Privacy Policy

This privacy policy, along with our cookie policy, sets out how Galloways Accounting Group uses and protects any information that you give Galloways Accounting Group when you use this website. Galloways Accounting Group is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Galloways Accounting Group may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Data Processing

We process personal data for several purposes and the means of collection, lawful basis of processing, use, disclosure, and retention periods for each purpose may differ. Our policy is to collect only the personal data necessary for agreed purposes and we ask clients to only share personal data where it is strictly needed for those purposes. We collect personal data from our clients or from third parties acting on the instructions of the relevant client. We process personal data to provide professional services such as tax advice, general or specific business advice as part of the range of services we offer. We also process personal data in the administration and management of our business. Your business contact details are used to provide you with information about our services and other information which we think will be of interest to you, unless you tell us not to. We are subject to legal, regulatory and professional obligations. We need to keep certain records to demonstrate that our services are provided in compliance with those obligations and those records may contain personal data. Personal data processed is kept by us for as long as is considered necessary for the purpose for which it was collected (including as required by applicable law or regulation). In the absence of specific legal, regulatory or contractual requirements, our retention policy period for records and other documentary evidence created in the provision of services is 7 years.

We take the security of your data we hold seriously. We value your privacy in respect of all personal information you send to us as a result of your use of this site. We will treat any and all information received confidentially and will only use that information to allow us to deal with your enquiry with the exception of where the law requires us to disclose it or where it is necessary to disclose the information to comply with a regulatory or legal process.

We have a policy including procedures and training in place covering data protection, confidentiality and security and regularly review the appropriateness of the measures we have in place to keep the data we hold secure. We will only share personal data with others when we are legally permitted to do so. When we share data with others, we put contractual arrangements and security mechanisms in place to protect your data.

Your Rights

Under the DPA (2018) and GDPR, Individuals have certain rights over their personal data and data controllers are responsible for fulfilling these rights.

Access to data

You have a right to access your personal data held by us and you can exercise that right by contacting us below. Our aim is to respond a request promptly and within the legally required limit of 40 days.

Update of personal data

If you wish to update personal data submitted to us, please contact us below. Once we are informed that any personal data held by us is no longer accurate we will make changes based on your updated information.

Withdrawal of consent

Where we hold data based on consent, individuals have a right to withdraw consent at any time. To withdraw consent to our processing of your personal data please contact us below.

Other rights

This statement is intended to provide information about what personal data we collect about you and how it is used. As well as rights of access and amendment referred to above, individuals may have other rights in relation to the personal data we hold, such as a right to erasure/deletion, to restrict or object to our processing of personal data and the right to data portability. For further information on these rights please contact us below.

Email communication

We do not guarantee that any emails sent to us by you will be received safely. Please contact us via telephone if you are in any doubt or wish to check the status of an email sent to us. We do not guarantee that emails sent by us to you will be secure

Contacting us about your data

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or how and why we process personal data, please contact us at:

Galloways Accounting Data Protection Officer 
Atlas Chambers, 33 West Street, Brighton, BN1 2RE 
Email: [email protected] 
Telephone: 01273 324163

Complaints

If you do want to complain about our use of your personal data, please contact us using the above contact information with the details of your complaint. You also have the right to register a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”). For further information on your rights and how to complain to the ICO, please refer to their website.

This privacy notice was last updated on 08/08/2023.

Cookie Policy

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Legal Statements

Firm Information

The Galloways Accounting Group comprises the following companies:

Company name	Company No.	Registered office	Directors & Principals
Galloways Accounting Limited	10122588	Atlas Chambers, 33 West Street, Brighton BN1 2RE	Mark Crowter, Lorna Sizer, Colin Young
Galloways Accounting (Audit) Limited	11462282	Atlas Chambers, 33 West Street, Brighton BN1 2RE	Christian Heeger, Colin Young
Galloways Accounting (CM) Limited	07085832	First Floor Ridgeland House, 15 Carfax, Horsham RH12 1DY	Mark Crowter, Colin Young
Galloways Accounting (Horsham) Limited	04701434	First Floor Ridgeland House, 15 Carfax, Horsham RH12 1DY	Mark Crowter, Scott Harrower
Galloways Accounting (Hove) Limited	13976105	28 Fourth Avenue, Hove BN3 2PJ	Mark Crowter, Colin Young
Galloways Accounting (Private Client) Limited	09779056	Atlas Chambers, 33 West Street, Brighton BN1 2RE	Mark Crowter, Lorna Sizer, Sue Smith
Galloways Accounting (Uckfield) Limited	03809300	Office 3 Maple Barn, Beeches Farm Road, Uckfield TN22 5QD	Mark Crowter, Andrew Maitland, Colin Young

Audit and Assurance

Galloways Accounting (Audit) Limited, t/a Galloways Accounting, is registered to carry on audit work in the UK by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. Details about our audit registration can be viewed at www.auditregister.org.uk

Financial services

Galloways Accounting Limited, t/a Galloways Accounting, is regulated for a range of investment business activities by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. The Firm is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 but we are able, in certain circumstances, to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because we are members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Practice Assurance scheme. We can provide these investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide.

Pembroke Financial Services Limited, is a company authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It is entered in The Financial Services Register with the reference number 228341. The FCA does not regulate National Savings, or some forms of Mortgage, Tax Planning, Offshore Investments or School Fees Planning. The information contained within this site is subject to the UK regulation regime and is therefore targeted at consumers based in the UK only. Pembroke Financial Services Limited, company number 2518721, is Registered and Incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office address is Atlas Chambers, 33 West Street, Brighton, BN1 2RE.

Probate

Galloways Accounting (Horsham) Limited t/a Galloways Accounting and Galloways Accounting (Private Client) Limited, are licensed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales to carry out the reserved legal activity of non-contentious probate in England and Wales.

Details about our probate registration can be viewed at https://www.icaew.com/probate, under references C001015813 and C004523805.

Diversity

As an employer Galloways Accounting Group is committed to equality and recognises the value of diversity. We monitor diversity within our workforce and the results of our most recent survey is available here.

Disclaimer

The information contained in this site is of a general nature and is not a substitute for professional advice. You are recommended to obtain specific professional advice before you take any action. This website is published for the information of clients and contacts of the firm. News and Resources provide an overview of the regulations in force at the date of publication and action should not be taken without consulting the detailed legislation or seeking professional advice. Therefore no responsibility for loss occasioned by any person acting or refraining to act as a result of material on the website can be accepted by Galloways Accounting or our associated organisations.

Professional Indemnity Insurance

In accordance with the disclosure requirements of the Provision of Services Regulations 2009, the firm’s professional indemnity insurers are Nexus Underwriting Limited, who can be located at 52-56 Leadenhall Street London EC3A 2EB, Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality SE, who can be located at 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3AW, and International General Insurance Company (UK) Limited who can be located at 15-18 Lime Street London EC3M 7AN. The territorial coverage is worldwide excluding professional business carried out from an office in the United States of America or Canada and excludes any action for a claim brought in any court in the United States of America or Canada.