Franchise New Zealand | Summer 2026 | Year 34 Issue 04
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Franchise Accountants
www.franchiseaccountants.co.nz
Contact
Philip Morrison & Hayden Cargo
P 0800 555 80 20
hcargo@franchiseaccountants.co.nz
pmorrison@franchiseaccountants.co.nz
Advertiser Info
Westpac New Zealand
Franchise Awards 2025
Service Provider of the Year
7-Time Winner
1 November 2025 was a big night for the Franchise Accountants team:
they won their seventh Service Provider of the Year award at the Westpac
New Zealand Franchise Awards and were thrilled to present the Retail &
Hospitality Franchisee of the Year award to one of their own clients, who then
went on to win the Supreme Franchisee of the Year title.
Franchise Accountants’ founding partner Philip Morrison says, “Jess and Kelly
Bain of The Coffee Club Ōmokoroa are a great couple and excellent to work
with. They ask and take advice, and I am not surprised that their business has
been judged to be the best of the best. It is a double honour to act for them
on an ongoing basis and to have recognised them as award winners in the
category we sponsored on the night.
“We also want to congratulate our franchisor clients Brad Jacobs and Andy
Lucas of The Coffee Club New Zealand, which was awarded the Retail &
Hospitality Franchise System of the Year. And we would like to commend
Harrison’s Flooring Waikato North franchisees Immanuela Pfeiffenberger &
Dan Haslam, also our clients and finalists in the Home & Lifestyle Franchisee
of the Year category.”
Philip goes on to explain that the Franchise Accountants team have felt
very privileged to once again submit their own business to be evaluated by
independent judges against their peers. “We strive for excellence,” he says,
“and endeavour each year to implement something new that the judges have
identified that could improve our business. My business partner Hayden
Cargo and I offer our special thanks to all our clients and our team for their
loyalty and ongoing support.”
More than just franchise experts
Kelly Bain is quick to identify the key elements behind the success of their
partnership with Franchise Accountants.
“Jess and I wanted to work with someone who knew franchising intimately,
but the Franchise Accountants team are more than franchise experts. They
genuinely care about us – the financial performance of our family and our
future. We’ve been looking at further business opportunities, and they ask us
really thought-provoking questions about the impact of every decision on our
home and family. They absolutely go above and beyond.”
“Franchise Accountants have been fundamental to our success to date,
really helping us understand the numbers behind our business. Once you
understand where the money all goes to, you can work out the minimum
sales required to break even. So, they have taught us how to analyse where
every dollar goes after it comes into the café – what does it cover in terms of
cost of goods sold, labour, GST – and then to know whether what is left over
meets our expectations and plans for the future.
“It’s not just a matter of walking into the café and turning on the coffee
machine each morning. We know exactly what our daily, weekly and monthly
KPIs and forecasting look like – we are always looking to the future in
everything we do, and Franchise Accountants have made sure that all our
systems and financial boxes are ticked.”
We’ll be with them long into the future
Philip says that the team at Franchise Accountants are always available for
in-person meetings, phone calls and video chats with clients. Kelly agrees
wholeheartedly, “In an average month these days we’ll probably contact them
once or twice regarding any little thing such as an account in Xero that we
don’t quite understand – they always explain it so that we come away really
knowing what we are doing.
Franchise Accountants and their clients
were out in force celebrating business
excellence in franchising
WE SALUTE YOU
Buying & Running a Franchise
Philip Morrison with clients and
award winners Kelly and Jess Bain
“For the way they have helped us understand our business, and the level of
pastoral care that Franchise Accountants offer our family and future financial
wellbeing, we love being partners with them on this journey and will be with
them long into the future.”