Client Testimonials
"We have a strong professional relationship with Kendons. Kendons provided valuable assistance with the set-up of our business and provide ongoing support in terms of business planning, systems development and reporting. The Kendons team is supportive, approachable, professional and organised."
— John and Chris Rietveld, Irishman Creek Station
“Over the past 18 months, I have worked closely with Heidi at Kendons as my primary financial services provider. She has helped with my financial reporting, tax, and advisory needs by helping me to restructure all of my business and personal finances. She is an expert in her field who has a deep commitment to the success of my businesses as well as my own personal financial status. I highly recommend Heidi (Kendons) – I sleep well at night knowing that all my financial decisions and analysis are backed by their professional prowess and commitment.”
Gaurav Soni - Zealand Immigration
Andre Du Toit has worked with us over the past two years. He plays an essential role in our businesses as an advisor and accountant. We work in the construction industry and purchased a second, complementary business in October last year. We couldn’t have managed the acquisition without Andre. He helped us organise the purchase and manage our taxation, legal requirements and finances. With his assistance, we managed to get our new business off to a flying start and still maintain steady growth in the existing company.
We’ve operated small businesses most of our working lives and have never had such a good relationship with our accountant. Andre has a calm, professional manner and is a pleasure to work with. He is always readily available and explains complicated accounting procedures clearly and patiently. We can’t recommend him highly enough.”
J&H Huston - Huston Cross Ltd, Roofing and Rainwater Systems
“Woods Harris engaged the services of Kendons to help us update our current accounting software which we had been using for over 15 years.
Kendons initially came out to understand fully how our business works and what systems they could offer. With greater knowledge and understanding, Kendons made this process easy with very little interruption to our business continuity. The support and guidance through the transition was prompt and professional and we have benefited by having a more cohesive and efficient accounting system. Thank you to the team at Kendons for all your help.”
— Nicky Bolt (Office Manager), Woods Harris Consulting
We were growing at such a pace that the financial side of the business was getting left behind. And I was starting to feel overwhelmed with my workload. We knew this would start to impact our ability to continue to grow because we’d get bogged down in trying to maintain the financial side of the business. So, we knew we needed to simplify our finances, but we didn’t know where to start.
Kendons can really help support your growth. We're in the position we are today because of their support. They've kept us accountable and helped us with our business planning. They’re very skilled in that area, knowing how to plan and how to sort things out for their clients.
We wanted to grow our revenue by $20,000 a month. Ian helped us break down what we needed to do to achieve that. And he was really good at helping us keep accountable for taking action. Many people make plans, but then they don’t follow through. Whereas Ian would make us take responsibility for tasks. And then he would stay on top of us and see where things were at.
They’re also really friendly and approachable. They use simple language, not confusing financial terminology. And they go out of their way to try to empower you with knowledge, as well as doing things for you. Kendons has been great at helping us grow our business. If we hadn’t had their support, we’d be a lot further back.”
Bradley and Marcin - F45 Christchurch City
"We are a long-standing client, having been dealing with Kendons for three generations. We have a strong working relationship with Kendons and value what they bring to our business – in particular, their assistance with succession planning over recent years."
— Kerry Hughes (Managing Director), Alex McDonald Limited
“When we started working with Kendons we were feeling very vulnerable and frustrated. Our requests for help to our bank seemed to fall on deaf ears and it felt like all our successful years in business counted for nothing. But Lance made it quite clear that he believed that he could help our business.
Kendons have been wonderful for Andrea and me. Lance and Kate never criticized us. They never pointed fingers. They’re just brilliant. They simplified everything and it makes life so much easier. We're not accountants, we're retailers. We’ve simplified everything in our business as much as we can. The most significant change for us is that at any time of the day, we know exactly how our business is tracking because of the systems Kendons have implemented for us.
What I love about Kendons is they're always looking ahead to see what value they can add to our business, whether it's new systems or new ideas. We get an email every month tracking our progress. Their communication is very good. And we fill them in on external factors that have impacted the business, so they understand our industry. We haven't experienced this level of professionalism ever.
If we had a new idea or a new opportunity, then we'd discuss it with Kendons first. We wouldn’t make a major business decision requiring an investment without them. We've got a good rapport with them. They’re true business advisors and it's a really strong partnership, we’re very happy with them.”
Andrea and Vern Bailey - Andrea Biani
“Hubdoc has been life-changing for us as a business. Even my husband, who was reluctant to make the switch to something “in the cloud”, is loving it!
He can check all the invoices coming in no matter where he is. If he has a few minutes between meetings he can check the invoices and tags them to jobs, which helps us keep track of our PNL. For me doing the bookkeeping, Hubdoc has given me my kitchen table back! Now they are all nicely filed in Hubdoc. We have the suppliers emailing our invoices and statements directly into Hubdoc so I simply check them and move them into our accounting system. I’m finding at the end of the month everything reconciles really quickly and I’m not hunting for bits of paper. This has freed me up to help in other ways in the business.”
— Katrina Easton - Electrical & Automation Services Ltd