Abbott & Associates Pty Ltd was formed in 1984 when Steve Abbott made the courageous decision to set up his own accounting firm. Abbott Solutions grew rapidly, expanding their services provision to incorporate a wide range of services in addition to Tax, Accounting & Consulting services including Financial Planning and Bookkeeping.

In 2010 Abbotts acquired John Gardner’s practice, followed by Rob Atherley’s practice in 2011. In 2011 Abbott Audit Services was formed following the acquisition of Graeme Wovodich and his audit business. 

In 2014 Abbotts acquired the well-respected business Judge Constable. In 2015, they acquired the long standing business Athans & Taylor. In 2015 Abbott Solutions also diversified their service offering when they commenced a Property Management & Development Division into the business.

By July 2015, the majority of the Crowe Horwath Osborne Park office joined Athans & Taylor and Abbott Solutions also acquired the Bookkeeping business known as AdminExpress.

Judge Constable was established by Kevin Judge & Rod Constable on 1 May 1989. Beverly Winterton joined the Business as partner in 1995. In 1999 Rod Constable retired from the Business as Principal and later re-joined the Business as employee in 2008.


Over the years the business provided both Tax & Accounting Services as well as Insolvency & Bankruptcy Services with over 30 staff members employed in the 1990’s at their  Burswood Road address. Kevin Judge & Beverley Winterton retired when the Practice was sold to Abbott Solutions in July 2014. In March 2016 the business was relocated to Abbott Solutions business premises in Mount Lawley.

Athans & Taylor was established by John Athans in May of 1980 under the name of Athans & Meacock. In 1983 Len Taylor came on board and the firm evolved into Athans Meacock & Taylor. The following year, after a significant career Meacock resigned and the firm changed once again, to become Athans & Taylor.


As the firm grew in size and reputation Athans & Taylor decided to move in order to successfully cater to its clients’ needs. They relocated the firm to its current address at 17 Foley Street Balcatta in 1993.


In 2015, after 35 years in practice at Athans & Taylor, John and Len put a retirement plan in place and Athans & Taylor became proudly owned and operated by its three Directors Alan Thomas, Mark De Luca and Sean Henbury.

In 2016 all three Businesses officially rebranded to Armada Accountants & Advisors and in 2018 we all moved into our current office in Sangiorgio Court, Osborne Park. By Combining our team, expertise, leadership and knowledge, we are the leading group of Tax Accountants, Auditors, Bookkeepers, Financial Planners, Lenders and Strategists in Perth and Regional Western Australia. Each of our divisions focus on cultivating wealth for our clients. Our team aims to provide much more than basic compliance services. Abbott Native Title Trustees, who provide trustee services for Native Title Trusts across Australia, are also part of the Armada Group.