We Help Adelaide’s Professionals & Small To Medium Businesses Grow Through Highly Personalised Accounting
& Tax Planning Advice

At Clarke & Brownrigg, you’re not just another number. For over 20 years, our clients have been willing and actively encouraged to be open and share their issues and concerns, both on a business and personal level, so that we can work together to come up with the most appropriate solution.

Ready to join our family? Let’s grab a coffee and start creating a plan for yours.

Professional Business Accountants

Trusted by Adelaide families for 20+ years

Selecting the right accountant is crucial to the financial success of your family, career and business. It’s important that you’re not treated as ‘just another number’.

The problem is that sole practitioners lack the team and network to serve you properly, while the larger firms have ‘bigger fish to fry’. This leaves you stuck choosing between a firm who is too expensive or doesn’t have the resources to give you the support you really need.

Clarke & Brownrigg Chartered Accountants is a dynamic team of Adelaide based accountants that have been servicing clients since 1997. Our unique structure allows us to provide a highly personalised service and expert advice on any aspect of accounting, tax or business advisory services.

We’ll work with you to ensure your needs are met in the most cost effective way possible, while still providing the highest quality service available in the industry today.

When you join our family, you’ll receive creative ideas and well-considered advice from a highly-experienced team of Adelaide based accountants at a fraction of the cost and headache.

Start With A Complimentary Consultation

A Real-Time Approach

It’s critically important for you to know and understand the financial outlook of your
business – not just at tax time but throughout the entire year.

Our approach gives you access to real-time decision-making strategies, tools and advice, empowering you to stay focused on your business and financial goals all year long.

Highly Personalised

The relationship you develop with your accountant is critical to the success of your business, career, personal and family financial position. As your strategic partner, you will be challenged by us and actively encouraged to be open and share issues and concerns, both on a personal, professional and business level, so that we can work together to come up with winning solutions.

'Above & Beyond' Client Service

Our highly experienced team has earned the reputation of going ‘above and beyond for our clients. With a proud history of low staff turnover and team members employed more than 20 years, we offer our clients a highly personal service where their interests come first.

Our Professional Network

It’s okay not to have all the answers when you have a team by your side who does. We are proud that our clients and professional industry partners are some of the most talented and well connected in Adelaide. No matter what your needs or challenges, we can collaborate with our extensive network of specialists and associates.

Visit Our Adelaide Accountants’ Guide To Growing Your Business & Family Net Worth

There’s so much to navigate when starting or growing a business – new processes, new vocabulary, new pressures. Let our Adelaide Accountants’ Guide To Growing Your Business & Family Net Worth help define what you need to know about financial goal setting, building a strong financial foundation, tax planning and effective activities to get the most from your time whilst minimising your tax liability.

When you partner with us, our role is a simple one: To make sure you’re operating with the correct foundations in place, with a plan for sensibly increasing your family net worth as part of the process.

Visit our Adelaide Accountants’ Guide To Growing Your Business & Family Net Worth Here.

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Meet Our Highly Capable And Experienced Team

Chris Clarke

Partner

Chris Clarke has been in practice as a Chartered Accountant for over 30 years.

Richard Brownrigg

Partner

As a Chartered Accountant, Richard embraces the high standards and professional

Brian Mortimer

Accountant

Brian qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1983

Karen Gilbertson

Accountant

Karen has worked as an Accountant for more than 35 years

Kaye Wallace

Accountant

Kaye has been an Accountant at Clarke & Brownrigg for 20 years

Kendal Measroch

Accountant

Kendal is a Chartered Accountant

Kylie Gilbertson

Accountant

Kylie is an Associate of the Institute of Public Accountants

Linda Humphries

Accountant

Linda has been an Accountant at Clarke & Brownrigg for 19 years

Lisa Hayduk

Accountant

Lisa has been employed as an Accountant at Clarke & Brownrigg since 2004

Ruth Schofield

Accountant

Ruth has been an Accountant with Clarke & Brownrigg since 2002

Tamra Trenorden

Accountant

Tamra joined Clarke & Brownrigg in 2003 as an Accountant

Heather Goode

Administrator

Heather has worked in Administration for Clarke & Brownrigg since its inception

Karen Rawlings

Receptionist

Karen joined Clarke & Brownrigg as a Receptionist in 2005

Accounting Services Adelaide

We Provide

Cloud & Technology Driven Accounting

Most Business Leaders feel they are more clear on what is required to sell and deliver their services than they are on what is required to manage the financial aspects of their business. With our cloud and technology-driven accounting solution, you’ll finally know and understand the financial outlook of your business – not just at tax time but throughout the entire year.

