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Since we opened our firm, we have remained committed to our values and goals, leveraging our expertise to support your auditing, accounting, and financial needs.
Today, we are proud to present Claassen Stone as a professional service provider. Our outstanding quality, continuous service delivery improvement, loyalty, and efficient, effective service are not only a given; they are delivered with a positive attitude.
Claassen Stone believes in hands-on and responsive service.
We are your comprehensive, high-quality, one-stop financial services provider. Our partners are readily accessible and willing to help.
Claassen Stone provides a one-stop audit and accounting service to clients across a broad spectrum of entities, industries and geographical locations.
We are leaders in Co-operative businesses (e.g., Cellars and agriculture) and also serve a wide range of other industries.
Our Difference
Claassen Stone’s approach to customer service can be summarised as follows:
We are a comprehensive service provider with more than 40 years of experience.
Claassen Stone is a one-stop service provider offering personalised, hands-on support to its customers.
We are leaders in Co-operative businesses (e.g., Cellars and agriculture) and also serve a wide range of other industries. Claassen Stone currently has a B-BBEE level 2 rating.
Our partners are directly involved in every instruction the firm handles.
Our partners are readily available to provide guidance and advice to each client.
About Us
Our Background
Approximately 44 years ago, Louis Claasen and James Stone opened the doors of Claassen Stone Chartered Accountants in Vredendal and Springbok.
Since 1971, Claassen Stone has grown from strength to strength. Today, we have clients in the Western Cape (including the Boland and Helderberg areas) and the Northern Cape. Our offices are situated in Vredendal, Springbok, Calvinia and Stellenbosch.
Currently, Claassen Stone comprises 60 staff members, four Audit Partners, and one Accounting Partner. With decades of experience across a wide range of industries, you can trust Claassen Stone to look after your financial well-being.
Our team of dedicated and focused individuals has made Claassen Stone the firm it is today. We are always looking for energetic, forward-thinking, and career-oriented individuals to contribute to our firm's values.
Claassen Stone offers a culture that helps you achieve your personal and professional goals.
Claassen Stone offers an annual SAICA and SAIPA article experience.
We are
focussed on
ADDING VALUE
Relationships
The foundation of all work done for our clients starts with a personal relationship with each and every client.
Driven
We are driven, proactive, and focused on the future of our clients. But we do it NOW. From there, our positioning statement:
the future - now
Growth
We work with our clients to help them grow and develop.
Advice
Our company is managed by forward thinking leaders with a vision. We firmly believe that every client is entitled to base their decisions on accurate information, along with having sound and effective advice.
Informed
We pride ourselves on delivering accurate and relevant information to our clients when and how they need it.
Proactive
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Anticipating any potential problems, creatively offering timely solutions.
Our Team
At the heart of our firm is a dedicated team to guide clients and colleagues with vision, integrity, and expertise.
They bring together years of experience, diverse skills, and a shared commitment to excellence.
Directors
With strong leadership, we continue to build a culture of trust, innovation, and accountability - ensuring that every decision we make supports both the long-term growth of our clients and the sustainable success of our firm.
Management & Staff
Behind every success story is a dedicated team.
Our managers and staff bring expertise, passion, and teamwork to everything they do, ensuring clients receive the best possible service and support.
Marelize Bradshaw
Vredendal
Charndrew Steenkamp
Vredendal
Dina Bresler
Vredendal
Ina van Zyl
Vredendal
Amoré Roodman
Vredendal
Rachel de Villiers
Vredendal
Rosmien Jansen van Rensburg
Vredendal
Stanley Claasen
Vredendal
Sarina van der Westhuizen
Vredendal
Simone Naude
Vredendal
Yolanda Vermaak
Vredendal
Anschené Verwey
Vredendal
Chantell Bresler
Vredendal
Cecile Engelbrecht
Vredendal
Anja Engelbrecht
Vredendal
Joz Truter
Vredendal
Kara Engelbrecht
Vredendal
Theuns Britz
Vredendal
Lourens Aggenbag
Vredendal
Berné Boshof
Vredendal
Juané De Waal
Calvinia
Stain Jacobs
Calvinia
Jenville Wena
Calvinia
Wilmien Louw
Calvinia
Dewald Scholtz
Calvinia
Marike Marchand
Calvinia
Gallery
Our firm is associated with The Core Group, an association of independent professionals.
