Our name - Pronunciation "kɒmpjʊtənt" - Noun - a person who calculates, an arithmetician; from the Latin computo - I calculate, compute.
Computant Limited is owned and run by Martin & Caroline Gatehouse. Along with our associates who assist us in providing our services, we have considerable and diverse experience which we bring to our clients.
Martin, is a former partner in practice, who has also worked in industry and he brings his skills, knowledge and expertise in all things accounting and computing to the clients of the company.
Martin is an ICAEW member & is an approved adviser for Xero.
Caroline has accumulated more than 30 years of varied experience in public accountancy practice.
Caroline although experienced in many book keeping packages including Xero & Sage, specialises in Quickbooks and is a Quickbooks ProAdvisor.
Our emphasis is on service - we aim to provide clients with the speed of response and quality of work which we would expect ourselves. We view our role in clients' affairs as that of business advisers, often assisting in areas beyond the traditional accounting and assurance services.
Martin personally holds an ICAEW practising certificate, but Computant Limited trades as an unaffiliated business. The company holds appropriate PII cover and a registration with HMRC for anti-money laundering supervision.
The law is constantly changing and affects each person or business in different ways. In the eyes of HMRC and Companies House, businesses and individuals retain responsibility for their returns, calculations and payments. Final tax liabilities and any liability for penalties for late returns, late payments or any errors on paperwork legally remain with the client.
We provide assistance in helping each person and business who is a client meet their objectives and obligations, but do not accept liability if sole-reliance is placed on advice or work done by Computant Limited on their behalf.