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An innovative collective of like-minded movers and shakers! What does that mean for you?

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We are Acumist; we bring your business the ‘difference that makes the difference’. We also find business fun and engaging.

Yes, we actually enjoy getting the best out of our clients and helping them to achieve their personal and business growth goals!

As award-winning independent cloud accountants, we know a thing or two about personal service and technology and we yield this power unashamedly. In fact, it is this very string to our bow that our clients love most.

Using our passion for helping, together with our knowledge of shiny new digital toys, we help clients at every stage of their business journey to unlock their growth potential.

In addition to great coffee (and great wine, once the sun in over the yardarm!), we operate on the basis of 5 core values:

 

  • Integrity
  • Honesty
  • Openness
  • Fun
  • Adaptability

What does this mean for you?

We are personable

You can come to us any time without hesitation. There are no silly questions in our eyes.

We will always speak to you plainly

Our goal is for you to understand your finances, so we’ll translate accountancy to your language.

We are a technology driven firm

Our strength is tech, which means we can help you be innovative and creative so that you always remain competitive.

We are cloud accountants

We combine the best of traditional accounting with modern technology to help you work smarter, not harder.

We will guide you every step of the way

We combine the best of traditional accounting with modern technology to help you work smarter, not harder.

Meet the team

Chris Gascoyne

Director

My career in accounting started with me working in the corporate recovery and insolvency departments of several of the top ten firms at the time. I spent ten years in those roles and a further five years consulting to some of those firms and a few others along the way.
After being made redundant, twice – ironically due to economic upturn – I set up Acumist. Why? Because helping business owners define and achieve success was a lot more fulfilling to me than clearing up the mess after things had gone wrong! Since then, a lot of years have passed but one thing has remained constant, and that is, my business has always been virtual and capable of running from anywhere.

While I am an accountant, I don’t believe in “All work and no play.” After all, business should be fun (or what’s the point?). Now that’s not to say that I don’t take my work seriously. Of course, I will take your accountants and the state of your business and I will help you to create some compelling outcomes. What I mean by fun is this: accountancy doesn’t have to be boring or difficult! With me, you will always get straight talking help without the accountant jargon, and delivered in an easy to understand format. Probably over a decent coffee too, if you share my love of that particular vice!

Helping business owners to create their own realities is what drives me and I will ensure that I’ll do my best to help clients become successful. Just don’t forget, there’s some fun to be had along the way too, once the work is out of the way!

Straight from the clients’ mouth

I have worked with the fab team at Acumist for a number of years now and they have had my back as a young, inexperienced founder, growing the business from my kitchen table to now a team of 14! Along the way with any business there’s always going to be curveballs, learnings, things you didn’t expect (global pandemics?!) but they have been able to very smoothly and expertly support me and my team around the clock – taking a huge weight off my mind!

Chris has the knack of blending some of the latest tooling and techniques with a real personal touch, it’s a real art. When you need the right type of help there is nothing better than receiving a consistent reliable service that has structure, trustworthiness, professionalism and the assurance of compliance and adherence to legal requirements. Add to that the personal touch of best advice, an honest reliable assessment, and the comfort of knowing that your best interests are in good hands – that has been my experience of working with Acumist.

Chris and the team at Acumist are amazing! I’ve worked with numerous UK accountants and accounting teams at every level of business: large PLC, SME and start-ups, and Acumist are by far the best! They are the most digitally advanced, efficient & effective, reactive & accommodating, highly experienced & knowledgeable accountant/accounting team I have had the pleasure of working with. If Chris and the Acumist accounting team can accommodate your company then move your accounting immediately! They have done an amazing job supporting the highly complex and fast growing companies I’m involved in and I wish I’d been introduced to them years ago!

Chris Gascoyne has been controlling and managing all of our group and associated companies’ payroll and HR requirements for the last 25 years. We are grateful for this long term relationship and the professionalism and dedication that Chris shows continually to our requirements.

Having been introduced to Acumist about 20 years ago, our relationship has grown from client to collaboration.
Their service is well suited for growing micro businesses and has always been professional, engaging and proactive. When needed, they have always been a phone call away which gives us that peace of mind.
As can be imagined, our business has grown and changed over this period so has the support from Acumist which can be described as transitional and transformational.
We have appreciated the holistic approach by giving us the confidence and support for personal growth within our entrepreneurial environment which was achieved by their guidance and coaching.
What we have enjoyed is the personal side to our working relationship as businesses are made up of people.

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We can help you understand your numbers and software, so you can really propel your business forward. Do you want the peace of mind and confidence to do that?
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