Welcome to Z group
Solving complex problems

We take the time to understand you, your business and where you want to get to. We identify the value drivers, potential pitfalls and risks and challenge your assumptions to ensure you have a robust business model.

Working in tandem with our corporate solicitors, we set the company up correctly from the outset taking into consideration the purpose, funding requirements and strategy, tax, SEIS/EIS and potential future shareholders.

Naturally we provide advice on the right accounting system and softwares for the business depending on the industry you are in, company size, where you trade and internal and external reporting requirements.

We work with fast growth start-ups, creative and ambitious SMEs, family and property investment companies.

We are extremely proud of our small business unit - the engine of Z group. The focus here is getting our clients financially fit, working on the business and beating budgets.

Our team of experienced tax and bookkeeping specialists fully understand the challenges you face and how lonely it can be to go through the many trials of running a small business alone. Getting the right help can be a daunting prospect, we make it as easy as possible to find the right advice and provide a complete outsourced finance function tailoring to your business requirements.

Discussing the consistently produced, timely management information that is presented in a format that works for you, monitoring the right KPI’s and holding you accountable for making decisions is how we do this.

When the time comes to start planning an exit, Z group are perfectly positioned, and have a comprehensive range of competencies, to offer a full M&A advisory service to our clients.

If you are considering acquiring or exiting a business, our multi-disciplinary team of chartered accountants, HR advisors, solicitors and tax specialists combine real experience of having successfully acquired, integrated and disposed of businesses to support you every step of the way, maintaining momentum and consistency during complex and transformational transactions. We understand the importance of streamlining the process to reduce the stress and uncertainty.

We have considerable experience advising on mergers, acquisitions and disposals of companies and businesses across a broad range of sectors. We can advise on ownership structuring, tax considerations and transaction due diligence, as well as providing all the legal, financial and business support that you will need on either the sell-side or buy-side of the deal. We also provide a compliant solution for transferring employees during business sales.

Individuals have very different needs to businesses, both emotionally and practically. Our tax advisors can assist you in the technical areas set out below, where we can support you and your family. This may be through estate planning, succession planning or bespoke individual tax advice.

We provide a comprehensive offering, including income and capital gains tax (CGT) planning as well as inheritance tax (IHT) and succession planning, helping our clients navigate not just the present, but the future.

We ensure your affairs are set up in the most tax efficient manner, from the correct structuring (e.g. a family investment company or owning assets in unequal shares) through to the most appropriate extraction route (e.g. dividends, different share classes, enhanced pension contributions).