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Fee Basis

Our fees are based on time spent. However, there are areas where the work is very much standard in nature and therefore we can provide you with a very clear and fixed fee charge, as follows:-

  • Incorporation of a limited company £275 plus VAT
  • Payroll charges
    • Monthly payroll for one or two employees/directors - £35 pcm plus VAT.
    • Quarterly payroll for one or two employees/directors - £80 per quarter plus VAT.
    • Additional employees - £10 per person per pay period plus VAT.
  • Monthly or quarterly book-keeping plus VAT Return preparation. We offer this as a service to many clients. Where for example we deal with the book-keeping using Quickbooks we can also offer you, for a very small additional charge, management accounts and other management reports. Many of our clients find these very useful. We can liaise with you about your requirements and we will agree, in most cases, a quarterly charge that is fixed for a year.

Our principle is that we only ever charge for professional time spent - there is no rounding up of our time!

Payments can be made by cheque or electronically if preferred and we also offer payment by standing order scheme to help spread the costs out over the year. Many of our clients have chosen this service to better predict their+ monthly cashflows and are finding it extremely helpful.

Proprietor   £125 per hour
Accounts Manager  £105 per hour
Accounts Senior  £65 per hour
Personal Tax Manager   £95 per hour
Payroll Manager/Company Secretarial  £45 per hour
Office Manager  
Secretarial Support  

Naturally, all fees are subject to the charge of VAT on top and we continue to charge our time in six minute units. Our time recording is computerised and is activity coded. This means that our costings are printed out showing the following information for each individual client:-

  • Which member of staff undertook the work.
  • Which week the work was undertaken.
  • What type of work it was, for example Tax Return preparation, accounts preparation, VAT Return preparation.
  • The time spent.
  • The cost at the relevant charge out rate.

Tax Credits

Flat Rate VAT

Companies House web-site

HM Revenue and Customs web-site

IR35 web-site


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