What type of business entity are you currently operating?

Sole Trader
Partnership
Small to medium sized Limited Liability Company (ie in UK, having turnover less than £5.6 million / net assets less than £2.8 million)
Larger sized Limited Liability Company (ie in UK, having turnover more than £5.6 million / net assets exceeding £2.8 million)

How long has your business been trading?

Just starting or less than one year
Two to four years
Five to nine years
Ten years plus

What level of annual sales are you achieving?

Less than 350,000
350,001 to 600,000
600,001 to 1 million
1 million to 5 million
More than 5 million

How many employees do you have?

None
1-10
11-25
26-100
More than 100

What level of profit are you achieving?

Barely scraping through
Enough to pay tax
Sufficient to start worrying about the amount of tax I might have to pay
I’m paying serious amounts of tax into the government coffers

Is one of your prime motives for employing an accountant specifically to save you money (ie tax savings)?

Yes
Possibly
No

How important is it that your accountant understands your business needs?

Not important – they only do my annual accounts and tax
Neutral, but some understanding would be good
Very important

Do you believe that your accountant can help you build revenues and profits?

No
Not sure
Yes

Does the level of your accountant’s fees worry you?

Yes
sometimes
No

How do you allocate you time between working ‘ON’ the business (ie strategy, systems, marketing, etc) as opposed to working ‘IN’ the business (ie providing services or products for the customer)?

Less than 5% working ON my business strategy etc – I’m just too busy
Between 5-20% working ON my business strategy etc – I’ve got other pressing things that come first
About half my time working ON my business strategy etc
About 80% working ON my business strategy etc

When working ‘ON’ your business, where do you focus most of your energies?

Marketing
Systems and Processes
Staff, Recruitment and Training
Innovation

How important to you is ‘locality’ in your choice of your accountant?

Very important
Neutral
Not important

How do you rate your annual or periodic financial review with your accountant – is the information and advice provided timely, relevant, proactive and useful in your business?

Never have a periodic review
Not much comes from our periodic review
Very relevant and useful in taking my business forward

Would you find changing your professional accountants a difficult decision?

Yes
No
Don't know