Our structure. Held in trust, not owned.
Alvelion works under the rules of stewardship instead of ownership. Whoever carries responsibility with us looks after the firm for the next generation. It is not for sale, and profit goes back into the work.
Request an introductory meetingWhy this matters
In our market, firms are bought up and merged. For clients, that often has consequences they did not choose themselves.
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A new face after a takeover
Your regular adviser leaves or is given other clients. You start again with someone who doesn't know your business.
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A different system and a higher fee
After a merger, the way of working changes. The bill goes up, because the purchase price has to be earned back.
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Profit that leaves the firm
When profit goes to owners, it sits opposite your interests. A choice then has to be made again and again.
At Alvelion, that cannot happen. The firm is not for sale, and what we earn stays in the work.
Ownership, or stewardship
Ownership
What is the firm worth?
The firm is property. It can be sold, and the profit goes to whoever owns it.
Stewardship
What do we pass on?
The firm is held in trust. It is not for sale, and the profit goes back into the work, the people and the surroundings.
How stewardship works
Responsibility held in trust
Whoever leads with us receives a task, not a possession. That responsibility is passed on, not sold or inherited.
Profit stays in the work
We don't take profit out of the business. We reinvest it in our work, our people and the places where we are active.
Every year
Working independently
We work independently. Where external entities are involved with us, oversight lies with an independent body, which also includes outside lawyers.
Passing on to the next generation
What one generation receives, it passes on unimpaired. That way the firm lasts longer than anyone who works there now.
That sounds weighty for an accounting firm. The reason is simple: a business owner who starts with us today still has the same firm on the other side of the table in twenty years.
What this means for you
No takeover
The firm is not for sale, not even if someone offered a lot of money for it.
The same team
You keep your regular team. No new face arrives because the firm changes hands.
No fee to recover a purchase price
There is no purchase price to earn back. You won't see it on your invoice.
Your interests first
We don't have to choose between your interests and a profit payout. That makes it easier to say no to work that isn't right.
Staying when times are hard
If things are harder for your business for a while, we stay by your side.
Investing in quality
What we earn goes into training, better processes and our people. You benefit from that.
In twenty years, you still have the same firm on the other side of the table.
Most firms are only as strong as the person who founded them. We deliberately set things up differently, so the firm continues to exist, even as people come and go.
Certainty
You know who you work with, now and later.
Independent
No owner steering towards a sale.
Honest advice
Advice without a stake in a profit payout.
Lasting quality
Profit goes to people and training.
Built to last
Not for sale
The firm is held in trust and cannot be sold or inherited as property.
Profit stays within
We reinvest what we earn in the work, the people and the surroundings.
Selective
We choose deliberately who we work with. That way every client keeps a regular team.
Frequently asked questions
Under stewardship, a business is not property. Whoever leads looks after the firm in trust and later passes it on unimpaired. Profit is not paid out, but reinvested.
No. The firm is not for sale, not even if someone offered a lot of money for it.
We don't take profit out of the business. We reinvest it in our work, our people and the places where we are active.
We work independently. Where external entities are involved with us, oversight lies with an independent body, which also includes outside lawyers.
You keep your regular team, you don't get a new system or higher fee because of a takeover, and our advice is free of any profit payout.
No, we have grown. But we stay selective. We work with a limited number of business owners, so each keeps a regular team.
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