Client success
Our clients are amazing; hardworking, resourceful and resilient. And it’s been our privilege to work with all of them providing business advice and planning, personal guidance, and frequently, the network connections for mutual benefit and growth.
Because that’s what works around here.
BFM
Campus Radio started broadcasting in 1969 as 95bFM.
The company is owned by the Auckland University Student Assn as beneficiary of the AUSA Media Trust. Since then 95bFM has grown to be the largest broadcaster within the Student Radio Network in New Zealand.
The radio station has played a significant role in broadcasting New Zealand emerging talent, training journalists and broadcasters who have gone on to successful careers. Markus Lush and Jeremy Wells for example are some of the people who got their start with 95bFM.
95bFM now broadcasts to over 35000 people on air and 8000 people by streaming every week.
Campus Radio Ltd is a charitable company and broadcasts on a licence that limits to the amount of revenue it can earn by selling advertising. The company relies on contracts with New Zealand on Air to broadcast New Zealand content to survive along with philanthropic funding.
With the disruption to the economy due to the Covid pandemic has hit media businesses hard and the station has struggled. Maintaining the service requires intense management including financial management.
Chester Grey Chartered Accountants Ltd has played a significant role in helping the business through our full back-office service, budgeting and forecasting and monthly management reports. Stephen Grey also chairs the board of Campus Radio Ltd.
Swages Engineering
New Zealand’s largest CNC workshop.
Swages Engineering was established in 1978 by John Graham who specialised in manufacturing yacht rigging using a Herbert Lathe, a drill press and a bench grinder.
John’s son Mike purchased the business in 2001 and since then the business has grown from a very small workshop to the largest CNC workshop in New Zealand based in East Tamaki with a team of 60 people.
Over the last 5 years the business has planned strategically for growth and this planning backed up be monthly governance meetings and timely accurate financial reporting is behind the company investing $3.7million over this period in new state of the art milling machines.
Sound planning, good Governance and timely progress reporting allowed has contributed to the business’s strong trading results over the last 5 years with the 2022/2023 year producing record profits which are 100% higher than the previous best year.
Chester Grey Chartered Accountants Ltd has contributed to this success by providing the company with full back office and payroll services, assistance with strategic planning and related budgets. Month end financial reports and convening monthly governance meetings.
If your looking for a helpful, professional accountancy service you’ve come to the right place. Stephen and his team are always approachable and helpful with all aspects of their work, with their input and support we’ve made major changes to the profitability of our business and their monthly input is keeping us focused on our goals. We also use their backoffice team for the day to day invoicing and payables and as a result have more accurate data, faster and saved money from when we had our staff doing this.
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Mike Graham
Managing Director, Swages Engineering
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