Geens Chartered Accountants
Geens’ philosophy is very different from that of most of the multi-national audit corporations. It offers clients a high standard of professional services at competitive fees, as well as an impressive degree of personal attention and a readiness to take initiatives.
To achieve this level of service we ensure that partners are assigned to every client - with enough time available to deal thoroughly with any issue the client may encounter.
Geens act for a wide range of clients from the very small to the very large, from start-ups to the longer established. The continued growth of our practice is based on personal contact and recommendation.
Every client’s business is unique and our team is sensitive to this. The service offered is always prompt, of the highest standard and bespoke to the individual client.
About Geens
Geens are a leading firm of Chartered Accountants located in Stoke-on-Trent, providing a wide range of accountancy services to companies, sole traders, partnerships and private individuals.
Geens - State of the art accounting for more than 120 years!
FREDERICK GEEN
Frederick Geen, an early member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales which received its Royal Charter in 1880, commenced practice as a chartered accountant in Stoke-on-Trent in 1884. Amongst his employees were John Thomas Sandland who joined the firm in about 1888, and subsequently qualified as an Incorporated Accountant, and Frederick William Carder who joined the firm in 1907 - after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant.
Frederick Geen was an active local Councillor and Alderman and served office as Mayor of the recently federated County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent which was visited by King George V and Queen Mary. In the course of that visit they were entertained to luncheon by Frederick Geen at his residence "Cliffeville" which, some years after his death, became the site of St. Dominic's School, Hartshill. He died suddenly during a council meeting on 28th January 1915.
F GEEN & CO
Following the death of Frederick Geen the practice was purchased from his executors on 8th February 1915 by Messrs Carder and Sandland.
The first half of the 20th Century saw the growth of F. Geen & Co.’s client base with many small, privately owned pottery firms, coal mines and related ancillary businesses added to the client portfolio.
Post World War II brought nationalisation of the independent mines and steel works and the demise of many small potbanks. The growth of the practice continued but only by diversifying the client base, computerisation and the establishment of specialised departments.
In the past 25 years the successive partners and staff have, like the businesses they serve, adapted with increasing rapidity to an ever more dynamic, computerised and technological world. By the year 2000 it was also time to streamline the old name to “Geens”.
RECENT TIMES
The present partners, Neil Kingston from April 1980, Steve Archer from April 1992, Karen Lowe from April 2003 and Carl France from April 2006, have both wide ranging experience and a unique combination of technical abilities.
The Geens’ team is highly qualified and among the current staff are members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants and the Institute of Taxation. Over their many years of serving clients' needs, Geens have consistently recognised the requirement to adapt and change - always supported by a strong team.
Today, everyone at Geens is looking forward with confidence to generating continued success for their clients in an increasingly challenging commercial world.