The best part about my job is helping my clients to accomplish their business goals and even realise their dreams.
For Kim and Angus of The Wildings Campsite near Bourton-on-the-Water, it was about using a plot of land on the family farmland to create a small, friendly campsite in 2019 which was part of a longer-term plan to build their dream house.
They wanted their campsite to be as welcoming, comfortable, and as nature filled as possible to give their visitors peace and relaxation which they have worked hard to achieve. Five years on and three years into our relationship working together, we caught up at their campsite, and whilst chatting about the family and discussing next steps to get them closer to their long-term goal, Kim said she would be happy to share their experience of working with me and the team at Randall & Payne.
Kimberley MacCurrach, Owner:
“Starting up a small business, even if you have run other businesses before, is complicated and very stressful – particularly if you have a young family in tow.
Shaun Pegler at Randall & Payne really helped us understand our numbers giving us the confidence to grow knowing that we had total financial clarity, explained to us in a way that we could understand and not in accountant speak. This help proved invaluable, particularly with the then Covid restrictions to navigate, and allowed us to concentrate on the business.
As the campsite grew and we started to take on employees, the larger Randall & Payne team came into their own as they did our payroll and VAT returns making these steps much less painful than they would have been, and more importantly we knew they were being done correctly.
As our team settled, Shaun and his team organised for us to have payroll and Xero training so we could do the payroll and VAT returns ourselves, which obviously saves us money. Their confidence to train clients and therefore lose money off their bottom line demonstrated their rightful confidence that once you are with them you don’t look around for somewhere else to go.
You find that you are able to grow more or improve and all the way through you get fantastic guidance and advice from the whole team which is large enough to have specialists in all areas that you might need as a growing business.
This year, Randall & Payne completed our yearend accounts and personal tax returns within six weeks of the year end. This has given us the ability to plan our tax exposure and greatly reduce the stress later in the year. Many grey hairs have been saved!
The experience with Shaun and the team has meant that we soon moved both our personal tax affairs and our other business’s accounts to them too and we have never looked back. The whole team are friendly, helpful and knowledgeable – they take the time to ask and understand what you are trying to achieve and do everything in their power to help you get there.
Re-reading this I’ve realised that it sounds like I work in their marketing department – I don’t, they are great and I highly recommend that you try them!”
