Our experience and expertise takes away the worries of accounting: bookkeeping, VAT, self assessment and corporate accounts, end-of-year tax returns, payroll and auto-enrolment – ensuring you comply with the law, while freeing up time for you to concentrate on growing your business. Our Ayrshire Accountancy services clients including sole traders, partnerships, private limited companies and organisations such as clubs and associations. Jim Bell qualified as a Chartered Accountant and was admitted a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in 1978. After gaining further general audit and taxation experience with a firm of Chartered Accountants in Glasgow, Jim joined the Stakis Organisation where he worked closely with companies in the licensed trade and leisure industries. After a short spell in manufacturing, he returned to private accountancy practice, and established James Bell & Co in 1991.