About Us
Background: Robert James Partnership is a Chartered Certified Accountancy practice with a reputation for delivering jargon free, practical advice to a broad range of clients and individuals. Established in 1995, the firm prides itself on offering clients the technical expertise and quality of service associated with a large accountancy practice, but with the personal, bespoke service offered by a smaller firm. Robert James Partnership employs 5 partners and 20 full time staff from its very modern offices in the centre of Thames Ditton village.
Award-winning Tax Practice: The firm’s extensive contribution to business was formally recognised when Robert James Partnership was awarded the Best Tax Team in a Smaller Practice Award at the 2006 LexisNexis Taxation Awards. Robert James Partnership is currently short listed for another Award in 2007, for its extensive work in Mergers and Acquisitions and continued increases in firm profitability year on year.
A best practice approach to professional service: Robert James Partnership believes its success is linked closely to its innovative approaches to practice management, which include using no timesheets and instead adopting a value based pricing model, developing very close working relationships with clients through strong communication channels and a strong emphasis on the use of technology to improve operational efficiencies. The firm works on a fixed fee basis, which is designed to meet the specific needs of individuals, small and medium sized businesses. A typical Robert James Partnership client is either an owner managed business with a turnover of between £2m and £25m, or a much larger business or accountancy practice seeking its specialist tax planning services. The firm also frequently works alongside the Big 4, providing for instance specialist M&A tax planning to their larger clients.
Robert James Partnership offers a wide range of services including:
- Tax planning
- Audit
- Computerised accounting solutions
- Corporate finance
- Company secretarial
- Probate
- Strategic planning
Jargon-free, practical advice: Robert James Partnership aims to add value for all clients, providing proactive, professional on-going guidance. The firm’s published client charter promises to:
- Always use jargon free language
- Do what they say when they say it
- Look for new ideas to help clients grow
- Never charge clients unless they know the fee in advance.
Innovative policies mean high staff retention levels: As an employer Robert James Partnership offers rapid career progression with a policy of promoting existing staff wherever possible. Our staff enjoy early responsibility and a high degree of client contact. The firm’s no timesheets policy offers employees the opportunity to develop strong client management skills and see a direct link between individual performance and profitability. Staff remuneration is linked to practice profitability and additional incentives are offered to all staff including overseas holidays, bonus time off days and free on-site car parking. All employees are also supported with a programme of continuous development, tailored for each individual and monitored during regular structured appraisals. These innovative approaches to human resource management mean Robert James Partnership has very low levels of staff turnover and most of our team have been with the firm for over 7 years. The senior tax partners at Robert James are regarded as experts in their fields and regularly contribute articles to the tax and accountancy media. In particular these articles offer best practice advice around the elimination of timesheets, benefits of using IT and how good communication can help develop stronger client relationships.
To view recently published articles in Taxation magazine please visit the News and Media section of the Robert James partnership website, click here.
For more information on Robert James Partnership please contact us.
