Who are BDO?
We’re one of the UK’s largest Accountancy and Business Advisory firms providing Audit, Advisory, Tax and Business Services & Outsourcing services to clients all over the world. When the most entrepreneurial and high-growth businesses need advice on accountancy and business, they turn to BDO.
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Our purpose
Everything we do at BDO is driven by our core purpose – helping you succeed. Our purpose reflects how we work with our clients to achieve their business goals, it underpins the learning and development framework that supports our people, and it is a key ingredient of our entrepreneurial and innovative culture. Our purpose is the reason we look forward to the future with a sense of confidence and ambition.
OUR COMMITMENT TO QUALITY
At BDO, we're committed to acting in the public interest by consistently delivering quality engagements. Understanding and adhering to ethical principles, professional standards, and applying them consistently, helps us to make the right decisions and build trust in the profession.
Transparency Report
Building trust through transparency is at the core of everything we do.
While this report is a regulatory requirement, it’s much more than that. It’s an important vehicle to capture our approach to, progress in and challenges in running our firm.
OUR VALUES
BEING RESPONSIBLE AND ACTING WITH INTEGRITY
Being responsible and acting with integrity starts with a recognition that we have a choice in how we act, respond to and influence the world around us, conscious of our impact on others, our firm, our clients, society and the environment. It is about taking responsibility and being accountable for our actions and learning from our mistakes. It extends to our commitment to acting ethically with integrity, professional competence and scepticism, objectivity, due care, confidentiality and, as required with independence. Always delivering high quality work with the public interest in mind.
BEING GENUINE
Being genuine means we are true to who we are. We’re honest about what we think, believe and feel – as well as our own vulnerabilities. We foster an inclusive environment that respects individuality and difference, which means we don’t judge the beliefs and opinions of others, but listen and, where appropriate, learn from them. Being true to ourselves means we speak up when we don’t agree, and we also acknowledge when we’re unsure or have got something wrong. Trust has to be earned and we nurture it by being authentic, generous and respectful of others.
BEING COLLABORATIVE
Being collaborative means that we recognise the power of supporting and working with each other, our firm and our clients. It is a way of working where everyone has an important role to play, which we do by empowering and helping one another. To enable this, we build meaningful relationships based on trust, understanding and respect for the unique perspectives, skills and qualities that we each contribute. Above all, we are committed to supporting each other and sharing our knowledge, experience and expertise to help each other to succeed.
BEING BOLD
Being bold means we are ambitious, innovative and passionate about the things we do. We’re curious, initiate ideas and make change happen – even if it sometimes feels uncomfortable or is challenging to do. We are willing to try something new and prepared to take appropriate risks but never to the detriment of quality, ethics or our code of conduct. Today’s fast changing world demands us to be forward thinking, and open to new technology, being pragmatic, championing what is right and willing to positively challenge the way things have been done before.
MOMENTS THAT MATTER
Find out more about the moments in BDO that matter to us