshire. “
“Throughout the region, the teams in Leeds, Skipton and Northallerton have continued to work well together. The collegiate nature of our approach across all service lines is really adding benefit for our clients as we help them through the opportunities and challenges they face through the business and personal life cycle.
“We’ve seen particular success within the audit market as it continues to evolve. We’re speaking to an increasing number of high quality, highly profitable entrepreneurial businesses that are feeling unloved, undervalued and overcharged by their existing advisers. Those same businesses are responding extremely positively to our proposition, which combines the quality, scale and expertise they’ve become accustomed to, with a more pro-active, collaborative and commercial approach. We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel, it’s simply a case of high quality, passionate and highly engaged people taking the time to properly understand their clients’ needs.”
If you’d like to hear more about what Armstrong Watson can offer your business visit:
armstrongwatson.co.uk or call 0808 144 5575.
