Nixon Williams is a professional
accountancy firm based in the United Kingdom, providing accountancy &
tax services A tax advisor or tax consultant is a person with advanced training and knowledge of tax law. The services of a tax advisor are usually retained in order to minimize taxation while remaining compliant with the law in complicated financial situations. ...
, and is one of the UK's largest specialists in providing accountancy services to
sole traders
A sole proprietorship, also known as a sole tradership, individual entrepreneurship or proprietorship, is a type of enterprise owned and run by one person and in which there is no legal distinction between the owner and the business entity. A sole ...
,
partnerships
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,
freelancer
''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...
s & small
private limited companies
A private limited company is any type of business entity in "private" ownership used in many jurisdictions, in contrast to a publicly listed company, with some differences from country to country. Examples include the '' LLC'' in the United Sta ...
.
The firm was founded in 1995 by Alan Williams and Andy Nixon, with their surnames forming the name of the organisation. Since 2017, the firm has been a part of the Optionis Group, with its 66 members of staff continuing to work under the Nixon Williams brand.
History
Nixon Williams was founded in 1995 by Alan Williams and Andy Nixon in
Chorley
Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...
. The firm was set up with the view of serving professionals and expanded as the firm started to acquire more clients nationwide via word-of-mouth.
After 19 years at the organisation, both founders stepped down when the business was acquired by Sovereign Capital, a specialist UK
private equity firm. Andy Nixon and Alan Williams have since invested in a new practice, Alchemy Accountancy, which was launched in 2018.
In 2017 Nixon Williams became a brand within the Optionis group.
References
Accounting firms of the United Kingdom
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