Knill James is a modern and progressive partnership firm of accountants, providing services to businesses in the Brighton and Lewes area and throughout the South of England.
Our philosophy is to provide you with all the financial advice you need to make the very best of your finances. We take care of your core accountancy needs, such as audit, tax and payroll, as well as providing the kind of specialist advisory services that are often difficult to find under one roof, all delivered with a personal touch.
Our comprehensive range of financial and business support services and ongoing strategic advice has helped many of our clients to grow and develop their businesses over the years.
Our aim is to provide a professional, personal, effective solution to all of your day-to-day accounting, auditing and taxation needs. We use our expertise to complete this work quickly and accurately, and our experience to explore opportunities and identify potential problems before they arise.
By getting to know you and your business we aim to become a valuable member of your team. We always aim to exceed your expectations and go that step further.
Our highly skilled team covers the entire spectrum of agriculture, food and drink businesses - from farm to fork and glass - and enjoys longstanding professional relationships with over 50 businesses across the agricultural sector alone. We understand the issues facing the sector and we talk your language - whether it's crop yields, vines per hectare or in-calf heifers.
Kevin Powell - kevin@knilljames.co.uk
Nick Rawson - nick@knilljames.co.uk
Suzanne Craig - suzanne@knilljames.co.uk
Whatever the size of your organisation, it is highly likely that you will want to grow, improve and become more profitable. But have you actually considered how you are going to drive your business forward and achieve growth? Do you know:
Are you spending enough time working ‘on’ the business as opposed to ‘in’ it? We have a wealth of experience in advising small and medium-sized businesses and both the desire to get involved and the tools to help you to achieve your goals.
Chris Ketley - chris@knilljames.co.uk
Kevin Powell - kevin@knilljames.co.uk
With many charity/NFP clients across the South East for whom we provide an extensive range of services, we are able to offer the benefits of a breadth of sector experience and are well placed to advise you on strategic matters, such as Governance issues, Taxation, including VAT matters, Trading, and Risk Management. Our experienced team will add significant value to your operation help you stay one step ahead in a rapidly changing environment.
Sue Foster - sue@knilljames.co.uk
David W Martin - david@knilljames.co.uk
We provide a full range of corporate finance advisory and transaction support services to small and medium-sized businesses with a particular focus on advising owner-managed businesses.
We offer strategic financial advice on all aspects of a company's growth, acquisition or disposal strategies. We help clients formalise their plans for their business by helping them to produce comprehensive budgets and forecasts, and by preparing detailed business plans.
Whether you wish to grow your business by merger with another entity or through acquisition we will advise you through every stage of the process - identifying or researching potential targets, managing approaches to targets, conducting due diligence investigations, and negotiating and structuring the deal through to completion. We also offer post-acquisition advice and support.
And if you are considering selling your business we can advise you on the steps you need to take to ensure your business is ready for sale, and therefore ready to achieve the best price.
We also assist with management buy-outs/buy-ins, business valuations, due diligence assignments and public company (flotation) preparation.
Chris Ketley - chris@knilljames.co.uk
David W Martin - david@knilljames.co.uk
Our health and care specialists have many years of experience between them working not only with businesses in the health and care sector (such as Care and Nursing Homes) but also individual General Practitioners, Medical Consultants and Dentists and their practices.
At a time of unprecedented change health & care professionals need to be able to rely on your financial advisers for sound accounting and taxation services as well as specialist advice on the issues affecting you. Our aim is to ensure you have the financial systems in place to focus delivering the best care to your customers and patients.
Chris Ketley - chris@knilljames.co.uk
Sue Foster - sue@knilljames.co.uk
David W Martin - david@knilljames.co.uk
Within our Agriculture, Food & Drink group we have a team with specialist knowledge of horticulture (garden centres and nurseries) gained through long professional and personal relationships with clients in the sector.
We know you operate in a fast moving, competitive environment and are committed to delivering a service which provides horticultural clients with both day to day support and wide-ranging strategic advice to underpin your development and future growth.
Nick Rawson - nick@knilljames.co.uk
Our Professional Practices group has many years experience working with legal clients and is able to provide specialist services for solicitors, including the undertaking of Solicitors' Accounts Rules audits. For Barristers, we undertake the full range of book-keeping, accounts and tax compliance services. We understand the detailed HMRC rules regarding barristers' accounts and can call on our tax experts for advice on wider tax planning as and when required.
We provide a seamless, integrated accounting, taxation and consultancy offering to legal service professionals, covering accounting and technical support, advice on financial and cashflow management, and billing/cash collection. For more detail on the services we are able to provide visit our website or contact us, as below:
Kevin Powell - kevin@knilljames.co.uk
Nick Rawson - nick@knilljames.co.uk
Today, UK manufacturing businesses have exposure to global supply chains, currency and exchange rate risk and uncertainty about the stability of interest rates in countries other than just your home market. Having an experienced professional adviser by your side is essential and with a strong client base and many years experience of working with different types of manufacturing business we are well placed to provide the service you expect and the advice you need to make your manufacturing business a success in these turbulent times.
Our experience in this sector has also enabled us to gain significant insight and knowledge into trading with overseas territories, namely Far East, China, Europe and The America’s, along with associated international and offshore tax planning.
Chris Ketley - chris@knilljames.co.uk
Led by our two female partners, both working mums themselves, we have formed a specialist team who know first hand the demands of balancing business and family. We have designed a service with your needs in mind to handle all your accounting, finance and tax affairs.
We focus on you and your specific needs to ensure you get a joined up service, benefitting from our experience and expertise at a price which offers you great value. From the preparation of accounts to advising on business structure we will help your business grow and prosper.
Sue Foster - sue@knilljames.co.uk
Suzanne Craig - suzanne@knilljames.co.uk
Working with a wide range of property developers, investors and builders in London and across the South East Knill James' Property & Construction group understands first hand the challenges facing the property and construction industry. We can put together an integrated service package drawing on our accountancy knowledge, tax specialisms and corporate advisory expertise to help you achieve the goals of your project.
David W Martin - david@knilljames.co.uk
We act for a growing number of independent schools and academies. Our dedicated Schools & Academies team has strong personal and professional experience of the education sector. Through our membership of the UK200 Group we access a technical resource of similar sized firms who act for a significant number of academies and can therefore ensure that we continue to deliver best practice.
We understand the complex and ever-changing environment within which you operate and are committed to providing a service offering support and wide-ranging advice which enables you to focus on your educational goals.
Sue Foster - sue@knilljames.co.uk
David W Martin - david@knilljames.co.uk