We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce. We seek to employ the best person for a role regardless of race, gender, religion or any other parameter and promote a working environment free from any form of discrimination or victimisation on any grounds.
We periodically monitor the diversity profile of our team through an anonymous collection of data. During this we gather statistics on age, gender, ethnicity, disability, faith, sexual orientation, socio-economic backgrounds and caring responsibilities.
The following is a summary of responses to the ‘Diversity Data Collection Questionnaire’ distributed to staff in June 2016.
This questionnaire was obtained from the ICAEW website.
Number of responses received: 23
Role in the Firm
| Chartered Accountant | Partner | 1 |
| Manager | 2 |
| Qualified | 0 |
| Training | 4 |
| Other Accountant | Partner | 1 |
| Manager | 2 |
| Qualified | 0 |
| Training | 1 |
| Legally qualified | Partner | 0 |
| Assistant / Associate | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Other legal | Partner | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Other profession | Partner | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Direct Support Staff | | 6 |
| Other | | 4 |
| Prefer not to say | | 0 |
| | 23 |
Age
| > 35 | 5 |
| 35 – 44 | 7 |
| 45 – 54 | 6 |
| 55 – 64 | 4 |
| 65 and over | 1 |
| Prefer not to say | 0 |
| 23 |
Gender
| Male | 10 |
| Female | 13 |
| Prefer not to say | |
| 23 |
Disability – staff who consider that they have a disability
| Yes | 1 |
| No | 22 |
| Prefer not to say | |
| 23 |
Disability – are day-to-day activities limited due to a health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months
| Yes, limited a lot | |
| Yes, limited a little | 1 |
| No | 22 |
| Prefer not to say | |
| 23 |
Ethnic Group
| Asian / Asian British | Bangladeshi | |
| Chinese | |
| Indian | |
| Pakistani | |
| Other Asian | |
| Black / African / Caribbean / British | African | |
| Caribbean | |
| Any other | |
| Mixed / Multiple ethnic group | White and Asian | |
| White and Black African | |
| White and Black African | |
| White and Black Carribean | |
| White and Chinese | 1 |
| Other | |
| White | British | 21 |
| Irish | |
| Gypsy or Irish Traveller | |
| Other White | 1 |
| Arab | | |
| Other | | |
| Prefer not to say | | |
| | 23 |
Sexual Orientation
| Bisexual | 0 |
| Gay man | 0 |
| Gay woman / lesbian | 0 |
| Heterosexual / straight | 23 |
| Other | 0 |
| Prefer not to say | 0 |
| 23 |
Socio-Economic Background
If staff went to university – were they part of the first generation of their family to do so?
| Yes | 7 |
| No | 1 |
| Did not attend university | 15 |
| Prefer not to say | 0 |
| 0 |
Did staff mainly attend a state or fee-paying secondary school?
| UK state school | 20 |
| UK independent / fee-paying school | 1 |
| Attended school outside the UK | 1 |
| Prefer not to say | 0 |
| Not answered | 1 |
| 23 |
