We currently have 4 job vacancies as follows:

1. Accounts Senior in our Pershore Office.  This is a completely new role due to increased business.
2. Part Time Payroll Clerk at Ledbury Office to assist with our expanding payroll bureau.
3. Receptionist/Bookkeeper at our Ledbury Office due to our Receptionist emigrating to the USA.
4. A farming Semi Senior covering both our offices due to a retirement, maternity leave and the continued growth of the farming team.  

Please see full details of these job vacancies on the Jobs tab above or click here.

The Directors

The Directors’ at Crowthers are pleased to report on our accounts to 31 March 2013 which has seen a major step forward in our business.

Overall we have achieved a 12% turnover growth which has mainly come from new client work. Business tax planning assignments have also increased and we are delighted with the continued development of the specialist agricultural team.

The growth in turnover is especially pleasing as we have not increased our charge out rates. We believe we are now offering even better value for money borne out by increasing referrals of new work from our existing clients.

A big thank you to all our team members and clients for your support over the last year.

There has been some confusion amongst our professional contacts following the merger announced on 1 March 2013 between the firm called Crowther Beard in Worcester with Nicklin.  We understand that the new firm will be called Nicklin.

All of our contacts and clients can be assured that we have no connection with either of these firms and Crowthers Chartered Accountants will continue to operate from our Pershore and Ledbury offices.

We have no plans to merge with any other firm or change our name!

Richard Beard

Jonathan Crowther

Our senior directors, Jonathan Crowther and Richard Beard, (who were two of the original founder members of Crowther Beard) have welcomed the news as it will remove all confusion about the firm’s name in the future.

George Osborne presented his Budget on Wednesday 20 March 2013.

Main new Budget tax proposals

• Date set for increase in the personal allowance to £10,000.
• New scheme for tax free childcare.
• Further reduction in the main rate of corporation tax to 20% from 1 April 2015.
• Employee-shareholder contracts will be exempt from income tax and NIC for the first £2,000 of shares received.
• The introduction of an allowance of £2,000 per year for all businesses and charities to be offset against their employer Class 1 NIC liability from April 2014.
• A capital gains tax re-investment relief for gains made in the tax year 2013/14 where the gain is invested in Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme shares.

Significant non-tax measures have been announced to tackle long-term problems in the housing market and are covered in our summary.

Our Budget Summary focuses on the issues likely to affect you, your family and your business. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us for advice.

Click here to read our summary of the Budget 2013

More than 150 people packed a conference to hear NFU Vice President Adam Quinney and BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson talk about industry issues.

The Pershore conference, dubbed The Tale of Two Adams, was held last Thursday (24 January) and saw both men address delegates before taking questions from the floor.

Crowthers co-sponsored the event with Carver Knowles as usual, but were joined this year by Shakespeares Solicitors.

Adam Henson, who farms near Stow-on-the-Wold, spoke about his background, the influence of his father, Joe Henson MBE, the work at Cotswold Farm Park and his life as a farmer and TV presenter.

Adam, who also presents Lambing Live with Kate Humble, also talked about an American mega dairy he had visited which housed 32,000 cows, bovine tuberculosis and other pressing industry issues.

Adam Quinney, echoed some of Mr Henson’s comments and urged farmers to tell people about their work because the industry could deliver solutions in terms of food, to the environment, cleaner energy, careers, to the economy and much more.

He said “I think it is really important to show that farming can deliver and to talk to them about all of the issues we deal with in the countryside”.

Picture courtesy of Carver Knowles.

In the picture: Jonathan Crowther (Crowthers Chartered Accountants), Ray Foster-Morrison (NFU Group Secretary), John Mercer (NFU Regional Director), Adam Henson (BBC Presenter and Farmer), Peter Snodgrass (Shakespeares Solicitors), Adam Quinney (NFU Vice President) and Andrew Trougton (Carver Knowles).