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Chartered accountants · Loughborough

Accounts done properly, at a fee agreed up front.

Year-end accounts, tax, VAT, payroll and the bookkeeping underneath it all, for limited companies and sole traders across Leicestershire. A named accountant, a fixed monthly fee, and every deadline in the diary before it becomes a problem.

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This month at a glance
Today
Self assessment deadline31 January
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Next VAT return, on the most common staggerQuarter to 30 September
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Company or sole trader, on £60,000 profitIllustrative
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Businesses that switched to us this yearExample figure
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A light, plant-filled office lounge with low chairs and tall windows
What we do

One firm for the accounts, the tax and the bookkeeping underneath.

Each service area has its own page, its own fee band and a named person who runs it. Pick the one that sounds like you.

A designer on the phone at her workbench, laptop open, sketches pinned behind her
Companies
Limited companies
Year-end accounts, corporation tax, the confirmation statement, director payroll and dividends.
From £165 a month
A joiner smiling as he planes a length of timber in his workshop
Sole traders
Sole traders
Self assessment, bookkeeping, CIS for subcontractors, and the moment to become a company.
From £79 a month
A barista tamping coffee behind the counter of a small café
Monthly
Bookkeeping, VAT & payroll
Books reconciled weekly, VAT filed with days to spare, staff paid on the day, pensions handled.
Included or added to any package
Fees
No hourly clock.Three fixed packages
From £79 a month. Every call and email included, and the fee only changes when the work does, in writing, first.
See what’s in each
Tax estimator

See what a company would leave you, on your own numbers.

Sole trader or limited company is the question we get asked most. Put in an expected profit and the salary you would pay yourself from a company. The full estimator adds dividends, pension and other income, then builds your deadlines for the year.

Open the full estimator

Sole trader take-home
£0
Company take-home
£0
Take-homeIncome taxNICorporation taxDividend tax
£0 more as a company, before our fees.

Illustrative figures using simplified rates. Your position depends on your circumstances and the current year’s rules; we check it properly before advising.

How we work

Switching takes one form and a phone call.

The chat
Twenty minutes, no pitch

In the office or on the phone. You tell us what the business does and what has been annoying you. We tell you what it would cost and whether we are the right firm for it.

Clearance
One letter, signed once

You sign a letter of engagement. We write to your old accountant for professional clearance and your records. You never have to speak to them again.

Set-up
Books current, dates diarised

Software connected, bank feeds live, last year’s figures checked, and every filing date for the next twelve months in our diary and yours.

All year
A person who picks up

A named accountant, quarterly check-ins, a reminder before each deadline, and a fee that does not change because you asked a question.

Fixed monthly fees

Three packages, priced monthly

Every package includes a named accountant, unlimited calls and emails, and a reminder before each deadline. Add-ons are priced on the fees page.

For one-person businesses
Sole trader
from£79a month

Freelancers, tradespeople and anyone trading under their own name.

  • Self assessment return, filed early
  • Bookkeeping review every quarter
  • VAT returns if you are registered
  • Named accountant, unlimited questions
  • Deadline reminders, in writing
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Most chosen
For owner-managed companies
Limited company
from£165a month

Companies with up to two directors and no staff yet.

  • Year-end accounts and corporation tax
  • Confirmation statement filed
  • Director payroll for up to two
  • Dividend vouchers and minutes
  • Self assessment for one director
  • Quarterly check-in with your accountant
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For companies with a team
Growing business
from£325a month

Staff, stock, a second site, or a bank that wants numbers monthly.

  • Everything in Limited company
  • Monthly bookkeeping, reconciled weekly
  • Monthly management accounts
  • Payroll and pensions for up to ten
  • Self assessment for two directors
  • A monthly call about the numbers
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All the fees, add-ons and a three-question package finder

What clients say

What clients say

They told me the year-end fee in the first phone call and it hasn’t moved since. My last accountant sent an invoice every time I emailed.
R. Okafor · joinery, Shepshed
VAT return done by the tenth every quarter without me chasing. I’d forgotten what that felt like.
S. Bennett · café, Quorn
We moved to a limited company on their advice, and they showed me the sums before we did it. No fuss with the old accountant either.
J. Patel · electrical contractor, Loughborough

Example reviews

The people

Two partners, four staff, one office.

You get one named accountant, and you get their direct line. If they are out, the person answering the phone knows your file.

Eleanor Marchmont, smiling, photographed outdoors in soft light
Eleanor Marchmont
Partner · chartered accountant

Limited companies, tax planning and the difficult conversations with HMRC.

Daniel Pike in a grey suit and tie, photographed against a plain background
Daniel Pike
Partner · chartered accountant

Sole traders, the switch to a company, and anything involving a van.

Priya Raman, photographed in a bright office with a wide smile
Priya Raman
Client manager · limited companies

Runs the company year-ends and the quarterly check-ins.

Meet the whole team and see the office

Book a chat

Book a twenty-minute chat

Ring the office, or send the form and we reply within one working day. Bring last year’s accounts if you have them; if you don’t, that is fine too.