Melville and Co Chartered Accountants have been helping local businesses to grow for over two decades. Give them a call and see how they can help your business today
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Welcome to Melville & Co - Chartered Accountants
The small and growing business specialists for over 20 years
We are a well established two partner general practice accountancy firm based in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. We offer a comprehensive range of accountancy services, everything from the preparation of basic tax returns and accounts preparation for smaller businesses through to audits and financial planning. Our clients are locally based within Furness, including Ulverston, Dalton in Furness and Barrow.
About Us
We offer a friendly and efficient service utilising the best I.T with on line filing of personal tax returns. We use most book-keeping packages including Sage and Quickbooks and we submit our clients end of year payroll returns on line in order to attract the Inland Revenue incentive payments.
Our modern premises are set off the Barrow one way system with ample parking available. See the Contact Us page to find out more information. Your initial meeting is free of charge and without obligation.
Accountancy & Auditing Service
We provide a full range of annual accountancy, quarterly VAT and management accounts and bookkeeping services. We are registered auditors and provide statutory audit services to a number of companies and charities. We also do specialist audit work such as the audit of grant claims.
Taxation Advice & New Business Start Ups
We deal with all self assessment tax returns which are submitted on line for faster processing. We also offer tax planning and advice. We can guide you through the process to ensure that you meet all your registration requirements and consider the best options for you, be it limited company or sole trader with detailed analysis of advantages and disadvantages.
Book-keeping, VAT & Payroll Service
We deal with all aspects of VAT including quarterly VAT returns & on line submission, registration and consideration of the flat rate scheme and cash accounting where appropriate. We also help to review or complete up client records on Sage, Quickbooks, spreadsheets or manual records as appropriate
We operate a payroll bureau service with set fees per payroll run and number of employees, on line confirmation of payment and end of year returns.
Meet the team
Partners:
Russell Longton
Russell has extensive experience as a partner in large/medium sized accountancy practices. He became a partner in the firm in 1999 and took full control of the firm shortly afterwards on the retirement of the founding partner. He lives in Ulverston and is an active member of Furness Rotary and St Georges Society and he sits on the panel of the local enterprise agency. He has excellent contacts in the region.
James Goffe
James is an accountancy graduate who qualified with the London office of a national firm but subsequently moved to smaller firms in London and the West Country before moving to lovely Cumbria. He lives in the Duddon Valley and is a keen fell runner and race organiser for the Duddon Valley Fell races.
Senior Manager: Simon Oram
Simon Oram is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant. He handles the work flow of the office and acts as manager on many of the larger jobs. He is also responsible for many of the specialist assignments including charities.
Support Staff
Grahame Hewson handles many of the larger accounts preparation and audit jobs and management accounts using Sage.
Paula Brereton is in charge of our payroll bureau service. She is assisted by Adam Smith. Paula also does many of the accounts jobs and some book-keeping and VAT's.
Sue Lynas heads our tax department dealing with self assessment tax returns for individuals and partnerships. She also does the contractor returns and some accounts jobs and is assisted by Joshua Flower.
Wendy Bentley, Leanne Tomkins and Joshua Flower handle most of our smaller accounts jobs, book-keeping and VAT's. Wendy is our expert on Quickbooks.
Marion New. Marion is our Receptionist & Admin Assistant who supports the Partners and Practice Manager with various administrative duties. She is also the friendly voice who most frequently answers your calls.
Madeline Wilson is the Practice Manager. She is responsible for the firm's bookkeeping and administrative procedures, plus marketing, client relations and various other duties including a PA role for the Senior Partner.
Whatever your accounting needs, call Melville & Co on 01229 434000.
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latest reviews
I do some work for an international charity and unfortunately we were let down by our normal Accountants. Simon at Melville's came to our rescue. He gave us excellent advice, a very competitive quotation and liaised with our trustees to make sure they knew exactly what he was doing. Once we have completed our 2012 accounts they will be landing on Simon's desk. Thank you Melville and Co for an excellent service. Suzanne
I would like to take this opportunity of thanking you very much for your help and services over the last 7 years. These were important in giving me the confidence to move into the private sector after 33 years in government work. I applaud what you are doing for small businesses and I wish you every success for the future. Mr C Barr
Melville and Co have been accountants for myself, my wife and our three business for some 10 years. We have always found them extraordinarily helpful in their professional role. Both myself and my wife are "innocents" in financial matters and have often set Melville seemingly impossible problems to solve on our behalf. Their knowledge of the complexity of the company and tax law seem enormous, while their patience at our ignorance is that of Job! Their help in many respects has 'saved our bacon' time and time again. To anyone seeking accountancy or tax advice I can only respond that you cannot be without their help and guidance, irrespective of the size of your problem.
We have always been very satisfied with the service you have given us. We have found our telephone calls to your office have always been dealt with efficiently and promptly.
We were really grateful for the way Melville and Co responded to us when we had to find an auditor quickly. They have quickly grasped the regulatory requirements and have understood the difficulties a small credit union has in managing them. The staff are friendly and welcoming, the main point of contact has always been first class, and the price is fantastic given our circumstances.
Melville and Co have dealt with my personal and business accounting for over twelve years and throughout that time I have never been anything but satisfied with the service the firm provides. My affairs are always handled with efficiency and discretion and the advice I have received has been first rate. The staff are courteous and quick to respond to any enquiry. I can recommend Melville and Co without hesitation to anyone needing a good accountant.
One evening, after 5:00pm, I arrived at Trinity Enterprise Centre with some late personal tax information and could not gain entry to the building. I waited until someone from Melville and Co came out, on the way to their home. They immediately recognised me and took my papers back to their desk to place with the rest of my personal papers, thus saving me a second visit. I was most grateful for their helpfulness. Mr Ian Palmer
It was great to see you recently, and many thanks for a wonderful service and most excellent feedback about improving our financial controls system. Arne Wood â Operations Manager of âFeed My Peopleâ (Charity)
I use the services of Melville and Co and have always found them to be extremely knowledgeable, helpful, correct and courteous. I am happy that my tax affairs are in the safe hands of such an excellent firm. Ralph Spours Estate Agents, Ulverston