Entrepreneurs and Private Businesses

Our compliance services are designed to provide reliable, efficient support, allowing you to focus on running and growing your business. We deliver a full suite of outsourced compliance services, from payroll, bookkeeping and management accounts, to statutory accounts and corporate tax returns preparation (plus a lot more).

Our tax advisory and structuring support is centred on helping entrepreneurs build, grow and ultimately realise value from their businesses in a tax-efficient and commercially sensible way. Whether this is assisting with the implementation of employee share schemes to incentivise key management, or supporting with research and development tax credit claims, we are here to help. Whilst not exhaustive, our services typically include;

• Research & Development Tax Relief
• Employee Share Schemes
• Employment Tax
• Strategic Tax Support
• Structuring
• EIS & SEIS Investment
• International Expansion

Unravelling the complexity of VAT rules is at the core of our approach. Our VAT services are centred on delivering clear, practical advice that supports compliance while identifying efficiencies across your business. We take the time to understand your operating model, transactions and growth plans, enabling us to translate complex legislation into straightforward, actionable guidance. Drawing on our sector experience, we assist with VAT registration and ongoing compliance, advise on specialist areas such as partial exemption, and provide cross-border and international VAT support.

Our transaction services offering is focused on providing clear, pragmatic advice throughout the lifecycle of a deal, from initial structuring through to completion. We work closely with our clients to understand their commercial objectives, identify key risks and opportunities, and assess the financial implications of proposed transactions. Drawing on our sector experience, we support with sale and purchase advisory, due diligence and transaction structuring, as well as more complex events such as IPOs.

Our advice to founders and shareholders is focused on preserving and enhancing personal value at every stage of the business journey. We work closely with you ahead of any potential sale to ensure your affairs are structured appropriately, including reviewing shareholdings, rights and historic planning to maximise reliefs such as Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR). This often involves early-stage planning to address any risk areas, ensure qualifying conditions are met and align your personal position with your wider commercial objectives.Following a transaction, we continue to work with you (and your wider trusted advisors) to ensure both short and long term goals continue to be met.

Our risk-based audit approach focuses on understanding our clients, recognising their business issues and identifying the impact that they may have on the financial statements. Coupled with our sector experience, we can determine the critical audit areas and devise specific testing based on our thorough understanding of each clients structure, organisation and business risks.