Facets

The Stiddard Companies provide financial based services to individuals and small business clients. Currently this takes the form of Accounting Services and Business Advice from three Kent regional offices in Maidstone, Bexley and Bromley along with Independent Financial Services from our central office in Maidstone.

The Stiddard Model is designed to achieve and retain the close client relationships of a small accountancy practice whilst at the same time benefit from the advantages of a larger organisation. We achieve this by running each office independently as if it were a single practice. Each office is kept to a size that does not compromise the client relationship.

We aim to grow through the opening of new regional offices as opportunities arise and through the addition of other centralized financial based services. The 2 growth areas are closely linked in as far as further regional offices provide both additional turnover and a market for the centralized services.

The regional Accountancy offices are managed by qualified general practitioners who have the all round technical skills to serve the majority of the needs of any individual or small to medium sized business. Similarly, the centralized IFA is headed up by a Chartered Adviser with broad experience in the business and personal markets. In the event of their being a technical issue, which we cannot cover, we have arrangements with specialist outside firms.

Our market is therefore:
1. Any small or medium sized (typically owner managed) business, which is serious about growth and good financial control or
2. Any individual who has savings or income at a level, which will benefit from tax and investment planning.

As a firm, we believe that that the time that it takes to complete compliance based work such as Annual Accounts, Corporation Tax Returns and Personal Tax Returns to the required professional standard is on the whole fixed by the guidelines of the professional bodies. This means that fees are wholly dictated by the hourly rates charged. The Stiddard financial model means that we have the overheads of a small firm whilst maintaining the benchmark professional standards of a larger firm. Our hourly rates are less than the larger firms and more than competitive with equivalent small firms. If a competitor can charge less for a job it is because less time is being spent and standards are therefore being compromised.