About Us

Who We Are?

Lanop Accountants was set up in 2009 and established its first office in Putney in 2010. Since then, it has grown to be an industry-leading fully digital accounting firm that provides not only accounting and tax planning services for its clients but also business advisory services encompassing several areas.

Meet The CEO

I, Aurangzaib Chawla am the CEO of the Lanop group of companies. As an FCCA, I have over 18 years of experience with Accounting, Finance and Business Management including the development of numerous Start-ups and SMEs. My speciality is optimizations and structural transformations into modern business models and Accounting standards. I am a well-known professional in London Accounting circles and am involved with the Wandsworth chamber of commerce. My strategy is geared towards the development of human potential.

Key Highlights:

CEO of the Lanop Group of Companies with 18+ years of professional experience.
Expertise in business optimization, structural transformation, and modern accounting standards.
Active contributor to London’s accounting community and Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce.
Committed to empowering teams and fostering long-term sustainable growth.

What Sets Us Apart

Lanop provides a one-stop shop to clients from a wide range of industries and offers other services usually not offered by other accountants.

Through its strategic alliances with reliable and reputed partners, Lanop serves clients not just in the UK but across continents.

Lanop’s in-house finance advisors and consultants perform an in-depth analysis of the external ecosystem that influences the growth and strategies of global companies wishing to conduct business operations in the UK.

Because of Lanop Accountants’ transparency in dealing with their clients, it has close to a 99% client retention rate – falling 1% short of 100% only due to the client’s personal circumstances.

On top of it, Lanop treats its team members as front-line entrepreneurs. This team advises clients on some of the most challenging issues and can handle clients independently due to the company’s emphasis on continuous professional development.

Lanop Accountants is also a patron member and official accountant of the Wandsworth Chamber and a founding member of Putney Business Hub. This promotes local businesses in Putney and the surrounding areas while providing mentorship to new start-ups.

The Market Gap We Identified

The company came into existence after the founding partners, Mr Aurangzaib Chawla (known to his friends and clients as Zaib) and Kai Schefelbein, spotted a market gap for trusted accountants who were more business advisors. They wished to give clear advice on accounting and tax planning to their clients and other matters relating to operations, marketing, sales and finance. As a result, Lanop was envisioned as being more than an accounting firm. Zaib and Kai also observed that while traditional accountants used to focus on providing accounting and tax services to clients, they believed in adding value to businesses in numerous other ways. Also, leveraging his passion for start-ups and business acumen from some previous successful ventures in construction, subletting, and e-commerce business, Mr Aurangzaib believed in keeping clients involved in all aspects of their business and discussing not just what should be done but also why it should be done.

One of the ways they championed this was by connecting businesses with one another something they saw BNI do as well. It took advantage of its trusted network of professionals over the years while providing value for money, 360-degree services, and accounts with detailed comments/analyses. At the same time, both partners used to look for like-minded individuals due to their passion for business development and treated clients’ businesses as their own.