Manvers Street accountancy firm, ART Accountants is celebrating five years in business. The company set up in 2012, provides a comprehensive range of accountancy and advisory services to limited companies, charities, partnerships, sole traders and individuals.
ART Accountants brings together three longstanding, ex-Robson Taylor employees. Peter Barton heads up the team. He is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant and was a partner at Robson Taylor in Bath, and more recently at Baker Tilly. Peter’s portfolio of clients primarily includes owner managed businesses and charities.
Tax manager Matthew Smith and account manager Gary Newman oversee the taxation and accounting services. Matthew has over twenty years’ experience of working for Robson Taylor, before their merger with Baker Tilly. Likewise, Gary Newman joined Robson Taylor in 1997 and only left to set up ART Accountants with Peter in 2012.
As well as all the accountancy services you would expect, ART Accountants offer a full payroll service. Payroll is becoming an absolute minefield for businesses, with new legislations coming through, including mandatory RTI submissions and Auto Enrolment Pension schemes. Caley Williams, another ex Robson Taylor colleague was recruited in 2013 to head up the Outsourcing and Payroll departments.
Making Tax Digital will be mandatory from April 2018 and requires businesses to keep digital records and send quarterly updates. ART Accountants partners with Xero, QuickBooks Online and SageOne, giving their clients choice and the most effective cloud accounting solution for them.
Accounts manager Gary Newman said: “Setting up the practice now means we fully understand the pressures involved today in starting and growing a business. We are there to support and advise our clients along the way, meaning they have more time to spend on growing their business. “We are sourcing our stationery and other services from local firms, as we believe that businesses are beginning to choose community over convenience. We would like to thank our suppliers and of course, our clients for their continued support as we reach this business milestone.”
Being part of the Bath community is important to ART Accountants. They are members of the Bath and Wiltshire branch of the FSB, and are supporters of Bath City Football Club and Bath Boules.
Visit ART Accountants online at: www.artaccountants.co.uk
Pictured above from left to right: Matthew Smith, Gary Newman and Peter Barton
