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Our refreshing approach
NR Barton Chartered Accountants have been leading the way for trusted accountancy, tax and business advisory advice for over 70 years. Achieving potential has been at the heart of our approach since day one, and we’re not afraid to shake the accountancy world up.
Operating from our offices on Bridgeman Terrace in Wigan we have over 40 partners and staff advising clients across the North West.
Achieving potential is very important to us. This means that we focus on working with our clients to provide trusted advice to help achieve financial goals.
Over 70 Years of experience
The NR Barton story traces back to 1948 when founder Norman Richard Barton opened the firm from offices in King Street, Wigan. We have great pride in our history of over 70 years and our specialists are rated as market leaders in their respective fields.
At NR Barton we understand the importance of trust and we make sure this underpins absolutely everything we do.
Our Values
Over the last 70 years we’ve learned some important lessons and values along the journey. Our current team are dedicated to working and delivering the very best client services through complete and sincere adoption of our core values.
Independence
We are proud of our independence and believe this is our strength. We are the masters of our own destiny and this means we are able to adapt to best serve our clients. In our role as auditors and advisors we always act independently.
Responsibility
We treat our client’s challenges as our own and we strive to offer the best advice at all times. Equally we appreciate and care about how our work may affect our communities.
Technical excellence
Technical excellence is fundamental to everything we do. Our constant search for quality serves our client satisfaction and team development across all our service offerings.
Partnership
We are stronger when we work together. We work in true partnership in everything we do both internally as a firm and externally in our dealings with clients.
Involved in the local community
Making a proactive contribution to our communities and wider society has always been fundamental to NR Barton’s values and the way we do business. We support our local communities through various methods and means.
Volunteering initiatives – volunteering is important to us and a number of our directors and team members regularly offer their time to help support local and charitable projects close to their hearts.
Environmental initiatives – we have established programmes relating to energy consumption, transport usage, waste, recycling and proactive procurement strategies.
Charitable giving initiatives – NR Barton donates a proportion of our profits to a range of charities each year. The firm also supports the fundraising efforts of individual team members participating in sponsored events such as marathons, long distance bike rides, parachute jumps and other challenges.
We take privacy seriously
As part of our core values it is important that we are clear with how we treat those who interact with us. To learn more about our policies and practices please see our dedicated privacy resource.
Keep up to date with our news
Our team of sector specialists and experts are well respected within their fields and regularly produce knowledge updates for our clients and prospects.
NR Barton visited by Metalfloor UK chairman Lord Digby Jones
It was a pleasure for the team at NR Barton to host Lord Digby Jones at the offices today. Neil Whittingham and Paul Flint from the team at NR Barton work closely with directors Phil Preston and Jacqui Ward to provide strategic advisory as the business continues to...
NR Barton’s Paul Farrington joins the board at the Wigan Youth Zone
NR Barton are delighted with the news that Paul Farrington has joined the board at the Wigan Boys & Girls Club, also known as the Wigan Youth Zone. Wigan Youth Zone is a purpose built, state-of-the-art youth facility in Wigan town centre which opened in June 2013....
VAT reverse charge ‘should be delayed’
A major change to VAT in the construction industry could cause significant disruption to businesses unless it's delayed, the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has warned. The VAT domestic reverse charge is set to come into effect on 1 October 2019, and will apply...
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“Paul and the team have been instrumental in the financial success of the Olive Garden Standish. We have worked closely together over the past five years to develop our systems and we fully utilise the capabilities of online accounting and integration with applications.”
– Michael Madani, Olive Garden (Standish) Limited
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