Accounting and tax, handled properly.

Annual Accounts

Your year-end accounts are a legal requirement — but they're also the clearest picture you get of how the business actually performed.

We prepare your statutory accounts, file them with Companies House and make sure the deadlines are managed so you're never chasing a filing date. Just as importantly, we go through them with you: what the profit figure really represents, where the money went, and what changed compared with last year.

If something in the numbers needs your attention, we'd rather tell you than let it sit in a PDF you never open.

• Statutory accounts prepared for limited companies
• Sole trader and partnership accounts
• Filed with Companies House and HMRC on time
• A proper conversation about what the figures mean
• Deadlines tracked and reminders sent well in advance

Corporation Tax

The tax bill shouldn't be the surprise at the end of the year.

We prepare and file your CT600 corporation tax return alongside your accounts, make sure the allowances and legitimate expenses your company is entitled to are claimed, and tell you what's payable and when — early enough for you to plan for it.

Where a decision you're about to make has a tax consequence, we'd sooner you knew about it beforehand than found out afterwards.

• CT600 returns prepared and filed with HMRC
• Allowable expenses and capital allowances reviewed
• Your liability confirmed with time to plan for it
• Payment deadlines flagged in advance
• Straight answers on how a decision affects the tax position

Self Assessment

For company directors, sole traders and anyone else HMRC expects a personal tax return from.

We gather what's needed, prepare the return accurately and file it — well before January, not on the 31st. You'll know what you owe and when it's due, including any payments on account.

If you've had a return done late, done badly, or not done at all, that's a very common place to start. We'll get it straightened out.

• Personal tax returns prepared and filed
• Directors, sole traders, landlords and side businesses
• Income, expenses and reliefs reviewed properly
• Your liability and payment dates confirmed early
• Support if you're behind or catching up

Bookkeeping

Good bookkeeping is what makes everything else easy — and what makes your numbers worth looking at.

We keep your records accurate and up to date through the year: transactions recorded and categorised correctly, bank accounts reconciled, and receipts and invoices where they should be.

The benefit isn't just a tidy year end. It means that at any point you can ask what the business made last month, and get an answer you can rely on.

• Regular bookkeeping on a schedule that suits you
• Bank reconciliation and transaction categorisation
• Cloud accounting software set up and maintained
• Records kept ready for VAT, payroll and year end
• Catch-up work if your books have fallen behind

VAT Returns

VAT is where small mistakes get expensive, and where the rules are rarely as simple as they look.

We handle VAT registration when you need it, help you choose a scheme that suits how you actually trade, and prepare and submit your returns under Making Tax Digital.

We also check the treatment of the awkward items rather than guessing — the ones that are easy to get wrong and costly to correct later.

• VAT registration and scheme selection
• Making Tax Digital compliant submissions
• Quarterly returns prepared and filed on time
• Treatment of unusual or borderline items checked
• A heads-up when you're approaching the registration threshold

Payroll

Your team should be paid the right amount, on the right day, every time.

We run your payroll to schedule, submit the RTI information HMRC requires, produce payslips and tell you what to pay over and when. Auto-enrolment pension contributions are dealt with as part of the process.

Whether you have one employee or twenty, and whether you're paying yourself as a director or running a full team, it's handled the same way: quietly and on time.

• Weekly, fortnightly or monthly payroll
• RTI submissions to HMRC
• Payslips and employee documentation
• Auto-enrolment pension contributions
• Starters, leavers and director payroll

Business Start-ups

Getting the structure and the admin right at the start saves a great deal of work — and cost — later on.

We help new business owners get set up properly: talking through whether a sole trader or limited company structure fits what you're doing, forming the company if that's the route, registering you with HMRC for the right taxes, and setting up bookkeeping that will still work when you're busy.

You'll also come away understanding what you need to file, when, and roughly what to put aside.

• Sole trader vs limited company — talked through properly
• Company formation and Companies House registration
• Registering with HMRC for the right taxes
• Bookkeeping and record-keeping set up from day one
• A clear picture of your deadlines and obligations