Upton Accountants - more info

[malvolio]

Considering they're of different ownership, staff, etc don't see why not. I've recently joined Tina and found her new company to be very friendly and efficient.

One of my colleagues used to be with Darren's old firm but dealt with one of the staff who didn't receive good reports.

Personally not affected by what went on with Upton & Co but given there's no involvement with any of the previous lot, have no hesitation in recommending Tina/Freedom, nice to be receiving a personal service that didn't receive elsewhere.

OK, fine. I assume they have a chartered accountant in there somewhere but are they accredited by any of the relevant professional bodies?

Incidentally, I did check, Uptons weren't ever PCG Accredited and Freedom haven't yet applied to be.

[Underscore Pt2]

More important in my view. Has the man been jailed yet?

[Irn Bru]

Accs

Has the man been jailed yet?

Don't think so, press would be jumping on it if had.

I do think you'd have to be nuts to get involved with the new firm. Unless you think his wife had no idea what was happening

If she had, would have been charged by now which isn't the case. Given the service and responses have been very good so far, perfectly happy to recommend.

[Bugbait]

Considering they're of different ownership, staff, etc don't see why not. I've recently joined Tina and found her new company to be very friendly and efficient.

One of my colleagues used to be with Darren's old firm but dealt with one of the staff who didn't receive good reports.

Personally not affected by what went on with Upton & Co but given there's no involvement with any of the previous lot, have no hesitation in recommending Tina/Freedom, nice to be receiving a personal service that didn't receive elsewhere.

You have got to be kidding? More than one person has reported that no accounts are being completed, even though money was paid in advance to Upton & Co unless you transfer to Freedom Accountancy. Duress anyone? No connection? This was going on when Tina "took over" Upton & Co before it going into liquidation. Tina refuses to answer any questions about client funds going missing. Oh yes, she has to wait for the court case. Yes and no. There's nothing stopping her from gaining some goodwill by addressing the problems IF she wanted to. Clearly she does not therefore I have to question her ethics.

Does Freedom Accountancy have the necessary accreditation and insurance to operate? Upton & Co did not. It's also a very young company so if anything went wrong what recourse (ie. Financial compensation) to clients have if anything goes wrong?

It's frankly naive to think that the problems at Upton & Co are mutually exclusive to Freedom Accountancy given the very DIRECT connection between the companies.

Am I biased? Of course, but I also have hard evidence to back up by opinions (bank statements and emails).

EDIT: For the record none of the above is part of the case, atleast as far as my witness statements are concerned against Darren Upton. These are merely other pieces of information.

[Bugbait]

More important in my view. Has the man been jailed yet? I do think you'd have to be nuts to get involved with the new firm. Unless you think his wife had no idea what was happening (new aston appears on drive, new bently appears on drive)

Darren is due back in court to face further criminal charges (although plea will follow later) at the start of December. He's still out on conditional bail as far as I know.

[ASB]

There's nothing stopping her from gaining some goodwill by addressing the problems IF she wanted to. Clearly she does not therefore I have to question her ethics.

A counter thought might be that since the matter is sub judice any comment of any description given her relationship with the accused could very easily be contempt of court.

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

I can't understand why he'd be so greedy anyway. I know from experience as I'm sure anyone who's read simonsjd's book will too, that a very good living can be made from being a contractor accountant. Conservatively, I reckon £500 per year per client is profit (based on a monthly fee of £80 + VAT). How many clients did Upton have at its peak? 1,000 maybe? That's half-a-million profit per year. Is that not enough?

[Irn Bru]

Commercial

Does Freedom Accountancy have the necessary insurance to operate?

It's frankly naive to think that the problems at Upton & Co are mutually exclusive to Freedom Accountancy given the very DIRECT connection between the companies.

Am I biased? Of course, but I also have hard evidence to back up by opinions (bank statements and emails).

From your previous posts I see you're one of those affected by Upton & Co. I pay my money so take my chances, personally I've no beef with Tina and the new staff. The new company are insured, made sure of it.

Naive...how can she talk about the case! As for taking on the work of another company....would you!? She'd probably be unable to take on that much work unpaid, wouldn't do it myself unless was taking on a further work which would be paid for. I see others have offered this as well.

Just offering up my experiences from an unbiased point of view.

[prozak]

If anyone is still following the Upton case it seems "Freedom Accountants" has already changed its details, maybe trying to hide its past?

Was:
FREEDOM ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
36 WOOD STREET
WAKEFIELD
WEST YORKSHIRE
UNITED KINGDOM
WF1 2HB
Company No. 07580891
Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off
Date of Incorporation: 28/03/2011

Now:
FREEDOM ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED
1 APPLETON COURT
CALDER PARK
WAKEFIELD
WEST YORKSHIRE
ENGLAND
WF2 7AR
Company No. 07680002
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 23/06/2011

The contact address on their website has been changed accordingly as well.

Yes I see what they've done there.

Have to look very hard to get past the obfuscation but I managed it eventually.

If it wasn't for your very cunning research this change would have been invisible to mere mortals. Well done.

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EDIT: Double post.