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Practice History

2025
Document Approval

Moving to the next natural stage of digitizing our processes, by facilitating electronic approval of accounts, tax returns, etc, by use of Adobe Sign.

2025
Client Transition

Upon Barry Bowden’s retirement, transition to our Ely office offered to Barry’s clients.

2024
Merger

Our wealth management subsidiary merged with Hibbins Financial Services business in Ramsey.

 

2024
Use of AI

First use of AI – initially use of Large Language Models for technical research and report writing purposes.

2023
Merger

Merged with Crystal Accountancy practice in Hartford.

 

 

 

2021
Group Rebranding

Modernised new branding introduced for our group and 3 subsidiary businesses.

 

 

2021
Shortened Name

Whitings & Partners name shortened to Whitings (the abbreviation most people refer to us as).

2021
LLP

Whiting & Partners and Whiting & Partners Ltd accountancy practices merged and incorporated into a new limited liability partnership (Whitings LLP), held within a new group structure (Whitings Group).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021
Integrated IT Applications

All professional software applications integrated, to improve quality and efficiency.

2020
Hybrid Working

Hybrid flexible working practises introduced.

2020
Cloud Hosting

All IT hosting, processing and applications infrastructure outsourced from private to public cloud.

2018
90th Anniversary

Partners & staff celebrate 90 years since foundation.

 

 

 

 

2017
Merger

Merged with Ely Tax and Accountancy practice in Ely.

 

 

2017
Merger

Merged with McMorran Accountancy practice in Godmanchester & St Neots, upon the retirement of Richard McMorran.

 

 

2016
Merger

Merged with Paul A Hill & Co practice in St Ives & Chatteris

 

 

2016
Probate Services

Registration accepted to provide probate services.

2014
IT Services

Established decisive:it Ltd subsidiary to specialise in providing business IT services

 

 

2014
Merger

Merged with Turner & Partners practice in Wisbech

 

 

2013
Digitisation

Commenced paper-less working schedules and client record archives, together with sharing and moving document around our business..

2012
Whitings Annual Farming Seminar

Launch of annual event to bring local farmers and related professionals together to review and discuss the prospects for UK agriculture.

2012
Virtualisation

Migrated all IT systems into a private cloud.

2010
Corporate Finance Services

Joined the Corporate Finance Network (CFN), to access specialist business sale research, training and data resources as the CFN member for East Anglia.

 

 

 

2010
Private Client Tax Services

Private client tax department established in Ely office, to specialise in providing personal tax services for individuals/trusts

2009
Merger

Merged with Benten & Yeandle practice in Ramsey.

 

2007
Less-Paper

Commenced paper-less archiving (initially of the audit process)

2005
Payroll Services

Payroll bureau established in Ely office, to specialise in providing outsourced payroll services to the west of the practice

2004
Merger

Merged with R Dennis Howe practice in Littleport, near Ely.

 

2003
75th Anniversary

Partners & staff celebrate 75 years since foundation.

 

 

 

 

2000
1st Tax Return e-submission

Of form P35 payroll end of year employers return to HMRC.

1998
Website

First website launched and first use of external e-mails:

 

 

 

 

 

1G  >  2G (2000)  >  3G (2005)  >  4G (2012)  >  5G (2018)  >  6G (2021)

1997
Merger

Merged with Moores Rowland practice in Bury St Edmunds

 

1996
Wealth Management Services

Wealth management subsidiary commenced.

 

 

 

1996
New Logo

Name incorporated into a new logo.

 

 

1989
Computerisation

Commenced computerisation (initially of the accounts preparation process)

 

 

 

1988
60th Anniversary

Partners celebrate 60 years since foundation.

 

 

 

1974
Founder Retirement

Walter Fowler Whiting retired, after 53 years service

1968
40th Anniversary

Partners and staff celebrate 40 years since foundation.

1968
New Name

Partnership renamed Whiting & Partners.

 

 

 

 

 

1968
Founder Retirement

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Gordon Larking CBE JP retired after 50 years in the profession.

1968
Founder Retirement

Roland Charles Larking retired.

1949
Ely

Office opened in Ely

1943
King's Lynn

Office opened in King’s Lynn

1939
World War 2

46 members of the firm served in WW2

1937
Peterborough

Office opened in Peterborough

1936
Ramsey

Office opened in Ramsey

1936
Mildenhall

Office opened in Mildenhall

1928
Commencement

1 October 1928:  Larking Larking & Whiting partnership founded by father and son Roland and Charles Larking (Larking and Larking, est 1888) merging practices with Walter Whiting (Whiting Green & Co, est 1921), to start a new practice of chartered accountants based in offices in Wisbech, March and Bury St Edmunds, specialising in acting for East Anglian based SME clients.

Other office locations opened and since closed:

  • Haverhill | Chatteris | Manea | Benwick | Bishopgate | London | Romford | Downham Market | Godmanchester

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