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| Rickard Keen LLP Chartered Accountants |
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Overview:
Rickard Keen has been consistently providing a high level of service to our clients, contacts and the wider community for over 90 years.
We are an independent, five-partner firm based in the south-east of England, with offices in Southend and Basildon in Essex. Our team of over 50 experienced, qualified professionals are the driving force behind our extensive, excellent service.
We work with clients from all types and sizes of businesses, across many different industries and sectors. From tax compliance and wealth management services for our personal tax clients to audit and corporate tax services for international groups of companies, we will always have the resources to match your account with the right member of our team, ensuring that you benefit from experience and expert knowledge.
Our membership of MGI, an alliance of more than 200 firms spanning the world from the USA to Australia, means that our professional standards are subject to continual quality assurance. What’s more, the international links provided by the alliance allow us to retain our independence, but interact globally when we need to. We have access to expert knowledge of worldwide business practices, international tax solutions and strategic business opportunities. |
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History:
The earliest references to the founders of Rickard Keen can be found in the handbook of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. In 1925, Mr R Yorke Rickard established a firm in London and, in the same year, a Mr Hartley established a firm in Southend-on-Sea.
These firms grew in their own fashion, with that of Mr Hartley ultimately becoming Hartley Keen, operating from 2 Nelson Street. Mr Rickard’s firm grew both by opening an office in Southend, where he lived, and by opening additional offices in towns where he secured appointments as an insolvency practitioner.
Living memory recalls the time when the firm had additional offices in Worthing and Honiton. During the1960s, Rickard Porter had an office in Victoria Avenue, where many other firms and organisations used converted Victorian houses as office accommodation and Mr Porter used to grow potatoes in the front garden! By the late 1960s, Rickard Porter had located to 9 and 11 Nelson Street.
In 1980 the two firms merged, resulting in a practice which currently has five partners and 41 staff.
In 2005, the Basildon Office was opened and has gone from strength to strength. The firm has also continued to develop and has absorbed one or two small practices in recent years.
While Rickard Keen has been a successful training office for many years – with most of our qualified people having trained with the firm – we continue to focus on providing a prompt, efficient and personal service to all of our clients on a cost-effective basis.
Our clients range from very small personal tax cases to two companies which, ten years ago, were quoted on the Stock Exchange and who have bought themselves back and appointed us as their auditors.
In 2010, we were delighted to be awarded the ICAEW inaugural Essex Firm of the Year, followed by the Training Firm of the Year for Essex in 2011. We have been members of MGI for more than 30 years and are actively involved in this organisation, servicing our clients in the UK and abroad. |
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