Our Ethos
Our focus is primarily on the commercial aspects of your business, what makes it work, how to make it more profitable and how best to protect your business for the medium and long term. We have built a reputation for providing business focussed accountancy and tax planning services to clients of all sizes: from private individuals, sole traders, and start-ups to established SMEs.
While we will take care of your annual accounts and tax returns in a professional manner, we go beyond that traditional role to become an essential part of your management team and decision-making process.
Meet the team
Fergal
Melia
Principal
Fergal is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland. After graduating from NUIG with a commerce degree, Fergal trained and qualified in a Top 10 ten accountancy firm in Ireland. Subsequent to that Fergal worked in one of the big 4 international accountancy firms for a number of years before working as Financial Controller in Industry for two years.
Fergal established the practice in 2012 as founding partner. Fergal’s unique background of experience with both small enterprises and large as well as a number of years of commercial experience in industry allows him offer commercial advice and compliance advise to his clients. Fergal areas of expertise would be business consultancy, cash flow planning and profitability reviews and profit maximisation.
Marta
Ćwiak
Senior Accountant
Marta has worked in accounts and bookkeeping for over 10 years both in practice and industry. Marta has a specific expertise in payroll and personal tax.
Marta works primarily on sole trader and company accounts compliance to include payroll, vat returns, management accounts and annual accounts to the company’s office.
General Questions
Isn’t it just larger businesses that need an accountant?
Of course not, even the smallest business can benefit from advice on ways to minimise tax and manage their accounts. If you prefer, we can handle all of your bookkeeping, regular management accounts and VAT returns on your behalf. The added benefit of us being involved is that having prepared the books it makes the final accounts much easier, saving time and keeping costs down.
Working with an accountant is an added cost to any business. However, the cost should be offset by the value they add. We work closely with our clients to achieve their goals. By getting to know you and your business well, we can tailor what we do specifically for your needs and your strategy, thereby adding value.
We aim to provide you with a fixed fee quote that will cover the areas we will work on together. This will be based on the complexity and volume of the tasks involved. Should any additional assignments come up during the year then we will provide a quote in advance, unless the matter is urgent and it is in your best interests to take action on your behalf. We offer you the chance to pay our fees monthly and avoid having a large invoice in one go, which helps your cashflow. One thing is for sure, if you telephone with a query you won’t get a bill. We want you to let us know how you are.
If you want to keep your own accounting records, then that is fine. If you need some help then we can give you some training. Ensuring that you understand the best way to prepare your accounting information makes it easier for us to complete your accounts or tax return. If we do this for you then you can concentrate on running your business.
Sometimes it helps to have a fresh pair of eyes look at your business. We will listen to you and firstly understand the history of the business and then how you want to develop it. We can carry out a “healthcheck” of the operating systems, management and financial reporting in place; advise on any matters arising and recommend any actions required. All designed to match up with your goals, which we established at the outset.
