Outsourced accounting,
tax and audit support in the UK
FRS 102 and FRS 105, Making Tax Digital, RTI and Companies House. Run on the UK statutory calendar, not adapted to it.
Working in United Kingdom
The UK problem is not complexity - it is cadence. Quarterly VAT under Making Tax Digital, RTI on or before every payday, a confirmation statement, statutory accounts nine months after year end, and a January self-assessment peak that collides with everything else.
Practices do not lose control of that because the rules are hard. They lose control because there is no capacity to run a clean monthly rhythm, so everything becomes a deadline.
We run the rhythm. Bookkeeping closed monthly under FRS 102 or FRS 105, VAT reconciled before the return rather than during it, and accounts prepared to a standard that a Companies House filing and a lender's review both survive.
For practices, not around them
Most of our UK work is white-label support for accountancy practices: we prepare, your practice reviews and files under its own agent codes. Your client sees your practice throughout.
For businesses that come to us directly, we work alongside your existing accountant where you have one. We are not trying to displace a relationship that works - usually the gap is monthly bookkeeping and VAT discipline, not the year-end.
What we run in UK
Each of these is a full service line, not a UK adaptation of something built for another market.
Bookkeeping
Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent and Sage - monthly bookkeeping under FRS 102 and FRS 105.
Read moreVAT Returns (MTD)
Making Tax Digital registration and quarterly filing, flat-rate and margin schemes, reverse charge and import VAT.
Read moreCorporation Tax (CT600)
Annual computation, CT600 filing, iXBRL tagging and HMRC correspondence.
Read moreSelf-Assessment
SA100 and SA800 returns for sole traders, landlords, partnerships and high-income individuals.
Read morePayroll & PAYE
RTI submissions, PAYE and NIC, auto-enrolment pensions, P60, P45 and P11D.
Read moreAudit & Accounts Support
Statutory accounts preparation, audit file support under ISA (UK), and Companies House filings.
Read morePurchase & Sales Ledger
Xero and Sage supplier bills, payment runs, VAT-correct invoicing, credit control and CIS deductions.
Read moreFinancial Reporting (FRS 102)
FRS 102 and FRS 105 year-end accounts, management accounts and group reporting in Companies House formats.
Read moreThe UK year, in deadlines
The recurring statutory dates we run engagements against. We publish these because the single most useful thing an outsourced team does is make sure none of them arrive as a surprise.
| When | What is due |
|---|---|
| On or before each payday | RTI Full Payment Submission to HMRC |
| 1 month + 7 days after quarter end | VAT return and payment under Making Tax Digital |
| 31 January | Self-Assessment online filing; balancing payment and first payment on account |
| 31 May | P60 to every employee employed on 5 April |
| 6 July | P11D and P11D(b) benefits-in-kind returns |
| 31 July | Second Self-Assessment payment on account |
| 9 months after year end | Companies House statutory accounts; corporation tax payment (9 months + 1 day) |
| 12 months after year end | CT600 corporation tax return |
Dates shown are the standard recurring deadlines and assume a calendar or standard financial year. They shift for weekends and public holidays, for non-standard year ends, and where an extension or a different filing frequency applies. Confirm your own dates with us before relying on them.
UK-specific
questions.
The ones UK firms and businesses ask before the first engagement.
Do you file directly with HMRC and Companies House?
We prepare and submit through your practice's agent credentials, or provide the filing-ready pack for you to submit. For direct business clients we can be appointed as agent where you want that; most prefer to keep the agent relationship with their existing accountant.
Are you compliant with UK GDPR?
Yes. UK and EU personal data is processed under GDPR standards, with a data processing agreement, role-based access and no data held on personal devices. Full detail is on the trust and security page.
Which bookkeeping software do you work in?
Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent and Sage, plus Dext and Hubdoc for document capture. We work in your subscription with a named user rather than migrating you.
Can you handle a practice's January peak?
That is the single most common reason UK practices contact us. We agree capacity in November and hold it - we would rather turn down December volume than miss a 31 January filing.
We also work in
Fourteen free hours on a live UK file.
Pick one client, one week. We do the work, you judge it, and you keep it whether or not you continue.