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Here at Albert Goodman, with a team of over 280 experts, we are able to work with our clients across a multitude of sectors providing quality expert advice. We understand that every business is different, but there is a unique advantage to working with an accountant who has a specialist knowledge of your business sector.
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Above are just a few of the business sectors we commomly work with, however, we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise spanning all business sectors. Get in contact with our experts today to find out how we can help move your business forward and achieve financial success.
Latest case studies
Yeovil Town Ladies Football Club and Albert Goodman
Yeovil Town Ladies FC was founded in 1990, first competed in Women’s Super League in 2014 and were crowned the Women’s Super League Champions in 2016. In 2017, YTLFC announced that they had secured top-tier status and will now be playin
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Ian Dance Services and Albert Goodman
Ian Dance Services are the leading Catering Engineers and equipment suppliers in the South-West of England. Run by Bruce and Glyn, this close-knit family business has provided support to various catering establishments, including Pubs, Hosp
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PizzaRova and Albert Goodman
We love Pizzarova! Who wouldn’t love handmade sourdough and gluten-free pizzas from the West Country? Having started selling Pizzas out of the back of converted LandRovers’, Pizzarova founder Alex Corbett has now expanded
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Halstock England and Albert Goodman
Halstock England represents British craftsmanship at it’s very best. Designing, manufacturing and installing luxurious bespoke interiors from their base in West Dorset, Halstock have been described as ‘true masters of their craf
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Sheppys Cider and Albert Goodman
Sheppys Cider have been craftsman cidermakers for over 200 years. Always living in Somerset, the Sheppy family still continues the ancient combination of farming with cider-making. Farming 370 acres at Three Bridges Farm since 1917, three g
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Martock F.I.T- Client Case Study
Nestled in the heart of South Somerset is the quaint village of Martock, home to 5,000 people and a selection of pretty hamstone buildings. New to the village is Martock F.I.T, a friendly, community orientated gym co-founded by Dave Root an
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Classic Canes- Client Case Study
Classic Canes Limited is a Somerset-based family business specialising in growing, manufacturing and wholesaling walking sticks, seat sticks an umbrellas. It was established in 1982 by Diana and Ben Porter when they realised the raw materi
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Giving grandchildren a worry-free education
A client who had set up and run his own business came to us for advice on how to reduce his inheritance tax liabilities, which would have been substantial had he passed away within the next seven years.
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Insuring against Inheritance tax
A long-standing client had, during his career, built up a substantial property portfolio. One of these properties he had decided to gift to his son who had recently married. But he was also concerned that if his death occurred in the next f
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Care with peace of mind
A widowed gentleman with no children had moved into a high quality care home because he no longer wanted to live on his own. He was ‘self-funding’ fees of over £4,000 a month and was concerned that he might run out of funds during his
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Consider your tax position for 2018/2019
With the 6 April approaching, the tax year 2018/19 will be starting and now is a time to consider your tax position for the coming tax year. The changes to the allowances, tax bands and tax rates from 2017/18 to 2018/19 are as follow
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Albert Goodman promote Pat Tomlinson to Partner
Albert Goodman is delighted to announce the promotion of Pat Tomlinson to Partner, effective from March 2018. Bringing the total number of Partners at the firm to 15, Pat was appointed as an Associate within Albert Goodman’s agricultura
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Tax relief on property refurbishment or construction
DON’T FORGET THE TAX RELIEF ON PROPERTY REFURBISHMENT AND BUILDING PROPERTY The cost of refurbishing a property or constructing a new build can be substantial. However, tax relief is often available on certain expenditure on non-resi
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Averaging farming profits over five years
FARMERS AVERAGING – MORE THAN AVERAGE The 2016/17 tax year saw the introduction of farmers averaging profits over five years for the first time. Some felt this would bring only small benefits to farmers. However, we have found that there
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What does Brexit mean for farming?
LIFTING THE FOG ON BREXIT I wrote a brief article on Brexit towards the end of last year looking at some of the potential impacts of Brexit on UK farming. As I write this article, we have just had a high profile speech on from Michael G
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Value of woodland
SEEING THE WOOD FOR THE TREES Most farming businesses have some woodland on the farm. However, when it comes to the tax position, often the woodland is forgotten about. With the value of woodland increasing and the need to create new income
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Taking back UK farming’s accounts.
As an agricultural accountant, my “day job” is producing accounts for our farming clients, to help them understand the financial performance and position of their business. But what if we apply that process to the whole of UK Farming Lt
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Budget 2017 Highlights
For the first time in over twenty years, we saw an Autumn Budget which includes included a few surprise announcements, for example changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax for first time buyers. Not wanting to repeat Theresa May’s difficult speech
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Taking Back UK Farming’s Accounts
UK Farming Accounts Our “day job” is producing accounts for our farming clients and to help them understand the financial performance and position of their business by using those accounts. We are always hungry for more client
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More cases shed new light on the availability of BPR on holiday lets
What is Business Property Relief? Business property relief (“BPR”) is a valuable relief from inheritance tax (IHT) effectively resulting in those assets qualifying for full BPR being removed from the charge to IHT altogether.
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