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The taste of sweet success

06 January 2016 • Warrener Stewart

Figures released from Companies House showed that 2014 was a record year for people taking the leap to start their own businesses, with 581,173 companies registered alone in 2014. As London based chartered accountants, Warrener Stewart can testify, enquires from start-up businesses has doubled in the past 18 months.

Many of their new clients are keen to start a new business based around some of the simplest of ideas. Indeed, inspired by an already successful pudding maker, one client saw an opportunity with their own take on chilled, potted deserts. Together with a handful of local associates and investors, Fulham based chef Julian Dyer, founded Pots & Co, turning to Warrener Stewart for their accountancy and financial advice to help develop the company’s foundations. Pots & Co has gone from little pots to large contracts in just under three years.

Pots and Co

Having already secured distribution with Waitrose, Tesco and Selfridges, the Acton based pudding maker recently won a contract to supply their handmade puddings to British Airways and Delta Airlines. This latest contracts will help increase Pots & Co’s revenue from £2.7m to £8m.

“Pots & Co is a great success story,” notes joint managing director, Nick Morgan. “When we first started working with Julian and his team back in 2013 they had a handful of contracts, a few part time staff and were just embarking on their journey. It is fantastic to see how Julian and his colleagues have taken this company from an embryonic stage to a thriving business in such a short space of time. It is also gratifying to know that we have been able to assist directly by providing constructive assistance and advice in various areas, often needed in rapid response, as is often the way with such new ventures!”

 

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