Winstone France Limited is a firm of chartered accountants based at 38 Birmingham Dr in Hillmorton, Christchurch, with a second branch in Arrowtown led by director Jeremy Winstone. The firm sums up its work in five words on its homepage — 'putting your numbers to work' — with a positioning of decision-ready accounting for growing businesses.
The team prides itself on being friendly, accessible and practical, serving a dynamic client base across a broad range of industries, from professional and medical services to construction, manufacturing and property. They point to the volume of referrals from existing clients as testament to the service and value they deliver.
Services span structuring advice, tax planning and compliance, financial statement preparation, software solutions, bookkeeping, payroll and Companies Office support, alongside personal tax, partnership, trust and estate work. A core focus is business development: strategic planning, mentoring, cashflow forecasting and profit improvement, built on the belief that effective planning combined with quarterly accountability achieves outstanding results.
Winstone France is a Xero Platinum Partner and holds the CA designation. Whether you are a start-up or a well-established enterprise planning your next move, the small, friendly team welcomes contact at any time.
If the five words on their homepage — 'putting your numbers to work' — sound refreshingly plain for accountants, that fits. Winstone France Limited is a firm of chartered accountants working from 38 Birmingham Dr in Hillmorton, Christchurch, with a second branch in Arrowtown serving the Wakatipu. Their positioning is 'Decision-Ready Accounting for Growing Businesses', and the tone of their site matches: friendly, accessible and practical rather than corporate.
The firm's profile is straightforward. They pride themselves on being friendly and accessible, and on giving practical business and taxation advice that helps clients reach their goals. Their client base spans a broad range of industries, and they point to the volume of referrals from existing clients as the truest measure of the service and value they deliver. Whether you are a start-up finding your feet or a well-established enterprise implementing your next strategy, they position themselves as having the skill set and experience to help.
Winstone France is led by directors with complementary backgrounds. Neil France has practiced as a Chartered Accountant for more than 30 years, twenty of them running the firm's predecessor. He represents clients across professional and medical services, construction, manufacturing and property development. Jeremy Winstone became a director in 2014 and moved to Wakatipu in 2022, where he now heads the Arrowtown branch; his clients span commercial and residential property, trades, professional services and manufacturing.
Dan Larsen joined in 2015 and became a director in 2022 to lead the business planning and development team. Trained at a Big Four firm, he spent years in industry managing large property portfolios in the Netherlands and the UK for a FTSE 250-listed company — experience that drives his passion for helping owners clarify what success looks like, create a plan, set actions and stay accountable. In 2025 they were joined by Daniel Harrison, who founded his own practice, Parallel CA Limited, in 2017 and works closely with small and medium-sized businesses in New Zealand and abroad, with a particular passion for high-tech and SaaS companies as they scale. Behind the directors is a team the firm itself describes as friendly and accessible, including office and tax manager Amy Garner and a bench of accountants.
A core part of the firm's identity is business development. Alongside compliance, they offer business and strategic planning, mentoring, cashflow forecasting, cashflow and profit improvement, and a bundled service called the Business Success Trio. They are firm believers that effective business planning combined with quarterly accountability can achieve outstanding results — whether that means a more balanced lifestyle or driving financial outcomes. Their stated aim is to provide advice when your business needs it, 'not just when you ask for it.'
The core service list is comprehensive: structuring advice, financial statement preparation, transactional support, income tax advice, GST advice, financial planning and forecasting, software solutions, bookkeeping, Companies Office support and payroll administration. On the personal side, they manage personal tax as well as partnership, trust and estate arrangements and investments. They tailor their approach to different client types — local businesses, regional and national operations, start-ups, and the self-employed or contractors.
Winstone France is a Xero Platinum Partner, an approved supplier for Upstream, and carries the CA designation. Their website doubles as a resource hub, with downloadable checklists for businesses and individuals, a Uses of Home template, tax facts, key dates, internet links and calculators — practical tools for clients between meetings.
Expect a small team rather than a call centre. The site invites you to get in touch at any time, by phone on 03 339 8660 or through the contact page, and frames the relationship as ongoing — advice, planning and accountability rather than a once-a-year appointment. For a Hillmorton business owner, that means a neighbourhood firm with big-firm disciplines: chartered standards, structured planning and cloud tools, delivered by people who talk in plain language.