Our practice was formed in Durban in 1922 and is today ranked as one of the leading independent accounting and business advisers in KwaZulu-Natal. Currently the firm has 15 partners and 239 staff members. Eleven partners have as their primary area of focus that of audit and management consulting and the remaining partners’ primary focus areas are in the field of tax consulting and compliance, information technology, client accounting and liquidations.
Our Clients Embracing the challenge of helping entrepreneurial companies grow, offering innovative services and adding value to assist their growth ambitions, we have built longstanding relationships with many of our clients.
Our People We are a broad based multi-cultural firm whose commitment to training and knowledge development is entrenched. Our approach is at all times relationship driven, with each and every client serviced by a designated team and a partner.
We are a Business Minded Auditing Firm that Shares Your Vision and Values Our competitive advantage, considering our entrepreneurial attitude to business, our resources and our size, is that on one side we can provide personalised service that is typical of a small practice while on the other side we are able to deploy our considerable technical and other resources to meet the larger challenges often considered the domain of the larger firms.
The services we offer are not merely that of “tickers and bashers†but to provide support on a much wider front. The partners and managers are all “hands-onâ€, personally working on assignments within a range of services and closely supervising them.
We feel we are proactive in assisting our clients find solutions that meet the requirements of accounting standards and tax acts, as opposed to only providing the rules without a solution to the situation provided by the client.
National and International Connection We are a member firm of the PKF International Limited. PKF in South Africa is a network of legally independent entities located in all the major centres in the country.
With representation in around 125 countries, PKF International is a highly ranked worldwide network of legally independent firms providing local expertise in accounting and business advisory services wherever you are in the world.
We are sized and structured right. We develop the right people to provide the right answers for today’s businesses.
MISSION Our mission is to be an independent firm delivering quality, innovative financial and business advisory services to our clients.
Full Name of Company: PKF Durban Nature of Business: Chartered Accountants and business advisers Services / Products: Audit & corporate services, tax consulting & compliance, bookkeeping, manage-ment consulting, IT consultancy, estate planning & administration, insolvency & liquidations, Pastel support & training, pension & provident fund administration, professional staff appointments & recruitment, personal financial planning & wealth management Date Established: Established in 1922 as David Strachan & Tayler Customer Base: Entrepreneurs, corporate and public sector. Our primary market is in the medium to large entrepreneurial business sector. No. of Partners: 15 No. of Employees: 239
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