Chartsworth is a chartered accountancy practice in Singapore that helps businesses manage their accounting and tax needs. The firm provides online accounting, advisory, tax, valuation, company incorporation, and corporate secretarial services, aiming to take care of statutory compliance so business owners can focus on running their business.
Chartsworth positions itself as a single point of contact for a company's accounting, tax, and corporate secretary matters, assigning an expert accountant to each client for consistent communication. The firm uses cloud accounting rather than traditional paperwork, and its monthly accounting plans include a free XERO cloud accounting subscription, giving clients access to their financials anywhere, anytime.
As Chartered Accountants of Singapore, Chartsworth abides by the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics, and its tax professionals are accredited by the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP). The firm states its pricing is transparent and agreed upfront, with no unexpected costs down the line.
Running a business in Singapore means juggling accounting, tax compliance, corporate secretarial duties, and more — often across several different service providers. Chartsworth positions itself as the alternative: a single chartered accountancy practice covering accounting, advisory, tax, valuation, company incorporation, and corporate secretarial services under one roof.
Rather than clients bouncing between separate firms for each function, Chartsworth assigns an expert accountant as the main point of contact for a business's accounting, tax, and corporate secretary matters. The firm frames this as a deliberate move toward more effective communication and efficiency, rather than businesses managing multiple vendor relationships in parallel.
Chartsworth has moved away from traditional paper-based accounting in favour of cloud accounting. Its monthly accounting plans include a free XERO cloud accounting subscription, giving business owners access to their financials from anywhere, at any time. The idea is straightforward: faster access to financial information should translate into quicker, better-informed business decisions.
On the tax side, Chartsworth's professionals are accredited by the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP), and the firm covers a broad scope — Corporate Income Tax, Goods & Services Tax (GST), Property Tax, and Individual Income Tax. Notably, all of Chartsworth's accounting packages include free annual filing of Estimated Chargeable Income (ECI) and Form C-S, folding a compliance task that many business owners dread directly into the accounting service itself.
For GST specifically, Chartsworth handles registration and quarterly return filing. GST is a 7% tax on domestic consumption in Singapore, and businesses with taxable turnover exceeding S$1 million in a calendar year are required to register — though some businesses choose to register voluntarily even below that threshold, and Chartsworth supports both scenarios.
Every company in Singapore is legally required to appoint a corporate secretary to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. Chartsworth takes on this role directly for clients, keeping them informed of relevant deadlines so they can stay focused on running the business rather than tracking compliance dates themselves.
For those setting up a new company, Chartsworth points to Singapore's reputation as an easy place to do business — the World Bank ranked it the 2nd easiest country to do business in as of 2020. Incorporation itself can be handled entirely online, with the possibility of getting a business up and running on the same day.
Chartsworth's team holds the CA (Singapore) designation, described as the highest professional designation conferred by the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). The firm abides by ISCA's Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics, giving clients a level of assurance around the financial expertise and business acumen behind the advice they receive.
Chartsworth is upfront about how it prices its work: fees are agreed at the outset, with no unexpected costs appearing later. Combined with a no-obligation initial conversation offered to prospective clients, the firm positions itself as a low-friction way for Singapore business owners to hand off their numbers and compliance obligations to qualified professionals.