• N° 01 · The firm
  • Founded 2009 [placeholder]
  • Double Bay, Sydney

A small firm,kept so onpurpose.

Fig. 1Limewash, chalk. The boardroom wall.

Fourteen people and a limited number of families, so every client is known by a partner.

ScrollFourteen people · one office (placeholder)

The firm

Fewer clients,known well.

Calder was founded to look after a handful of families properly, rather than a great many at a distance.

Every client has a partner who knows the whole of their affairs: the returns, the trusts, the fund and the business, and the people behind them. We keep a limit on the number of families we act for, and we would rather say no than take on work we can't do well.

We work in a quiet office on Knox Street, in person or by video, and we answer our own telephones. Most of our clients come by introduction, from other clients, their lawyers and their advisers.

Founded
2009 (placeholder)
People
Fourteen, four of them partners (placeholder)
Families
About one hundred and twenty (placeholder)

The people

The partnersand managers.

Portraits to come. Until then, each panel holds a monogram.

  • Fig. 3Portrait to come. Plaster ground.

    Eleanor Calder

    Principal

    Family groups and succession.

    Chartered Accountant · SMSF specialist [placeholder]

  • Fig. 4Portrait to come. Travertine ground.

    James Okafor

    Director

    Trusts, companies and business sales.

    Chartered Accountant [placeholder]

  • Fig. 5Portrait to come. Linen ground.

    Sophie Lindqvist

    Senior manager

    Self-managed super and pensions.

    CPA [placeholder]

  • Fig. 6Portrait to come. Marble ground.

    Arun Mehta

    Manager

    Founders, executives and equity.

    Chartered Accountant [placeholder]

Fictional people for the template. Names, roles and credentials are placeholders.

What clients notice first

Nothinghurried.

Principles

Four wekeep.

The rules we hold ourselves to, written into every engagement letter.

  1. Discretion

    We never discuss clients by name, and documents travel only through the portal.

  2. Continuity

    The partner who meets you is the partner who signs your returns, year after year.

  3. Candour

    If a plan is aggressive, we say so. No refund is promised, and no shortcut taken.

  4. Care

    Deadlines met early, and the next generation brought in gently.

Registrations

Registered,and checkable.

Each registration below can be checked on its public register.

i.

Registered tax agent

Registered Tax Agent No. [placeholder]. We prepare and lodge returns and give tax advice under the Tax Practitioners Board's code of conduct.

The TPB register

ii.

Chartered Accountants ANZ

Member firm [placeholder]. Partners meet the institute's standards for training, ethics and quality review.

CA ANZ directory

iii.

SMSF specialist

SMSF Association accreditation [placeholder] for the partner responsible for super funds.

SMSF Association

iv.

Insurance and standards

Professional indemnity insurance [placeholder: insurer and cover]. Professional Standards scheme [placeholder: only if the firm participates].

On request

Placeholder registrations. A real site lists only those the firm holds, with its actual numbers.

Discovery call

Meet a partner,in person.

Office
Level 3, 00 Knox Street, Double Bay NSW 2028 (placeholder)
Telephone
(02) 9000 0000
Meetings
In person or by video, Monday to Friday