GFE

Accounts, audit and statutory roles

GFE is an accountancy, audit and advisory firm operating from several offices in the south of France: Nice, Cagnes-sur-Mer and La Trinité. The firm has nine partners and 75 staff, who work directly with their clients and put ethics and professional conduct at the centre of their work. Its chartered accounting work runs from preparing the accounts to the regular management reports that owners use day to day, and it acts as statutory auditor (commissaire aux comptes) for companies.

Business set-up and choice of structure

GFE advises company founders on the structure of their business and on financial forecasts, and it stays with the business through the whole of its life. Alongside accounts, it also handles payroll, legal and tax questions for companies and the people who manage them. When a manager's personal or professional circumstances change, the firm reviews the personal and wealth position involved, so that the business owner's wider finances are considered alongside the company's.

Client area and legal information

Clients have access to an online client area, which holds a regularly updated documentary base of legal, tax and regulatory information, summarised for business owners. The firm says its accountants share the points that matter and remain available to answer questions as clients need them. The client area is designed so that a business owner has the documentation needed for each stage of company life in one place.

Clients and sectors served

The firm serves estate agents, property developers and dealers, as well as campsites, restaurants, hotels and leisure centres. Construction companies, engineering and design offices, builders and architects are also clients, along with allied health practitioners, from nurses and doctors to physiotherapists and osteopaths. The practice's services are arranged in separate departments, so that each client's needs can be met by the team with the right expertise.