Legal and regulatory information.
The information we’re required to publish about our firm, our regulation and our insurance.
Company information
Laytons is the trading name of Laytons Accountants & Business Advisers Limited.
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Registered in
- England and Wales
- Company number
- 13282487
- Registered office
- 6 Manchester Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6SB
- VAT number
- GB 200 2709 67
- Telephone
- 01298 77997
- reception@laytons-ca.co.uk
A list of our directors, showing which are chartered accountants, is available at our registered office.
Professional regulation
We are a member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and are subject to its rules, including the ICAEW Practice Assurance scheme. Our chartered accountants hold the professional title Chartered Accountant, granted in the United Kingdom.
We are bound by the ICAEW Code of Ethics, which you can read in English at icaew.com/regulation/code-of-ethics, and by ICAEW’s regulations and guidance, available at icaew.com/regulation.
We are supervised for anti-money laundering purposes by ICAEW.
Professional indemnity insurance
In accordance with the disclosure requirements of the Provision of Services Regulations 2009, our professional indemnity insurers are certain underwriters at Lloyd’s, led by Carbon Syndicate 4747, of Lloyd’s, One Lime Street, London EC3M 7HA. The policy is arranged and administered by Prosure Solutions Limited, The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 8QS. The territorial coverage is worldwide, excluding any claim made or pending in the United States of America or Canada, or brought to enforce a judgment obtained there.
Complaints
In the unlikely event that you have a grievance of any sort, please contact us in the first instance, preferably in writing, at 6 Manchester Road, Buxton SK17 6SB or reception@laytons-ca.co.uk. If you feel that the matter is still unresolved after this process, you have the right to contact our governing body, the ICAEW, directly using their complaints procedure at icaew.com/complaints.
Conflicts of interest
If a conflict of interest arises, either between two or more of our clients or in the provision of multiple services to a single client, we will take the steps needed to deal with it. In resolving any conflict, we are guided by the ICAEW Code of Ethics.
Terms of business
Our services are provided under the terms set out in our engagement letter and standard terms of business, which we send to every client before work begins. These are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction. Fees depend on the work involved and are agreed with you in writing before we start.
To refer to our terms of business, please click here (PDF).
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