The year we started providing advice to our clients
The minimum number of hours we spend each year assisting clients
Masterton’s postal code and our home-base while we service clients world-wide
The minimum number of income returns we file each year
Services
We provide accurate and timely advice to enable our clients to make the best decisions.
To do this we provide a large number of services such as:
- Preparation of financial statements
- Income Tax Returns
- GST/FBT/RWT and other tax returns
- Monthly management accounts
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Strategic Plans
- Due Diligence reports
- Cash flow projections
- Liquidations
- Transactional advice
- Business structure advice
- Trustee Services
Location
Our headquarters are in Masterton, NZ.
Location is not an issue for us. We often travel to meet with our clients in the greater Wairarapa area. We also have clients spanning from the very top to the very bottom of New Zealand, and some outside of NZ.
Staff
Our two partners are supported by a staff of qualified accountants and admin professionals. They all bring considerable experience in both accounting and issues specific to our region.
Clients
Our client base is large & varied. We work with retailers, sheep, beef, dairy and cropping farming, viticulture, professional services, not for profit, tourism, transport and many more.
Xero Platinum Partners
This recognises of the large number of clients we work with on the Xero platform, and the amount of training we have undertaken to reach this milestone.
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OUR HISTORY
1909 – Lawson Avery was originally founded by Norman Howard James in Perry Street, Masterton, New Zealand. The primary client base consisted of farming or rural occupations.
1933 – The office shifted to the corner of Chapel Street and Lincoln Road.
1939 – After the depression and at the start of World War 2 Ray Hollis joined the firm on a preliminary try out basis for a salary of 350 pounds a year. The firm eventually changed its name to N.H.James and Hollis. By January 1940, Ray Hollis was overseas with the Royal NZ Artillery for four years. He finished as a Major with the Military Cross and returned to Norman James.
1945 – The partnership known as James and Hollis commenced. In October 1945 Norman James had a heart attack and passed away soon after with Ray Hollis carrying on the firm.
1948 – In August, Davidson Stratton joined Ray Hollis and created a new partnership called Hollis and Stratton.
1966 – On 1 April, Peter Lawson joined the Partnership, bringing with him a mostly commercial client base. They saw significant growth in the number of clients and the aging partners.
1973 – In April, Bill Avery joined as a Partner and the name of the firm changed to Hollis, Stratton. Lawson and Avery.
1974 – The firm purchased a section and build their own offices at 11 Cole Street. After demolishing the old house, Ovingdean (Pictured) and completing the new building the office moved on 30 June 1977
2021 – On 30 June (44 years to the day), we moved back into our state-of-the-art offices after we set about creating a space that was open, inviting and future-proofed for growth.
OUR FUTURE
We’re huge believers in technology and automation.
A completely cloud-based business ourselves, we are advocates for online accounting software and APPS that help our clients DO LESS, so they have MORE TIME in their business.
As a result of utilising technology, location isn’t a barrier.
We are able to run real-time reports and offer ON-TIME advice while you’re in your retails store, on the farm or basically anywhere in the world!
Whether you’re out in the WOP WOPS, or in our Boardroom, it doesn’t matter. When your organisation’s financial data is online, we simply can work from anywhere at a lightning fast pace for the YOUR benefit.