Legal
Company information
Farrant Frost and All Beans Counted are trading styles of:
Farrant Frost Ltd
Registered in England and Wales, company number 6511056
Trading address:
1 High Street
Pewsey
Wiltshire
SN9 5AF
Tel: 01672 564370
Registered office:
3 Oxford Cottages
Alton Barnes
Marlborough
Wiltshire
SN8 4LD
Ethical Guidelines
We will observe the ethical guidelines of our professional bodies. Jenni Frost is licenced and regulated by the AAT to engage in public practice in accordance with licence number 5059. David Pickin is licenced and regulated by the IFA to engage in public practice in accordance with membership number 212682. Licence details are available at 1 High Street, Pewsey.
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Our insurers for professional indemnity are currently Beazley Syndicate 623 at Lloyd’s, Plantation House South, 60 Great Tower Street, London, EC3R 5AD.
From 01/09/2010 they will be HCC International Insurance Company Plc, Walsingham House, 35 Seething Lane, London EC3N 4AH.
Anti Money Laundering Legislation
All accountants must comply with the onerous duties imposed by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (the “Anti Money Laundering Legislation”), which are intended to inhibit the activities of terrorists and other criminals by denying them access to technical expertise. If we fail to perform these duties we risk imprisonment. Before taking on any client we must obtain satisfactory evidence of identity.
We assume that our clients are honest and law abiding. However, if at any time there appears to be ground to suspect (even if we do not actually suspect) that your affairs relate to ‘criminal property’ we are obliged to make a report to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), but we are prohibited from telling you that we have done so.
‘Criminal property’ is property in any legal form, whether money, real property, rights or any benefit derived from criminal activity. It does not matter who carried out the criminal activity or how removed the property is from the original crime. Even if you are honest in your dealings, if your property represents a benefit from someone elese’s crime, we must still make a report.
Activity is considered ‘criminal’ if it is a crime under UK law, no matter how trivial. For example, tax evasion is a criminal offence but an honest mistake is not. We will assume that all discrepancies are mistakes unless there is contrary evidence.
We will not be liable for any loss suffered by you or any third party as a result of our compliance with the Anti Money Laundering Legislation or any UK law or at all.