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Accounts and tax
Keep your filings accurate, understand what you owe and meet the right deadlines.
Limited Company Accounts Annual statutory accounts and corporation tax filing for limited companies.
We prepare and file a company’s annual statutory accounts and corporation tax return, helping directors meet their Companies House and HMRC obligations.
- Collect and review the company’s accounting records and supporting documents.
- Prepare the annual accounts, corporation tax calculation and company tax return.
- Obtain approval, file the documents and confirm the tax payment deadlines.
- Meet annual filing obligations.
- Reduce the risk of penalties and missed deadlines.
- Understand the company’s annual performance and corporation tax position.
Sole Trader Accounts Annual business accounts and self-assessment support for sole traders.
We bring together the annual business records, calculate the trading profit or loss and prepare the sole trader’s self-assessment tax return.
- Collect and review income, expenses, bank statements and supporting records.
- Calculate the annual result and identify allowable business expenses.
- Prepare the accounts and tax return, then submit the approved return.
- Bring the records together into a clear annual account.
- Claim relevant allowable expenses.
- Understand how the business performed and what tax is payable.
Personal Tax Returns Self-assessment returns for directors, landlords, investors and other individuals.
We prepare and submit annual self-assessment returns for people with taxable income that is not fully dealt with through PAYE.
- Review employment, dividend, property, pension, investment and other income.
- Identify relevant allowances and expenses and calculate taxable income.
- Prepare the return, provide the tax calculation and submit it after approval.
- Submit the return correctly and on time.
- Identify available allowances and legitimate deductions.
- Receive a clear calculation of the tax payable.
VAT Returns Preparation, review and submission of periodic VAT returns.
We review the transactions recorded during the VAT period and prepare the return for approval before submitting it to HMRC.
- Check sales and purchase VAT and review the VAT treatment of transactions.
- Reconcile the records and identify missing or unusual items.
- Prepare the return, obtain approval and submit it to HMRC.
- Meet VAT filing deadlines.
- Reduce the risk of incorrect VAT treatment.
- Receive clear notice of the amount payable or repayable.
MTD Filing Digital preparation and filing under Making Tax Digital rules.
We help businesses and individuals meet the digital recordkeeping and filing duties that apply to them under Making Tax Digital.
- Check that the records are complete and held in a suitable digital format.
- Review the relevant reporting period and prepare the required submission.
- File through compatible software and provide confirmation.
- Meet digital filing obligations.
- Avoid managing unfamiliar software alone.
- Create a more organised digital accounting process.
HMRC Investigation Insurance Insurance-backed help with eligible HMRC checks and enquiries.
Subject to the policy terms, conditions and exclusions, the service helps cover professional fees incurred when responding to certain HMRC enquiries, checks or investigations.
- Send us the HMRC correspondence when an enquiry is opened.
- We assess whether the matter falls within the policy.
- Eligible professional work is carried out and covered fees are claimed.
- Help protect against unexpected professional costs.
- Access support promptly during an HMRC enquiry.
- Receive professional representation where the policy provides cover.
Day-to-day finance
Keep your records current and give your team reliable figures throughout the year.
Bookkeeping Regular recording and organisation of business transactions.
We keep the financial records organised and current, including sales, purchases, expenses, invoices and bank transactions.
- Connect to the agreed accounting software, bank feeds and documents.
- Record transactions, reconcile accounts and maintain customer and supplier ledgers.
- Identify missing information and correct routine errors.
- Keep financial records organised and current.
- Reduce the burden on the business owner.
- Avoid a large bookkeeping backlog.
Payroll Regular wage calculations, payslips and HMRC payroll reporting.
We manage the regular calculation and reporting of wages for directors, full-time staff, part-time staff and temporary workers.
- Collect employee details, hours, pay changes, bonuses and deductions.
- Calculate wages, PAYE and National Insurance and prepare payslips.
- Submit the required HMRC reports and confirm the amount payable.
- Provide accurate payslips.
- Meet HMRC payroll reporting requirements.
- Create a consistent payroll process and save management time.
CIS Returns Monthly Construction Industry Scheme support for contractors.
We support contractors with subcontractor verification, deduction calculations, statements and monthly CIS reporting.
- Collect details of subcontractors, payments and deductions.
- Verify subcontractors where required and calculate CIS deductions.
- Prepare statements and submit the monthly CIS return.
- Comply with CIS rules.
- Reduce the risk of incorrect deductions.
- Save administrative time and reduce the likelihood of penalties.
Management Accounts Regular financial reporting for better-informed business decisions.
We prepare agreed monthly or quarterly reports so management can understand current performance without waiting for the annual accounts.
- Prepare the agreed reports from the current bookkeeping records.
- Compare results with earlier periods and comment on significant movements.
