Our services extend beyond simple number-crunching. We are your strategic partner, offering business advisory solutions that look to the future. Our goal is to make sure your business and taxes work for you. View All Services
How We Support Your Business
Advisory
We look to the future, providing strategic advice on everything from tax planning and cash flow management to raising finance and planning your exit strategy.
Compliance
We handle the necessary paperwork and reporting to give you peace of mind, from annual accounts and payroll to managing your corporation tax returns.
Outsourcing
We give you back your time by handling essential financial tasks, including bookkeeping, payroll and our outsourced FD service.
“Clear advice, close relationships and support shaped around the way you work.”
Why Businesses Choose Horsfield & Smith
More than a century in Bury, with a modern approach to accountancy and business advice.
Our Story
With over a century of experience in the Greater Manchester area, we combine deep local roots with a forward-thinking approach to accountancy. We work closely with businesses of all sizes, taking time to understand what makes them tick and shaping our service to match their needs.
Over a Century of Experience
Horsfield & Smith has been based in Bury for more than a century, supporting businesses across Greater Manchester, the North West and beyond.
Forward-Thinking Advice
We pair deep local roots with a proactive approach to tax, accountancy and wider business advice.
Support Shaped Around You
We take time to listen, understand your business and personal needs, and shape our service to match the way you work.
Trusted Advice, Built Around Your Business
With over a century of experience in the Greater Manchester area, Horsfield & Smith combines deep local roots with a forward-thinking approach to accountancy. We provide clear, actionable support that helps businesses simplify their finances, understand their options and make confident decisions.
Our Story
Clear advice, close relationships and support shaped around the way you work.
Meet Horsfield & SmithMore than a century serving ambitious businesses
What our client say
“Warm, patient and very experienced”
I’m so pleased I’ve found Horsfield & Smith. As a performer they have been incredible in supporting me with what I find, like many creatives, a confusing area of my career, but an extremely important one. They feel like friends; warm, patient and very experienced.
“It’s been great working with the team at Horsfield and Smith.”
They are really capable, approachable, knowledgeable and a friendly team.
“We would highly recommend other businesses to Horsfield and Smith.”
Lee conducted a full review of our finance function and gave recommendations to change to a cloud accounting system to enable us to have real time access to information & the ability to make better informed decisions.
“We have enjoyed having one main point of contact, which makes each annual accounts cycle so much smoother.”
Communication has been timely, clear and effective, even during the trials of the pandemic.
“Their advice has always been sound and reliable.”
I have no hesitation in recommending Horsfield & Smith to other businesses looking for a trustworthy and reliable payroll service.
“Couldn’t recommend Horsfield & Smith enough.”
We switched accountants approximately 5 months ago and they have gone above and beyond from our initial enquiry to today.
We listen
We take the time to listen to your specific professional and personal needs, so the support we give is shaped around the way you work.
Clear Advice. Practical Support. Long-Term Thinking.
As leading accountants in Bury, we work closely with businesses of all sizes, providing a full range of services designed to simplify your finances and empower your decisions.
We simplify
The best advisers have the knack of translating technical talk and the language of bureaucracy into plain English.
Whether you need a trusted partner to guide you through UK tax law or a skilled finance team to handle your day-to-day operations, our team is committed to providing clear, actionable support.
We understand that every business is unique, which is why we take time to understand what makes it tick and shape our service to match its needs.
We support growth
Our proactive approach to tax and business advice gives you the freedom to focus on what matters most - your company’s long-term growth.
Success Stories
Horsfield & Smith builds trust through long-standing relationships, practical advice and support that helps businesses make better decisions. The strongest proof is in the outcomes clients talk about and the changes they have made with the team beside them.
Years supporting businesses in Bury and beyond
For more than a century, Horsfield & Smith has paired deep local roots with forward-thinking business advice.
From spreadsheets to real-time reporting
JCS Nuclear Solutions moved from spreadsheet-heavy processes to clearer reporting and stronger decision-making.
Monthly insight, KPI tracking and strategy
For iConservatories, the team introduced daily bookkeeping, KPI monitoring and regular strategy meetings to support growth.
Approachable, proactive and genuinely invested
Clients consistently describe Horsfield & Smith as knowledgeable, responsive and supportive, with advice that helps them move forward with confidence.
Commentary and insight in plain English
Our team keeps a close eye on tax law and financial regulation, highlighting what matters and offering practical advice businesses can act on.
Keeping up with UK tax obligations can be complex, especially when different deadlines apply to different taxes and business structures.
Managing payroll well helps businesses stay compliant, reduce admin pressure and keep their people paid accurately and on time.
Starting a business means getting tax decisions right early, so planning matters from day one rather than at year end.