Although we would much rather talk about you, we do appreciate that you may like a little more background on our firm.

Bates Weston is one of Derby’s leading firms of business advisors and chartered accountants, and the firm provides services to a wide range of clients from corporate groups and owner managed businesses, to the charities sector and private individuals, regardless of the size of their business or personal wealth.

Our aim is to help our clients achieve their long term personal and commercial goals by providing one balanced, central source of advice. In-house professionals offer a complete range of services including: accountancy and audit services; tax planning; corporate finance; insolvency and corporate recovery services; IT consultancy; investment planning; financial services; HR consultancy and outsourcing of bookkeeping, payroll and management accounts.

We are based in the centre of Derby with 10 partners and 70 staff and we have one of the largest and most successful accountancy training programmes in the region.

Our history can be traced back to the 1920’s when Arthur Clarke & Co was established in Green Lane. After a series of mergers Arthur Clarke & Co became Bates Foston and came together with R J Weston in 1993 to form the Bates Weston we see today. The firm takes an active part in the commercial community, being members of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce, Marketing Derby and ProHelp.

Bates Weston is the trading name of Bates Weston LLP and Bates Weston Audit Limited. Bates Weston LLP, registered in England OC361828, is regulated for a range of investment business activities and Bates Weston Audit Limited, registered in England and Wales No 264228, is registered to carry on audit work, both by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Neither firm is  authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 but Bates Weston LLP is able, in certain circumstances to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because we are members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. We can provide these investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide.