Denny & Company, LLP

Denny & Company, LLP is a family-led certified public accounting partnership in California. Patrick and Carolyn Denny set it up in 1984, and today Carolyn Denny and Matthew Denny run it as partners with a supporting staff. Its clients are mainly small businesses and private individuals.

What Denny & Company, LLP does

• Tax preparation: returns for companies, partnerships and other entities, plus private clients.
• Financial reporting: audited, reviewed and compiled accounts, along with statements of personal finances.
• Business consulting: general advice for owners, including planning for succession.
• CFO and controllership: outsourced senior finance support for firms without an in-house finance lead.
• Valuation and due diligence: assessing what a business is worth and checking it ahead of a deal.

Customers and markets

The partnership focuses on small businesses and individuals, shaping each engagement around the particular client rather than applying one fixed package. Staff are cross-trained so that the office stays reachable when someone is away.

Key facts

• Based in: California, USA
• Founded: 1984
• Licensing: licensed by California's accountancy board, part of the state's consumer affairs department
• Partners: Carolyn Denny and Matthew Denny
• Team background: accounting, finance, information technology and business experience