Independent Google Reviews
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We recently worked with Edmund and the team at Johnsons Chartered Accountants for a project audit, and we couldn’t be more pleased with the experience. The turnaround was impressively quick, and communication throughout was clear, responsive, and professional. It’s great to work with a team that’s both efficient and easy to deal with. Highly recommended.
- Alex Porter Program Manager Capabilities Limited
- Alex Porter Program Manager Capabilities Limited
Response from the owner:Thank you for your review!
Excellent help in trying to figure out the liability of VAT from a foreign company. Appreciate the piece of mind. Thank you!
Terrible customer service, being left on seen and my questions ignored.
Literally have money on the table and refusing to help.
Literally have money on the table and refusing to help.
Response from the owner:Hi Omar, Thank you for taking time out to submit your review. I have reviewed your WhatsApp messages and can see that you were given a quote on the 9th February for the assessment of £809 and £300 for the application plus VAT which you were asked to confirm whether you wanted to proceed. You then messaged from a different phone number with just a question mark, so it was unclear what you were referring to. Due to being messaged from multiple numbers, we thought you were associated with another potential client that took free advice and refused to pay which lead to us declining your business. We apologise for the misunderstanding.
I contacted Johnsons while retendering an audit for a small charity in London. Edmund was super responsive, very straightforward and very helpful and pragmatic. A pleasure to deal with.
Response from the owner:Thank you Ceri!
Highly recommend Edmund. Absolutely outstanding service received.
World class .
Five stars without hesitation.
World class .
Five stars without hesitation.
Response from the owner:Thank you Rachael!
I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to Edmund Cartwright for answering my enquiry promptly and providing extremely helpful advice and suggestions. Highly recommend!
Response from the owner:Thank you for your review Yana!
Ian Dodge gave very sound and thorough expertese on a complex tax matter. He took time to ensure he broke down the issues so that they were fully digestable. Highly recommended.
Response from the owner:Thank you Helen! We have passed your kind words to Ian.
Johnsons has been my accountant for 14 years. I cannot fault their professionalism across all divisions. More recently Shalin has gone over and beyond with his pro-active approach and advice. Would highly recommend.
Response from the owner:Thank you Sylvie!
Very useful advice and excellent value. Highly recommended.
Response from the owner:Thank you Gail!!
Edmund is both a likeable chap and a very informed bean counter. If you need to find a firm to manage your accounting needs (and more) then Johnsons CA are the right folk for you.
Response from the owner:Thanks Kevin, much appreciated!
I found Mr Edmund Cartwright of Johnsons Chartered Accountants to be knowledgable, and polite in his interactions. He was able to guide me in an appropriate manner. I commend his proactive attitude as he responded to my emails on time. I wish him and Johnsons the best going forward.
Response from the owner:Thank you Jaideep!
Response from the owner:Hi Christina,
We cannot find any evidence of you ever being a client and did ask you to email edmund@johnsonsca.com with an explanation of your review so we could assist further...but you never responded to us.
Great service with genuine financial advice which has benefitted me a lot! Thank you!
Response from the owner:Thank you Farah, very kind !
Awful. Avoid
Response from the owner:Hi Rive,
We cannot find any evidence of you ever being a client and did ask you to email edmund@johnsonsca.com with an explanation of your review so we could assist further...but you never responded to us.
We had a meeting with Karim to go over our option for retirement and pension.
Karin was very informative and well prepared for our meeting.
He helped us very much with deciding what to do and how to go about optimizing our options.
Thank you Karim.
Karin was very informative and well prepared for our meeting.
He helped us very much with deciding what to do and how to go about optimizing our options.
Thank you Karim.