- Discuss the results with management.
- See how the business is performing during the year.
- Identify problems sooner.
- Support decisions and discussions with lenders or investors.
Company services
Set up and maintain a limited company with clear, routine statutory support.
Company Formation A straightforward route to incorporating a new limited company.
We set up a new limited company and provide the initial incorporation documents using the details supplied by the founders.
- Collect and review the proposed company and ownership details.
- Submit the incorporation and arrange the initial share structure.
- Provide the certificate and standard company documents.
- Reduce the risk of incorrect information being submitted.
- Save the founders administrative time.
- Create a clear starting point for the company’s records.
Registered Office Use an approved business address as the company’s official address.
The approved address appears on the public Companies House register and is used for qualifying official correspondence.
- Register the approved address as the company’s registered office.
- Receive qualifying Companies House and HMRC statutory mail.
- Notify the client and scan or forward documents under the agreed service.
- Keep the director’s home address away from the main company record.
- Use a stable official address.
- Reduce the risk of missing important statutory mail.
Company Secretarial Routine Companies House compliance and statutory record support.
We help directors maintain the company’s statutory information and deal with routine Companies House administration.
- Hold or review the company’s basic statutory information.
- Monitor routine deadlines and issue filing reminders.
- Maintain registers and prepare standard documents where included.
- Keep statutory information organised.
- Reduce the risk of missed filing obligations.
- Save directors time.
Confirmation Statements Review and filing of the annual Companies House confirmation statement.
We check the information held by Companies House and prepare the annual confirmation statement for approval.
- Review the company information shown on the public register.
- Compare it with the information supplied and identify required changes.
- Prepare, approve and submit the statement and provide confirmation.
- Meet the annual filing requirement.
- Reduce the risk of incorrect public information.
- Receive evidence that the filing has been completed.
Credit and cash flow
Make informed credit choices, improve collections and act on persistent unpaid debt.
Credit Control Practical follow-up for overdue customer invoices.
We help businesses monitor overdue invoices and contact customers who have not paid on time, before formal debt recovery is needed.
- Review the sales ledger and overdue invoices.
- Contact customers and record payment promises or disputes.
- Report the outcome and recommend the next appropriate action.
- Encourage customers to pay more promptly.
- Improve visibility over overdue invoices.
- Save staff time and improve cash collection procedures.
Customer Due Diligence Commercial background and credit-risk checks before granting credit.
We review available commercial and credit information before a business offers significant credit or enters an important relationship.
- Collect the proposed customer’s details.
- Review available registration, filing, financial and risk information.
- Provide observations and suggested credit considerations.
- Identify higher-risk customers before granting credit.
- Make more informed credit-limit decisions.
- Create a more consistent customer approval process.
Commercial Debt Recovery Focused pursuit of unpaid business debts after normal reminders fail.
We pursue unpaid commercial debts after ordinary reminders and credit-control activity have failed. Any no-recovery, no-fee arrangement is subject to agreed terms.
- Review the debt, supporting evidence and previous collection attempts.
- Contact the debtor, investigate disputes and seek payment or settlement.
- Report progress and recommend escalation where recovery is unsuccessful.
- Take focused action on difficult overdue debts.
- Separate genuine disputes from delaying tactics.
- Receive clear reports and recommended next steps.
Business support and growth
Find useful opportunities, improve lead generation and make practical use of new technology.
Nexus Membership Ongoing access to business support, monitoring and commercial opportunities.
Nexus Membership brings together a range of support services, monitoring tools, information and commercial opportunities for smaller businesses.
- Register as a member and complete the required identity and business checks.
- Access the monitoring, information, helplines and resources in the chosen package.
- Receive alerts when relevant opportunities or issues are identified.
- Bring several business-support services into one membership.
- Spot opportunities that might otherwise be missed.
- Receive continuing value rather than a one-off service.
Website Review A technical and commercial review of your business website.
We examine whether your website is technically sound, is user friendly, and best optimised to generate customer enquiries.
- Review usability, performance, links, forms, tracking and search visibility.
- Assess service clarity, calls to action, the customer journey and trust signals.
- Provide a prioritised report with recommended improvements.
- Find problems that may be costing the business enquiries.
- Improve contact routes and the customer journey.
- Receive practical recommendations without defaulting to a complete rebuild.
AI Business Review A practical assessment of where AI and automation could help.
We review selected operations to identify practical uses for AI and automation, focusing on useful outcomes rather than technology for its own sake.
- Review repetitive administration, communication, reporting and staff workflows.
- Identify suitable automation opportunities and likely benefits.
- Provide priorities and practical implementation steps.
- Reduce repetitive manual activity.
- Free staff for higher-value work.
- Avoid buying unnecessary technology.
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