Business development
Business start-ups
Charities
Corporate finance
Family businesses
Healthcare
Legal


Business development

At Baldwins we have developed an integrated range of financial and commercial services to support your business. Our consultancy team, led by a dedicated manager, can help you overcome commercial business challenges including:

• Financial forecasting and performance management

• Preparation of formal business plans with key performance indicators

• Financing or refinancing

• Business restructuring

• Advice on IT systems for effective financial planning and management

Business start-ups

Baldwins works closely with start-up businesses to help them manage their way through what can potentially be a financial minefield. Using a team of dedicated and friendly accountants and financial planning experts, we offer fixed price agreements to start-ups so you can budget account fees more easily. In addition, we can help you with:

• Financial assistance
• Transparent pricing structures
• Qualified accountants who integrate fully into your business to become part of your team

Charities

Baldwins has many years experience working closely with clients within the charity sector, providing a wide range of value added services from our Partners and specialist advisors.

Our risk based charity audit approach means that we can work with our charity audit clients to mitigate risks and meet their charitable objectives. Instead of audits, all charities and charitable companies with incomes between £25,000 and £500,000 are required to prepare accounts each financial year and have these independently examined. Baldwins currently acts for many such charities and can provide a thorough but cost-effective examination. We also:

• Advise charities on SORP compliant financial statements
• Ensure compliance with the Charities Act 2006 and the Companies Act 2006
• A well-planned, thorough audit process
• Practical problem-solving and relevant, implementable financial solutions
• Expert advice and support to management and trustees in every area of charity finance
• Fixed fee, value for money audit fee
• All year round telephone support

Corporate finance

Baldwins has a dedicated team of specialist Corporate Finance advisers.  We are highly experienced in advising business owners and managers on a range of matters, including:

• Business sales
• Acquisitions
• Management Buy-Outs
• Raising funds and re-financing
• Business valuations
• Financial forecasts

Family businesses

As a third generation family business, Baldwins understands the issues and challenges often faced by companies with a similar structure. As a result, Baldwins has been advising other family businesses for more than forty years.

Family businesses have the skill set required in their trade but sometimes lack financial business support.  Baldwins is committed to providing advice and guidance on family sensitive matters with a team of local accountants who work closely with companies to provide:

• Taxation planning support for the business and family members
• Effective succession planning
• Ensuring shareholder agreements contain the correct clauses
• Preparing a business for sale
• Identifying potential buyers
• Ensuring appropriate wills are in place
• Financial support
• Inheritance tax planning

Healthcare

Baldwins has built an excellent reputation in the healthcare profession, providing accounting, business and financial advice, in particular, to GPs across the Midlands.

We work extensively with GP practices, consultants, dentists, pharmacies, and locums, offering advice on the following:

• Contract negotiations for GMS, PMS and APMS contracts
• Development and implementation of cash flow structures to maximise profits
• Accounting taxation
• Bookkeeping
• Superannuation
• Partnership mergers and splits
• Additional funding requirements
• Effective trading vehicles for law firms including LLPs
• Firm sales/mergers
• Tax efficient remuneration policies
• Audits

Legal

Baldwins offers specialist advice for those working in the legal profession, including law firms, lawyers and solicitors.

We currently work with a large number of solicitors across the Midlands, offering guidance and expert advice on accounts and accounts rules in addition to:

• Effective trading vehicles for law firms including LLPs
• Firm sales/mergers
• Tax efficient remuneration policies
• Audits