Case Studies

Our case studies comprise short articles detailing how we've helped specific clients - whether by undertaking a one-off assignment or by building an ongoing relationship. 

Of course every client and every project is unique. But here we hope to give you a flavour of the breadth of work we cover.

Click on a case study to find out more.

CASE STUDIES:

General:

• Outsourcing for the first time - An international hedge fund group was outsourcing for the first time - and needed a partner it could rely upon.
• Set up - Our accounting, tax and HR teams worked together to set up a new operation smoothly and swiftly.
• Increasing efficiencies and controls - A financial services company was pleased with our day-to-day work - and confident that we could help them build for more success in the future.

Accounting:

• Outsourcing the financial controller role - When a private equity firm needed a part-time financial controller, Throgmorton stepped into the role.
• Outsourcing statutory financial statements preparation and audit support - With insufficient resources to meet the FSA's year-end reporting requirements, a large global hedge fund manager outsourced the entire process to Throgmorton.

Taxation:

• Tax set up and registration - We helped experienced investment bankers through the start-up minefield when they decided to go it alone as a partnership.
• Corporation and business tax compliance - Corporation Tax, VAT, PAYE - we work together as a team to meet our client's obligations.
• Double Tax Treaty applications and UK tax repayments - Dealing with Double Tax Treaty claims for a major US hedge fund manager.
• Maximising loss relief claims - For a new partnership.
• Expatriate tax management - Employing expatriate staff creates an administrative and compliance burden. Here's how Throgmorton has helped.

VAT:

• VAT Inspections - Working to ensure a VAT inspection goes smoothly.
• Agreeing a VAT efficient partial exemption method with HMRC - Our VAT specialist helped a client to better manage their cash-flow forecast.
• Outsourcing VAT reclaims - Throgmorton helped an investment manager client minimise its VAT costs following a recent change in the law.
• Working with external advisers - We are always happy to work with third-party professional advisers, taking a co-ordinating role where necessary.
• Dealing with the complexity of commodity futures - Commodity derivatives prompt immense complications from a VAT perspective, yet Throgmorton was able to secure a significant VAT refund for our client.  

Company Secretarial:

• Incorporating a company - We make the incorporation of a new company a straightforward process for clients.
• A one-off project leads to long-term trust - Checking and updating a complex batch of statutory company books proved the worth of Throgmorton to a global biopharma company.
• Practical implications of changes to the Companies Act - Changes to the Companies Act provided opportunities for a client to streamline its constitutional documents and work with greater efficiency.
• Maintaining group structure charts - no ordinary task - Maintaining group structure charts is no ordinary task when you have hundreds of subsidiaries.
• Implementation of a corporate restructuring - Throgmorton provided professional advice coupled with efficient and accurate services when helping a US alternative investment firm restructure its UK entities.
• Outsourcing the company secretarial function - A major brand management holding company outsourced their company secretarial function for the first time.
• An urgent contract deadline - Providing updated and accurate corporate records for nine companies - to an urgent deadline.
• The reorganisation of a LLP’s capital accounts - A private equity management firm wished to reallocate its capital contributions, and asked Throgmorton to assist.

Human Resources:

• A company new to the UK - An overseas business faced HR challenges when setting up in the UK.
• Maintaining best practice as an employer - An HR audit can reduce risk to a business - as this client found out.
• Providing payroll to an expanding business - Our payroll service had the flexibility to expand alongside the client, and meet the challenge of purchasing another company.
• Assisting the immigration process - Helping to comply with immigration regulations, and freeing the client from administration.
• Health and Safety - satisfying insurance requirements - A client required Health and Safety assistance in order to obtain their insurance certificate.