Response from the owner:Thank you for such a good review
I want to personally thank Stuart Thompson for his help with our dual tax situation, he really has gone above and beyond and helped us enormously, extremely thorough and knowledgeable accountant, I will be continuing to use Stuart and would highly, highly recommend.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Response from the owner:Thank you Adele for such a good review, we will pass the comments to Stuart. He works very hard for clients.
based on my own opinion, I believe they are manipulative and a semi-criminal firm because I believe they changed my company addresses fraudulently signing against my will, i reported this to action fraud. I DO NOT TRUST THEM, they chased me for bills that they claimed to do but over priced it 100x!
Response from the owner:Hi Z,
Having looked into your account, you seem to be confused about how your registered address was changed and was then changed back to your address. This can only be done by someone who has the company authentication code which we have not held for sometime...
You mention that we are 100x more expensive but we have only charged you around £1,500 for each year of accounts and you have called many many times for ad hoc advice which has not been charged. I think you will find this is market rate in fact a bit on the cheap side for the quality provided.
You are correct we have chased the debt and this is because some of the invoices owed date back to 3yrs ago...which shows how unaggressive we have been.
Just spoke to Edmund who was extremely helpful with a very measured approach. Reassuring and informative. Went above and beyond what I was expecting. Definitely recommend this firm. Thank you!!!! 👍👍👍😊
Response from the owner:Hi Kami,
Thank you for such an amazing review!
I had so much trouble with my Self Assessment but they were able to help me and got everything fixed saving me a lot of headache and fines. Very competent and professional and we'll worth the money.
Response from the owner:Thank you so much for this feedback, we try out utmost 🙂
Great service! Edmund was extremely knowledgeable, professional and friendly - thank you
Response from the owner:Thank you so much for such positive feedback!
A very well deserved 5 stars all round. Johnsons are simply the best, the number one firm to go to. Ian and the team are always caring, friendly, knowledgeable and professional. They deliver an excellent all round service, I would strongly recommend Johnsons all day long.
Raza 😊👍
Raza 😊👍
Response from the owner:Thank you Raza, very kind words. We try our best!
Living abroad made it very hard to deal with the black hole of unhelpfulness that is HMRC effectively. Eventually we hired Johnsons, who responded professionally and with well thought out inquiries to our first email. Once we had explained our situation, Johnsons went to work and secured refunds for some fines.
Most importantly, Johnsons removed the uncertainty and ambiguity HMRC's outlandish processes inflict on ordinary folks like us. In the words of my wife 'best money we ever spent'.
If you need someone to sort out your tax, look no further.
Most importantly, Johnsons removed the uncertainty and ambiguity HMRC's outlandish processes inflict on ordinary folks like us. In the words of my wife 'best money we ever spent'.
If you need someone to sort out your tax, look no further.
Response from the owner:Hi Henning,
Thank you very much for such kind words!
First of all they advertised as based in southall but they nowhere near southall. False advertising. Secondly they were very rude on the phone.
Response from the owner:Dear Jaspal,
We deal with 15 new enquiries every day and I have never had this feedback. Please send me an email if this is genuine : edmund@johnsonsca.com
As for advertising in Southall it's just down the road from our HQ in Ealing, less than a 5min drive...
Response from the owner:Thanks Danny, much appreciated!
Needed urgent advice and help, called Johnson’s UK and spoke to Stuart. He instantly made feel better, gave me excellent and clear advice and a way to move forward, can’t thank Johnson’s and Stuart enough
Response from the owner:Thank you so much for the feedback!
Following an excellent initial interaction, communication from my tax accountant literally stopped. I received no updates on how my dossier was progressing, and having spent several weeks preparing all necessary documentation, I was loathe to start again elsewhere. I eventually made a complaint to Edmund, a senior member of the team, and was met with nebulous responses, none of which provided any detail about why things had come to a standstill, nor the status of the discussions and projects which were ongoing. A complete lack of basic client service and communication across the board, there appears to be no people management nor oversight of how clients are managed.
This sub standard client service continues and I have waited 3 weeks for a response to my last email and have now requested a formal internal investigation report. The next step will be to follow the complaints procedure as set out by ACCA.
