Burgis & Bullock are efficient and professional. I've been with them for more than 25 years. I highly recommend Burgis & Bullock and have recommended them to friends who have struggled to find a decent accountant. I've been with Burgis & Bullock for so long, and they've provided an excellent service so I've never thought of moving. Any queries I've had on any invoices that I thought may be a little too high, I speak to Sean directly and he will revise it for me. If someone is doing all that for you you can't complain.
The accounts part is as big a part of your business as any other part; you can make millions but if your accounting is not right you can lose millions. I've not needed their advice to grown my business as I've got experience in training, manufacturing and property, so I've not needed their expertise in growth, and it's just me and I subcontract a lot of my work out, but I do need a good accountant. Taxation is important and Burgis & Bullocks advice is absolutely brilliant, but it's the efficiency I benefit from more than anything; somebody who's able to do things on time, and give me advice on time. If I'm buying a property I know the accounts are set up, the new company is set up, if I need a vat number they get it done. During the covid lockdown I was buying a new property while everything was shut, and one call to Sean and he said "no worries, go ahead with the purchase", and got it all set up and got me a vat number. I don't think I've ever called and they've not called me back within a 15-20 minute period.
Name:Sucha Bansal
Job Title:Managing Director
Company:Banban Ltd/Haiban House Ltd/Vertical Homes Ltd
Town:Sutton Coldfield
Date:06/07/2020
Service(s) Provided: Accounts & Tax, Audit, Personal Tax & Finance
All members of the team are professional and personal at the same time. Everyone we deal with on a regular basis knows our business and how we work. Nothing is a problem for the team to sort out and they all generally go the extra mile to be helpful.
Name:Sara Wilkins
Job Title:Director
Company:Researchcraft Limited
Date:16/06/2020
Service(s) Provided: Accounts & Tax
I like the fact that Burgis & Bullock are quite corporate, but personal; I feel they're big enough to cope but small enough to care. The biggest benefit has been the technology that they have implemented into their business; they're very proactive with technology, I feel, for an accounting firm, compared to previous accountants, and that's really benefited the business. I used to use QuickBooks before but I've started using Xero which Burgis & Bullock recommended, and on the back of that I've started using Fluidly and Receipt Bank which saves me loads of time from an expenses point of view. I love that I can just take a picture and send it to them and know it's done, and I can just throw the receipt away, and that's all driven by the fact that they embrace technology, otherwise I'd still be muddling along with QuickBooks. Burgis & Bullock are more expensive than previous accountants but I feel it's good value for money. They've got different departments that specialise in their field; Jane does month end, Marie does bookkeeping, Sheila does personal tax etc. so you know who does what rather than it being one person.
Name:Nicole Markham
Job Title:Managing Director
Company:Sales Bond Ltd
Town:Birmingham
Date:16/06/2020
Service(s) Provided: Accounts & Tax, Cloud Accounting, Bookkeeping & VAT, Payroll
Two main things stand out about Burgis & Bullock; I have a dedicated person who looks after my day to day affairs, particularly PAYE, and the other key factor is that they use Xero and are able to support me with anything I need when it comes to the accounts side. It's more of a confidence thing; Burgis & Bullock don't get involved in the day to day stuff, that's for me to do, but with them having their eyes and ears open on the accounts and taxes, and knowing they're there in the background and I can get any advice I need, which is good.
I'm more than happy with them an I'd recommend them to anybody.
Name:David Hall
Job Title:Owner/Director
Company:Harvest Communications Ltd
Town:Nuneaton
Date:10/06/2020
Service(s) Provided: Accounts & Tax, Cloud Accounting, Audit, Tax Planning, Payroll
I deal with Trevor Day and have done for over 20 years. He comes to me and it's all good. Burgis & Bullock do my accounts, which is what they're there for. My last accountant unfortunately died so I was recommended to Burgis & Bullock and I've been with them ever since and have had no reason to change. I think I've been with them for 25 years at least.
