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When it comes to starting your own business, you need to think about which legal form your business will take. Decisions about business formation will be guided by the type of small business you’re starting, your attitude to personal financial risk and whether you are starting a business by yourself or with partners. we can […]

Take your business to the next level with the new Help to Grow programme, which was announced in the March 2021 Budget. UK Businesses from any sector that have been operating for more than 1 year, with between 5 to 249 employees are eligible. For more information and to register an interest see www.helptogrowcampaign.gov.uk

Brookes Stephens’ offices will close on Friday 20th December 2019 and re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020. We would like to wish all our clients a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Brookes Stephens’ offices will close on Friday 21st December 2018 and re-open on Wednesday 2nd January 2019. We would like to wish all our clients a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Brookes Stephens’ offices will close on Friday 22nd December 2017 and re-open on Tuesday 2nd January 2018. We would like to wish all our clients a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Brookes Stephens’ offices will close on Friday 23rd December 2016 and re-open on Tuesday 3rd January 2017. We would like to wish all our clients a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Brookes Stephens Chartered Accountants are proud to be sponsoring an award in the 2017 Business Networking Awards, a fantastic event that celebrates the achievements of businesses in the Lichfield, Tamworth and Sutton Coldfield area.

Brookes Stephens are proud to be organising a Cockles’ Climbers Charity Ball in memory of our late colleague and friend, Amanda Cockle. It is on Saturday 17 September at Aston Wood Gold Club, Sutton Coldfield, tickets are £40 each. The ball is in aid of the Tamworth Wellbeing Cancer Support Centre, a charity that helped […]

Brookes Stephens’ offices will close at 5pm on Wednesday 23rd December 2015 and re-open at 9am on Monday 4th January 2016. We would like to wish all our clients a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Brookes Stephens are delighted to welcome new staff member Louise Dickson to the team. Louise has already been helping us out in the office for a few months and has now officially joined the company in the role of Administrator. Louise will be assisting in the smooth running of the office systems, and we are […]

A huge ‘well done’ to Emily for qualifying to represent Great Britain at the European Triathlon Championships. The event, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal in May 2016, sees elite triathletes from all over Europe compete over three disciplines, swim, bike and run. Emily fits her training in around her full time hours at Brookes […]

It is 10 years this month since Leon took the plunge and started his own business. Over the years the company has grown steadily, expanding into new premises and adding new clients and members of staff along the way. To mark the occasion Leon treated the team to lunch to celebrate a successful first 10 […]

We are delighted that Anthony Robinson has agreed to join us in the role of Manager. Anthony is an AAT qualified Accountant who has been working closely with Brookes Stephens and our clients for the last few years but has now decided to commit himself to us full time! Anthony’s broad experience of accountancy and […]

Congratulations to Emily who recently passed her level 3 AAT qualification. Emily is a much valued and very important part of the team and we are proud of her continued success.

The Brookes Stephens offices will be open but with only skeleton staffing on Friday 6th June. Leon and the rest of the team will be travelling to Snowdonia to prepare for Saturday’s climb & will therefore be unavailable. Normal service will resume on Monday 9th June – wish us luck!

We are now just days away from our sponsored climb to the top of mount Snowdon & there is an air of excitement and a certain amount of nerves around the office! We are delighted to say that fundraising is going well and we are very nearly at our initial target of £2,000.00 raised for […]

Brookes Stephens are proud to be members of the local business networking group BNI Elite, who hold their breakfast meetings at Moor Hall Hotel, Sutton Coldfield every Friday. We are already benefiting from our membership of a group that has generated £980,000 worth of business in the last 12 months alone. The group are holding […]

Brookes Stephens were proud recipients of a ‘Highly Commended’ Professional Business of the Year Award at the Business Networking Awards 2014 which were held at Drayton Manor Hotel on Saturday.  We are very proud of this award and also two further ‘Highly Commended’ Awards received at the 2013 Award ceremony last year. We feel that […]

Emily Upton – PASSED! Congratulations to Emily who has passed her Level 2 AAT examinations recently. Emily joined us in December 2012 and has since become an integral member of team. We look forward to celebrating her further academic achievements in the years to come!