This sub standard client service continues and I have waited 3 weeks for a response to my last email and have now requested a formal internal investigation report. The next step will be to follow the complaints procedure as set out by ACCA.
Response from the owner:Hi Laura,
I believe you will find, if you go back through your emails that we are still waiting for information requested over 6 months ago, something we mentioned in our response to you within 2 days of your complaint…
We suggest you go back and have a read rather than ask us to summarise what you have not sent every time you forget where we are in the process…and choose to complain…this will only rack up costs for you unnecessarily, something most clients are not keen on…
Have a great Christmas !
I needed to get advice urgently and approached Johnson’s. I received a return call within with half an hour and spoke to Stuart Thomson. He was able to give superb detailed advice. Very knowledgable and able to direct me clearly and help me make the decision I needed to make. Very impressed.
Response from the owner:Thank you Sarah, so glad you had a good service.
We had a particular issue we needed advice on. We were able to easily organise a zoom meeting with Stuart Thomson who quickly grasped our situation and provided us with the information we needed. Even calling back later to clarify a couple of points. We were very impressed.
Response from the owner:Thank you so much, we are so please you had a positive experience!
Excellent team and service going the extra mile to meet customer needs.
Truly appreciate your service!
CEO Umuthi Healthcare Solutions
Truly appreciate your service!
CEO Umuthi Healthcare Solutions
Response from the owner:Thank you Gert, very kind!
I have been using Johnsons for nearly 12 years to support finance reporting for my company and my personal tax affairs. Very professional throughout. Thanks to David T and Manish.
Response from the owner:Thanks Robert!
I emailed Johnsons with a general query about Capital Gains Tax. Stuart Thomson, the Group MD, replied very promptly and with some very helpful input and didn't even charge me. I was really impressed and very grateful. It reminded me of the good old days when professionals, such as accountants, lawyers, estate agents, etc, saw themselves as part of the local community and not just business people. Very reassuring.
Response from the owner:Thank you Mark, very kind of you to say.
Always prompt service and also Helpful, but does come at a cost!
Response from the owner:Thanks Mark for the kind words!
Unhelpful, over quoted. Didn’t seem to know what he’s on about. Rip off merchants.
Response from the owner:Hi Dom
I think that is unfair. You fail to pay your tax for many years. Your liability as you live overseas is small as you have some but little UK income and so any fee would be large compared to a small tax liability. There is a cost to compliance. Johnsons does not make the rules. You failed to comply and HMRC assessed you and kept chasing for payment. In the end you would be better paying the tax that HMRC had assessed. But that was not the basis on what you asked us to quote. We quoted to produce all your outstanding tax returns. It is not fair to compare apples with pears. I wish you the best for the future and of course I am sure you will now find someone to do your UK tax return each year and not get yourself in arrears.
I have used Johnsons in their previous guise of Ashby`s for many years and have always found them to be helpful and efficient and good value, Karen Stone in particular has been amazing from day one, I would highly recommend the company
Response from the owner:Thank you so much Mike !!
Response from the owner:Thank you Rakesh!
We use Johnsons for business and personal financial affairs - they were enormously helpful when we started our business 4 years ago and the service we get from their Pitstone branch is exceptional - in particular thank you to Karen, Diana, and Jason. I have also had excellent pension advice recently from Stuart Thomson - many thanks! I would not hesitate to recommend Johnsons.
Response from the owner:Thank you Helen, so glad to be your advisor!
Fantastic service from Peter Briant. Great accountants, I have a Braintumour and Peter doesn’t mind going through things a few times so I can understand.
Great job Peter/Johnsons I highly recommend them
Great job Peter/Johnsons I highly recommend them
Response from the owner:Thank you so much Chris! We will pass on your kind comments to Peter!
I have been using Johnsons Chartered Accountant for the last 20 years mainly for accountancy. Johnsons genuinely care about the business, VAT returns, payrolls, fast and simple payment procedures etc. A great tax advisor that understand your business first. I have also been given valuable advices on some areas of my business.