Name:Peter Morton
Job Title:Owner
Company:The Morton Partnership
Town:Daventry
Date:04/06/2020
Service(s) Provided: Accounts & Tax, Cloud Accounting, Business Coaching, Audit, Tax Planning, Bookkeeping & VAT, Personal Tax & Finance
Re the Covid-19 situation, Dale, thank you very much; the resources that you have been sending through are very helpful and we have been sharing them with our ConsultingRoom members.Sue has also been fantastic, as always! รขโฌยฆ. And I know that I only need to email or pick the phone up for support from both of you, which is very welcome!
Name:Ron Myers
Date:02/04/2020
Service(s) Provided: Accountancy, Accountancy
I like that I know who I'm talking to and the fact that I can pick up the phone and speak to the person I need to speak to directly, and they're always friendly and helpful. Working with Burgis 7 Bullock has been extremely beneficial for our business; we started as a new business and have been with Burgis & Bullock for 13 years and in that time we have grown our bus immensely with Burgis & Bullock's help. I used to be a bank manager and I knew Burgis & Bullock through the banking industry, and because of that contact I approached them to help us when we started up.
Name:Angela Bourchier
Job Title:Company Secretary
Company:Moserve (Rugby) Limited
Town:Rugby
Date:17/03/2020
Service(s) Provided: Cloud Accounting, Accountancy
I like that the people at Burgis & Bullock are friendly; they do quite a lot in the community, to support businesses amongst other things. They've taken the time over the years to understand what the BID actually is. We're not like a normal company in that we're set up as a limited company, not a charity, but we're a not for profit partnership, so there are different laws attached to us. Some accountants don't work with charities but Burgis & Bullock have taken the time to understand it, and to learn about it, and what we need in terms of reporting back to our stakeholders. We've worked with them for about 11 or 12 years. I've not used any others though I did re-tender the contract last year, which we do every five years; We met, and got proposals from 4 others and Burgis & Bullock, and they were obviously successful. Compared to the others they had to work quite hard on price to be considered. They came in about third out of five initially. I didn't really want to move if I'm honest so the fact that they were flexible was great. Had they not been flexible we'd have had to move as we're not for profit. The laws are constantly changing so it's been really valuable. They were really proactive on GDPR running workshops. We've also just done a big change from Sage to Xero based on their recommendation and we're really happy. There's other firms around this town, legal firms and commercial services, who say they're into the community but don't support it the way these guys do.
Name:Stephanie Kerr
Job Title:Executive Director
Company:BID Leamington
Town:Leamington SPa
Date:14/01/2020
Service(s) Provided: Audit
I like the continuity that you get through working with the same team; it's quite important that they have some history as well so you're not reinventing the wheel every time the audit team comes in. This will only be my second year end. I've worked with other accountants in the past and it's much of a muchness, although I do feel that Burgis & Bullock have more of a team so you have a point of contact if you have a specific question, and they're always quick to come back.
Name:Sally Wilcox
Job Title:Finance Manager
Town:Moreton-in-Marsh
Date:10/01/2020
Service(s) Provided: Audit
It's a very personal service that's tailored to individual needs. It's made my job much much easier because the people I deal with for the two businesses I do the books for, that relationship has changed the way I work completely and made things so much easier. Nigel will explain things and if I don't understand will do it for me to show me how it should be done. There's a time benefit as well. With the previous accountant I dealt with for my sons business I used to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to understand the accounts only to realise that I shouldn't have been doing that as it's the accountant's job. I recommended Burgis & Bullock to my son, and although he is winding down his business, he didn't trust his previous accountant to do the final accounts. After working with Burgis & Bullock he said to me "What a breath of fresh air it is dealing with Nigel." The other thing is that they are so contactable, they'll always get back to you straight away in a very clear and concise way.
Name:Barbara Graham
Job Title:Director
Company:Graham Consulting UK Limited
Town:Kenilworth
Date:08/01/2020
Service(s) Provided: Accounts & Tax, Payroll