The night is almost upon us when we will find out who has been successful at the 2014 Business Networking Awards Ceremony. The team at Brookes Stephens are excited to have been shortlisted in 3 categories: Most Professional Business, Best Established Business, and Employer of the Year, and are looking forward to a top evening celebrating the best […]

E-Approval is here to stay!  Brookes Stephens are technologically leading the way with our adoption of E-Approval as our preferred method of receiving client approval for tax returns and other documents.  In 2012 the practice introduced IRIS OpenSpace, an online cloud based solution, allowing clients to access documents 24 hours a day, 7 days a […]

On Saturday June 7 colleagues & associates of Brookes Stephens will be attempting an ascent of Mount Snowdon, the highest peak in England & Wales. We wanted to show our support for one of our number, Amanda Cockle, who has bravely undergone treatment for breast cancer following the shock of her diagnosis last year at […]

We are delighted to confirm the promotion of Ann Pearsall to the position of Office Manager. Ann had already been performing many of the functions of the role & the new position formally recognises her role within the office. I am sure you will join us in congratulating Ann and the whole team look forward […]

Brookes Stephens are thrilled to have been short listed in 3 categories of the upcoming Business Networking Awards. The awards are seen as the most prestigious business event in the Tamworth, Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield area and recognise the outstanding achievements of businesses who are members of networking groups. Brookes Stephens are on the short […]

Brookes Stephens’ offices will close at 5pm on Friday 20th December 2013 and re-open at 9am on Thursday 2nd January 2014. We would like to wish all our clients a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Brookes Stephens have a very welcome new addition to the team! Alison Williams has joined us as an accountant having spent several years in practise prior to starting a family. We all look forward to working with Alison.

Local business networking group BNI Elite are holding a Visitors Day at the Ramada Hotel, Sutton Coldfield on 20 September 2013 from 6.45am Speakers at the event will include a 10 minute presentation by Leon Stephens. Anyone wishing to take the opportunity to see how getting involved with BNI can grow their business should contact […]

A big thank you to Amanda Cockle for all her hard work over the past 5 years. Amanda has decided to move on to pastures new and take on new challenges. I’m sure many of our clients will miss her and will also want to join us in wishing her every success in the future!

BNI Elite are hosting the Staffordshire Landlords Show at The Grill Inn, Drayton Manor Park, on April 17th from 4-7pm. The show is aimed at new & existing landlords, and those looking to buy-to-let. Property professionals will be on hand to advise on aspects of property management. Anyone interested in attending should contact Leon at […]

Business networking group BNI Elite recently hosted a Visitors Day which saw the attendance of 43 visitors, 9 of whom were invited along by Leon of Brookes Stephens. The meeting was hailed an outstanding success with many new business connections made and new business passed. If you would like to get involved with BNI, or […]

Brookes Stephens are proud to be members of the local business networking group BNI Elite, who hold their breakfast meetings at Moor Hall Hotel, Sutton Coldfield every Friday. We are already benefiting from our membership of a group that has generated £980,000 worth of business in the last 12 months alone. The group are holding […]

Brookes Stephens recently attended the Tamworth, Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield Business Networking Awards where we were honoured to receive the ‘Highly Commended’ Award in both the Employer of the Year and Best Established (over 2 years) Business categories. We are delighted to receive these awards and would like to offer our congratulations other local companies […]

Brookes Stephens’ offices will close at 5pm on Friday 21st December 2012 and re-open at 9am on Wednesday 2nd January 2013. We would like to wish all our clients a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Brookes Stephens have employed their first modern apprentice, Emily Upton, who will be studying the Level 2 AAT qualification at the local Babington Business College. We all look forward to working with Emily & helping her attain her accountancy qualification. She is already proving to be a very useful addition to the team!

We would like to extend a warm welcome to John Stylianou who has joined Brookes Stephens as our tax supervisor. John will be looking after the personal tax affairs of our clients and we know he will be kept very busy in the lead up to the filing deadline of 31st January!

We are delighted to have our new, cloud-based document handling system up and running. Iris Open Space gives clients the ability to access all their documents easily on-line any time – look out for your registration email coming soon!

A big thanks to student, Paul Crane, who spent the summer working at Brookes Stephens. Paul was instrumental in setting up our newsletter and our new online client system. We’re already missing him! If you are a student and would be interested in work during your holidays then get in touch!

Our congratulations and thanks to Amanda Cockle who has recently completed 5 years service with the company. Amanda joined the company in September 2007 when the firm was still in its infancy. Since that date we have moved offices, employed another 5 members of staff and grown our client based many times over. Thanks once […]

Leon Stephens, of Brookes Stephens Chartered Accountants, is an active member of Business B4 Work, a business networking group that meet on a weekly basis at the Grill Inn, Drayton Manor. Leon declared recently, “The group has been a real success since its formation in 2011. As a member I have had the opportunity to meet some […]

Welcome to our new website and many thanks to David and the team at inLIFE Design for building it! We hope you find the site helpful and informative. There are plenty of tax and business guides available in the resources section of the site. You can also read the latest edition of our monthly tax […]