Terms and Conditions

This website (accountsfunction.co.uk and accountsfunction.com) is owned and operated by Accounts Function Limited, whose registered office is Enterprise House, Ocean Village, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 3XB, registered in England and Wales (Number: 05400097).

The Terms and Conditions detailed below apply to all visitors irrespective of whether or not the visitor is a registered client. Therefore, by accessing and using the accountsfunction.co.uk or accountsfunction.com website, you agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions. Please do not access or use this website if you do not agree with any of the Terms and Conditions. 

Accounts Function Limited ("we") reserve the right to modify these Terms and Conditions from time to time without prior notice. 

Accounts Function Limited will conduct its business on the basis of; (i) the Terms and Conditions as set out below, (ii) the Terms and Conditions incorporated within the letter of engagement and (iii) any specific Terms and Conditions agreed with individual users and clients.

Key Definitions

"Accounts Function", "Accountsfunction", "accountsfunction.co.uk", "accountsfunction.com", "we", "us", "our" "website" - means Accounts Function Limited and any company which is at the relevant time a subsidiary or holding company of Accounts Function Limited and any subsidiary of any such holding company.

"Content" means all material on this website including text, images, design and other information.

"You", "your", "your company", "customer", "visitor", "user", "client" (singular or plural) means the Accounts Function customer, client or visitor to the website.

Intellectual Property Rights and Licences

The Accounts Function website contains material which is owned by or licensed to Accounts Function Limited, including but not limited to the design, layout and graphics. All of the content and design of our website are, without restriction, protected by intellectual property laws and subject to all copyright, trade marks and database laws. You agree not to use any of this material in any form or medium for any purpose, including re-distribution or re-publication to anyone else, without our prior written permission.

All software and content (including design, graphics, photographs, sound, text, music, video, page layouts, similar material) contained within the Accounts Function website or provided by our business partners or included as part of our client services, is protected by our (including those of our business partners) copyrights, trade marks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws.

We own or are licensed to use all intellectual property rights (including all copyrights, patents and trade marks) in connection with our website and our services. You are not permitted, except where expressly authorised to do so, to change, copy, store, publish, rent, licence, sell or distribute in any way any of these intellectual property rights.

Subject to the terms of our data protection, privacy and security policy; you agree to grant us and others a non-exclusive world wide perpetual royalty free licence under your copyright and other intellectual property rights to display or distribute any material transmitted or uploaded to our website by you in any way without the need to notify you or to seek your permission in advance.

The copyright in the material contained in the website, text and graphics, and their selection and arrangement, and all software and software source code belongs to Accounts Function Limited or may be the copyrights, trademarks of other clients, business partners or organisations.

Suspension and Termination

Accounts Function may modify or terminate your access to the website or any part of its services from time to time, for any reason, and without notice and ultimately without any liability to you, to any other user or to any third party. 

All disclaimers, indemnities, exclusions and protective measures in these terms and conditions shall survive the termination of either your engagement as a client or your access to the website.

Data Protection and Privacy

Accounts Function is committed to protecting your privacy. All information and records held by us will be treated as confidential.

Accounts Function will collect and use information supplied by you and other users of the website to improve both the functionality of the website and your experience. 

Accounts Function may also inform you of changes in our services or about features we think may be of interest to you. In providing you and your business with the appropriate service, 

Accounts Function may share information with relevant business partners. By using this website or registering with Accounts Function, you are deemed to have agreed and authorised Accounts Function to use the personal information for these purposes. 

We may use the information we hold on you for internal marketing purposes. However, we will not release this information to third parties.

We use cookies in order to personalise your experience of the Accounts Function website. You may still use the website If you set up your browser to reject cookies. Accounts Function does not have access or control over cookies used by our business partners.

Accounts Function may use IP addresses in the administration of the site, to analyse trends, follow visitor movement, and collate information for aggregate use.

In accordance with data protection laws you are entitled to request details of personal information we hold on you. There will be a charge of £10 for each such request.

Security and Registration

Accounts Function takes every precaution to protect its users' information. To prevent unauthorised access, Accounts Function follows security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information.

When registering, you will be required to provide a username and password in order to gain access to the client area. You must ensure your username and password are kept secure and are not disclosed to anyone else. If the security of your password is compromised, you are required to notify us immediately by telephone.

If you are registered to visit the client area of the website, you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself and your business where relevant, and you agree that you are responsible for ensuring that this information is kept accurate, complete and up to date. 

You will be fully responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password including all information uploaded or posted onto the Accounts Function website, whether by you or anyone else on your behalf. Accounts Function is entitled to act upon any instructions given by anyone using your username and password.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

The information provided on our website is not in any way providing or deemed to be advice or a recommendation to buy any products or services from Accounts Function and you should seek appropriate independent advice and if appropriate, refer to our letter of engagement with you as a client.

Accounts Function will take utmost care to ensure that viruses do not spread via the use of our website or our email system. However, due to the ever changing and evolving nature of viruses, Accounts Function gives no guarantees in this regard and can not guarantee security in such an event. Accounts Function recommends that you use your own anti-virus to check the content downloaded from our website. You agree that we will not be liable for any resulting claims, losses and/or damages of any nature, including any loss of profits, goodwill, loss of business or loss of data.

Nothing in this section shall limit or exclude any liability of Accounts Function Limited for death or personal injury caused by the negligence of Accounts Function Limited or the negligence of its employees.

The Accounts Function website and services are provided on a current basis. We will use our best endeavours to correct any errors which we are notified or aware of. However, Accounts Function provides no guarantee that the website and our services and/or any information will meet your requirements or that the access to and use of our services and software will be error free. Therefore, you agree that your visit to our Accounts Function website and the use of our Services is at your sole risk.

No advice or information whether oral or written, obtained by you from us will create any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms and Conditions.

We, or third parties, may provide external links to other websites or resources. These are provided in order to assist users and we do not control or endorse the contents of third party websites. We therefore take no responsibility for the availability of third party websites, the contents of other websites, nor will we be liable in any way for any loss or damage which you may suffer by using those websites.

Your Obligations

You are not permitted to transmit to our website anything that you do not have a clear right to use. You must ensure that you do not transmit or post to our website any material containing software viruses or files designed to damage or disrupt the operation of our website, computer, telecommunications network or equipment, nor are you permitted to do anything which would disrupt the use and enjoyment of our website or our services by other users.

When using the Accounts Function website, you agree not to publish, post, upload, store, distribute, falsify, or disseminate any unlawful defamatory, infringing, obscene, harmful, confidential, libellous, hateful, or otherwise illegal material or information or anything, which might constitute a criminal or civil offence. We reserve the right at our discretion to refuse or remove anything posted to our website, which in our opinion is unprofessional or otherwise does not comply with our Terms and Conditions.

Governing Law

The Terms and Conditions of Accounts Function will be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and will be subject to the jurisdiction of the English Courts. 

If any of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid then that provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions as they shall remain fully enforceable. No waiver by us of any terms shall be deemed to be continuing or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other term.

Contact Us

If you have any queries regarding these terms and conditions please email or write to us at the address published on our website ('contact us' web page).