As for the most recent my experience was buying a new house.
Even despite some challenges from my bank along the way, the team handled all difficulties for me, ensured all documents required were quickly seen, right and responded. They worked tirelessly to get me the best loan rate and package available.
It is a pleasure to work with such professional people, friendly and super supportive.
Highly recommended! Thanks.
As for the most recent my experience was buying a new house.
Even despite some challenges from my bank along the way, the team handled all difficulties for me, ensured all documents required were quickly seen, right and responded. They worked tirelessly to get me the best loan rate and package available.
It is a pleasure to work with such professional people, friendly and super supportive.
Highly recommended! Thanks.
Response from the owner:Thank you so much Andrea, we love working with you !
Response from the owner:Martin, you are not a client. You never had been. You have tried to get free advice to correct your own tax return. HMRC advised you incorrectly (well they just omitted the issues around certain reliefs which of course you don't need to claim) and you are trying to get us to advise you.
We advised your wife correctly regarding her tax affairs. Any misunderstanding relates to how she presented information but the conclusion is a correctly filed tax return with reliefs claimed where appropriate. We cannot comment of your tax return as you are not a client and I am sorry that you are disgruntled in your desire for additional help (for free).
5* service always ready to help and support, would recommend to all with out hesitation.
Thank you to all at Johnsons.
Thank you to all at Johnsons.
Response from the owner:Thank you so much Michael!
I have been with Johnsons Chartered Accountants since 2004 and would not change them for the world. David was great and Stuart continues the great work heading a wonderful team. I mainly deal with Manish now, he is always helpful, knowledgable and friendly.
I would not hesitate to recommend Johnsons Chartered Accountants who wants professional, affordable and timely tax advice.
I would not hesitate to recommend Johnsons Chartered Accountants who wants professional, affordable and timely tax advice.
Response from the owner:Thank you so much Maja!
We have used Johnsons for many years. They always manage to ftle the accounts on time despite the hinderance of my inefficiency.
Response from the owner:Thank you John, very kind words!!
Response from the owner:Hi Ginny, very sorry you feel your experience hasn't been what it should be.
Please email edmund@johnsonsca.com and we will try our utmost to rectify.
I have used Johnsons Chartered Accountants for over 10 years and would recommend their services without hesitation. They are professional, efficient and very approachable. I am most grateful to have been introduced to the practice. Edwina M Hawkins
Response from the owner:Thank you Mary!
My organisation receives excellent technical advice from Johnsons and, of equal value, ready availability, easy approach and fast response.
Response from the owner:Thabk you so much David !
I have been a client of Johnson's for almost ten years now and their service has always been consistently reliable, timely and friendly. I have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone who is seeking professional accounting services of the highest calibre.
Response from the owner:Thank you George! We are glad to hear you are happy with the service!!
I have used Johnsons services for a few years and have appreciated their professionalism and diligence. I trust Manish and Stuart to provide the support and service I need. I value what they provide because it can be hard to find good professional services.
Response from the owner:Thank you Lynne!
Living in the USA, I had some tax-related questions about my UK investments. Unlike virtually every other Tax Advisor I tried to contact, I received a swift email response, followed by a video chat where I had all my questions clearly answered. Thanks!
Response from the owner:Thank you David, very kind!
I needed professional advice/support regarding Capital Gains Tax was recommended to contact Johnsons CA and it proved to be a success. Stuart understood my issue and gave his in-depth view on the matter. His knowledge and experience gave me the confidence I needed to resolve my problem. Highly recommended Chartered Accounts!
Response from the owner:Thank you so much for your positive review!! We are so pleased you are happy with your service!
I highly recommend Mr Ian Dodge - professional and respectful attitude, great e-mail and phone contact and very useful advices.
Response from the owner:Thank you so much!! We will pass your comments to Ian!