As a firm, Garbutt & Elliott can trace its roots back over a hundred years and since that time we have grown steadily through focusing on the fundamentals of providing sound practical advice with value for money.

In recent years the firm has expanded considerably to become a broad-based provider of advice to businesses and individuals. Garbutt & Elliott have now become one of the largest independent firms in the North of England.

Garbutt & Elliott's participation in Praxity AISBL provides a gateway to the global marketplace. Praxity, a global alliance of independent firms, gives you access to professional accounting and auditing firms committed, as we are to the high standards required in international business.

Garbutt & Elliott were one of the first Chartered Accountants in the UK to receive 'putting the customer first' in recognition of our continued commitment to client care.

We also work closely with family businesses with family businesses being defined as one in which a number of different members of a family have an interest or influence. That interest can be active or passive, it can be employment, stakeholding or simply an emotional tie with the activities of the business

In this Country some three quarters of all businesses are family businesses and they employ around half the entire workforce - yet relatively few survive in the longer term, only one in eight will get to the third generation - therefore family businesses need specialist help and advice to maximise their long term chances of success!

At Garbutt & Elliott we can make a significant contribution to the success of your Family Business in the following areas :

Creating a vision and goals for the family and the business
Managing family involvement with the business
Help with governance and a family constitution
Succession planning and family wealth preservation