In our personal lives, the New Year is traditionally a time to look back on the ups and downs of the last 12 months, and to make our resolutions for the year ahead

It’s easy to be cynical, but by identifying your goals and dreams, and making promises to yourself to strive to achieve them, you’re taking the first step to turning them into reality.

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It’s exactly the same with your business. Unless you look ahead, make clear plans, quantify them, and share them with all the stakeholders in your business – even if that means just you – there’s every likelihood that this time next year, your business will still be exactly where it is now.

But planning for the future is not just about setting financial goals for turnover and profit – although as accountants, you’ll not be surprised to hear us say that this is something we definitely urge you to do as well. Of course, business is all about generating a financial return – but there are other ways to think about goal-setting. We’ve recently completed our own 5 year mission plan, and in addition to key financial targets, we’ve set ourselves a number of non-financial goals we will reach by 2020. As we said earlier, the first step towards achieving goals is to share them, so we hope you don’t mind if we do just that!

For Inca, inertia has never been an option, and we’ve turned planning ahead into something of an art form even if we do say so ourselves. And it works too – we’ve succeeded in growing our business more than 10% year on year for every year since 2006 – something we’re extremely proud of.

Between 2016 and 2020, we plan to:

Help save the lives of 250 children

Every time we’re referred to an individual or a business that goes on to become an Inca client, we say ‘thank you’ by purchasing a mosquito net for a child in Kenya, where malaria is the biggest killer of children under 5 years of age. Since 2013, Inca has already purchased 67 nets, and we’re planning to buy a further 250 by 2020.
Donate £50,000 to local charities & good causes

Recognising we’re an integral part of the community we work in, each year, we set aside 5% of our pre-tax profits to distribute to local charities and good causes. Inca staff nominate four charities annually, each to receive 1% – with the remaining 1% used for any ad hoc causes the team decide to support. Since 2012, our donations have totalled just under £23,000, and our goal is to donate a further £50,000 over the next 5 years.
Work with 1,000 clients

At the moment, we work with just over 350 clients, helping them with their business or personal accounting needs. We plan to grow this number to 1,000 by 2020.

Open a new office

Within the next 5 years, we plan to open a second office – most likely in Berkshire. Our growing client base is spread predominantly across Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and having an office in each county will enable us to service all of these businesses even more effectively than we’re able to at the moment.
Win awards

We’re working towards winning a number of awards over the next 5 years. In addition to implementing Investors in People, by 2020, we plan to win at least one national accountancy award, at least one regional business award, an award for helping small businesses and startups, a green business award, and a community award.

Spend more on training our staff

For 2016 we have already committed to a 50% increase in our training budget. We know our most valuable assets are our staff, and we’ll continue to invest in helping our people to develop and achieve their full potential.
Make Inca the best place to work!

We know Inca’s a great place to work, but we want to make it official. By 2020, we plan to be recognised as one of the top 100 small businesses in the country to work for.

There, we’ve said it. Now we’ve told you our goals, we just have to make them happen. They’re certainly ambitious, but by sharing them with ourselves, our team – and with you, we believe we’ll get there.

If you’d like to help us on our exciting journey, we’d welcome introductions to:

Prospective clients:

Ideally service oriented businesses that are looking to grow, and want to work with an accounts partner who can help them achieve their goals.

Prospective staff:

Aspiring and qualified accountants interested in working in an organisation that’s committed to making a difference for its clients, and the community.

We help you achieve your goals!

Are you clear on where you want to be in 2020? If you have a vision of where you want to take your business in the next 5 years, you need to surround yourself with partners who share your vision and can help you get there – and that includes your accountant.

At Inca, we’re committed to helping our clients’ achieve their goals – whatever they might be. Call us for an informal chat now – share your aspirations with us and let’s discuss how we can make them happen!

Phone: 01235 868888 or Email: [email protected].

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In our personal lives, the New Year is traditionally a time to look back on the ups and downs of the last 12 months, and to make our resolutions for the year ahead

Between 2016 and 2020, we plan to:

Help save the lives of 250 children

Donate £50,000 to local charities & good causes

Work with 1,000 clients

Open a new office

Win awards

Spend more on training our staff

Make Inca the best place to work!

If you’d like to help us on our exciting journey, we’d welcome introductions to:

Prospective clients:

Prospective staff:

We help you achieve your goals!

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