Cater Allen introducers

[booms]

Hi,

Trying to find a Cater Allen account introducer and confirm what they can do.

I don't expect money to come into my account for another eight weeks or so, but I'd like to open the account now.

I understand with an introducer that would work well, as I wouldn't need the £5000 to open the reserve account, and wouldn't be charged if the account balance is below £5k for these eight weeks?

[realaledrinker]

I signed up with Churchill Knight for my accounting and got the Cater Allen account through them for free. No fees or minimum balance requirement.

Not over chuffed with CK thought. Not cheap and their service is decidedly average.

[Major Hassle]

Went with Gorilla, no issues.

[pr1]

I signed up with Churchill Knight for my accounting and got the Cater Allen account through them for free. No fees or minimum balance requirement.

Not over chuffed with CK thought. Not cheap and their service is decidedly average.

My advice would be to leave CK as soon as possible (I did) - I'd recommend a freeagent accountant

[missinggreenfields]

Why Cater Allen?

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

Not over chuffed with CK thought. Not cheap and their service is decidedly average.

There's another thread about CK on here that's worth a read.

[saptastic]

Hi,

Trying to find a Cater Allen account introducer and confirm what they can do.

I don't expect money to come into my account for another eight weeks or so, but I'd like to open the account now.

I understand with an introducer that would work well, as I wouldn't need the £5000 to open the reserve account, and wouldn't be charged if the account balance is below £5k for these eight weeks?

ContractorUK used to be an introducer but not any more from what I can see - but from previous threads many accountants also dropped out. Best call CA direct and ask them to direct you.

[Darren at Fox-Bartfield]

Cater Allan

They've just started taking on referrers again, had a good chat with our manager from the bank last week.

[Maslins]

ContractorUK used to be an introducer but not any more from what I can see - but from previous threads many accountants also dropped out. Best call CA direct and ask them to direct you.

Not answering the OP's question, but we used to be Cater Allen introducers. However increasingly we found them finding ever more frustrating excuses to reject applications that we gave up.

On the plus side though, when it comes to MVL Online's dealings with banks, Cater Allen are second only to Barclays in terms of swift turnaround.

[GrumpyContractor]

SJD did mine for free back along.

FWIW, get a free account through CaterAllen first, operate for six months or so, then switch to one of the main players.

Its much easier to follow this route than trying to open an account at any other high street branch with no existing business account. (Takes forever, need loads of paperwork in my experience).