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Tax Planning

Tax planning is the analysis of a family’s financial situation or plan from a tax perspective. The purpose of tax planning is to sensibly ensure a reduction of tax liability across the family unit. This is different to ‘tax preparation’, which is simply the preparation of a tax return without having regard to helping you pay the least amount of tax legally possible.

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Family, Estate & Succession Planning

Implementation of an effective estate plan requires a structured process tailored to each family’s particular circumstances:

Our Family, Estate & Succession Planning Service will map out your business succession strategy whilst minimising any taxes as part of the process.

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Self Managed Superannuation

For many Adelaide business leads and high-net-worth individuals, Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSF) are often the preferred choice.

SMSF is investment control and offers wider investment choices such as residential and commercial property, term deposits and direct shares compared to industry and retail super funds.

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Audit & Assurance

Our auditing team specialises in SMEs including Companies, Associations and Partnerships, as well as Trust Accounts for Land Agents, Legal Practitioners and Conveyancers, Private Ancillary Funds and Grant Acquittals.

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Featured Client Story – Denim Iniquity

Denim Iniquity

We’ve had the pleasure of serving Adelaide’s most successful and hard-working business leaders over the years and we’re incredibly proud of their success.

Denim Iniquity is no secret to discerning fashion mavens who have shopped the King William Road store for distinct fashionable clothing for over 40 years. What started as a denim destination for on-trend consumers in Adelaide, has fast become an online sensation reaching customers all over Australia.

Our Local Adelaide Professional Network

Our clients and referral partners are some of the most talented and well-connected experts in Adelaide. No matter what your needs or challenges, if we don’t have the answer internally, we’ll draw upon the right person who does.

What Our
Clients Are Saying

"As an 'above average' earner, the C&B team have been exceptionally valuable to my family. From the very first meeting, I knew we'd found a professional team familiar with others in my situation who were able to provide careful and well considered tax planning advice. They just give you confidence and comfort as the advice is always thoughtful and well considered."

Ben Daking

Climate Consulting

“As a Clarke & Brownrigg client for over 25 years, I have great confidence and no hesitation in recommending Clarke & Brownrigg to anybody in search of sound accounting advice."

Michael Butler

“As a client of Clarke & Brownrigg for the past 25 + years, my husband and I have found them to be very honest and to always hold our best interests at heart. We have referred Clarke & Brownrigg to others because they are a pleasure to deal with and we feel very comfortable and safe with Richard's advice"

Vanessa Cirelli

“As a Financial Planner, I regularly refer clients who are in need of high quality and personalised tax and accounting services to Clarke & Brownrigg. Linda is highly competent in getting work done accurately and has an approach and personality that is a pleasure to deal with.

The whole team is friendly, personable and frequently go above and beyond for my clients. I highly recommend them."

Darien Reimann

"I have been a client of Clarke & Brownrigg since the late 90’s and have been very happy with the service I have had since that time. Clarke and Brownrigg also have considerable experience working through the ever changing renewable energy and technology field. We’ve gone on that journey together, and it has been a good one.”

Terry Kallis

“We ended up speaking to three accountants who came highly recommended and ended up choosing Clarke & Brownrigg. Richard went above and beyond to come over to understand our business, and we love how he will talk through things openly in a way that we can fully understand."

Maria Coppola

From Our Learning Centre

What You Should Know About Six Member SMSFs

14 May,2022

Since the SMSF member limits recently increased from four to six, larger families may be considering having one large superannuation fund for all family members. Interestingly, recent ATO statistics tell us that the SMSF population comprises of 24% single-member funds...

Further Developments on Trust Distributions

13 May,2022

For the many business owners who operate their affairs through discretionary trusts, there have been further developments on the ATO’s planned crackdown on certain distributions. Back-Story To recap, the ATO in February updated its guidance around trust distributions...

Why Super Can Help Save For Your Retirement

13 May,2022

Superannuation is an investment vehicle specifically designed to help you save for retirement - this is one of the key reasons why you should take an interest in your superannuation. Whether you’re employed, self-employed or even nearing retirement, it’s never too...