We are independent but practice in association with one another, utilising The Core Service Companies to empower us to render a wide variety of specialised services to local clients.
Although all are associated under The Core Group identity, we remain independent and in control of our own firm regarding ownership and management.
Being Core Associated, we have access to:
126
Branches nationwide
397
Specialists in all areas
1 716
Employees securing capacity
30 058
Content clients
the future - now
Other Affiliates
Your gateway to excellence in professional advisory services.
Driven by knowledge.
Backed by experience.
Power in partnership, strength in unity.
Committed to quality, governed by integrity.
Our Values
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We are leaders in both our industry and our local communities.
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We operate with a sense of urgency and discipline.
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We do the right thing all of the time.
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We are responsible for our impact on the environment.
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We are the owners of our actions and decisions.
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We share our views and ideas openly.
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We are passionate about delivering an exceptional stakeholder experience.
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We are team players in everything we do.
There is a critical need for alignment between personal and organisational values, as mistakes can occur when misalignment exists.
Our Vision
Our VISION defines the way our organisation will look in the FUTURE.
The FUTURE - To be seen and experienced as Globally Trusted Professionals.
Global
Inspires us to grow/expand.
Trusted
Inspires us to build trusting relationships with all our stakeholders based on honesty, efficiency, accountability, and mutual respect.
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Stakeholders
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All entities that can affect or be affected by the organisation's actions, objectives and policies.
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They are our creditors, member firm directors, service company directors, employees, government (and its agencies), owners (shareholders), suppliers, unions, and the community from which the business draws its resources.
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Professional
Inspires all of us to deliver a quality service/product in a manner as defined by our stakeholders.
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It does not refer to professional bodies or professional career types. It relates to HOW we interact with our stakeholders.
Vision is a long-term view describing the goals of the organisation.
Our vision statement helps to drive decisions and goals in our company.
Our Mission
Our MISSION defines our purpose and why we exist.
We CREATE diverse solutions that increase our stakeholders' profits, business value, and personal wealth.
We do this through a single, CORE relationship – NOW.
Create
We develop services through a continuous process, leaving something behind, and are accountable for what we create.
Divers
Many, various, unlimited.
Solutions
Plural, services, answers, actions, products.
Stakeholders
Everybody is affected by our business operations. (suppliers, clients, staff, SARS, the community, etc.)
Single
One.
CORE
Reiterate the brand name, central, nucleus, pivot point.
Relationship
The emotional link between two or more parties.
Our mission statement provides the details of what is done and answers the question:
“How do we do what we do?”.
Our Workplace Behaviour
Working with me (or any of my colleagues) as a firm representative, you can expect the following:
Honesty:
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I do not lie.
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I share my views and ideas without the fear of prejudice and without disrespecting the opinions and rights of others.
Efficiency:
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I stick to deadlines.
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I have a clean and neat desk.
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I return a stakeholder’s call/email/SMS within 24 hours.
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I complete tasks that are allocated to me.
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I prepare properly for formal interactions with stakeholders.
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I proactively follow up on outstanding tasks and assignments.
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I update my skills and knowledge to remain not only relevant but abreast.
Mutual respect for all stakeholders
At the office:
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I am on time.
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I park in my allocated parking space.
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I greet my colleagues.
In meetings:
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I allow others the freedom to express themselves without interrupting them.
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I focus on the agenda at hand and do not communicate with external parties.
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I do not do any other work that is outside the scope of the meeting.
In general:
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I do not use gestures, language, or crude and disrespectful comments.
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I conserve firm and natural resources and limit wastage.
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I dress in a manner that is equal to what is professionally expected by my stakeholders.
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I use proper language when communicating with my stakeholders.
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I use a tone of voice that is acceptable to all my stakeholders.
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I empower and guide. I do not reprimand and belittle stakeholders in public or behind closed doors.
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I do not use intimidating behaviour, like slamming doors and throwing objects.
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I trust my stakeholders. I do not excessively and unreasonably monitor their responsibilities.
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I address a conflict situation with the party concerned in a professional manner that is equal to those above before approaching a third party.
Accountability Statement
I am accountable for all my actions. I will take corrective measures before the deadline if I cannot deliver on my commitment to the Workplace Behaviour Statement.
I will communicate this to the relevant stakeholders within a timeframe that is acceptable to them.
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