Service
Annual accounts, prepared to tell you something useful.
Statutory accounts for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies — filed correctly and on time, and read properly so you learn something from them.
- Sole traders, partnerships & limited companies
- Companies House and HMRC filing included
- Management accounts as you grow
What you get
Annual accounts are usually prepared because the law requires them. We think that is the least interesting reason to have them. Preparing your accounts means we spend several hours inside the numbers of your business every year — and that is the single best opportunity anyone gets to spot where tax is being paid unnecessarily or where profit is quietly leaking away.
So we do the compliance job properly — a full set of accounts prepared to the correct standard, filed with Companies House and HMRC before the deadline — and then we tell you what we noticed while we were in there.
What is included
- Full statutory accounts prepared from your records
- Abridged accounts filed at Companies House where eligible
- Corporation tax computation and CT600 for limited companies
- Sole trader and partnership accounts feeding into self assessment
- A plain-English summary of what the numbers actually say
- A review of tax-saving opportunities before the year is closed
Management accounts
Once a business is past its first couple of years, one set of figures a year is not enough to run it. We prepare monthly or quarterly management accounts so you can see gross margin moving, spot a bad quarter while it is still fixable, and give a lender or investor something credible when they ask.
Bring the cost down
The single biggest driver of accounts preparation fees is the state of the records. If we are handed a shoebox, a large part of the fee is us doing bookkeeping at accountancy rates — which is a poor deal for you. Clients who use our bookkeeping service pay meaningfully less for their annual accounts, and we pass that saving on rather than keep it.
Deadlines to know
Limited company accounts are normally due at Companies House nine months after the year end, with corporation tax payable nine months and one day after it, and the CT600 due twelve months after. Miss the Companies House date and the penalty starts at £150 and escalates. We track every one of these dates for you and chase you well before they matter.
Who this suits
- Limited companies of any size
- Sole traders and the self-employed
- Partnerships and family businesses
- Contractors and consultants
- Companies needing management accounts
Works well with
- Corporation tax and self assessment
- Bookkeeping, payroll and VAT
- Sage setup and training
Talk it through
A free, no-obligation conversation about your situation. No sales pitch.
Common questions
How long does it take to prepare a set of accounts?
With complete records, typically two to four weeks from receiving everything. We will always tell you the realistic timescale at the point we take the work on, and we do not leave clients guessing.
What records do you need from me?
Bank statements for the full year, sales invoices, purchase invoices and receipts, details of any cash taken or introduced, loan and asset paperwork, and last year’s accounts if we did not prepare them. We send a checklist so nothing is missed.
Can you file at Companies House for me?
Yes. We prepare and file the accounts and the confirmation statement, and we file the corporation tax return with HMRC. You approve everything before it is submitted.
My accounts are late already. Can you help?
Yes, and the sooner the better — Companies House penalties escalate the longer accounts are outstanding. Bringing them up to date quickly is the thing that limits the cost.
Do you prepare accounts for dormant companies?
Yes. Dormant company accounts are a small, low-cost job and we are happy to handle them alongside the confirmation statement.
Let’s take this off your plate.
A free, informal, no-obligation conversation. Bring your questions — leave with a fixed-fee quote.