Your books,
closed to the penny.

Fixed-fee chartered accountants for owner-managed companies — year-end, corporation tax, VAT, payroll and bookkeeping, every deadline met.

Book a call See the fixed fee
A desk with a bound analysis ledger, a pen and a laptop under even light
Retainer, per month — from
£ 249.00

Balanced from the first line — this fee posts as an equal debit and credit, so the difference is 0.00.

The engagement ledger

Everything we do for you, posted as it happens. Each entry is a debit and an equal credit — which is why the year sums to nothing owed and nothing missed.

The bars on the right are the running control account: as each entry below posts, its equal debit and credit raise both columns together, so the difference holds at 0.00 — the books stay balanced.

Particulars
Annual fee
J-01 Year-end accounts & corporation tax Statutory accounts, CT600, iXBRL tagging, filed at Companies House and HMRC · annual
£ 1,140.00
J-02 Bookkeeping & management accounts Cloud bookkeeping, bank reconciliation, monthly management accounts · monthly
£ 1,080.00
J-03 Payroll & pensions RTI payroll, payslips, auto-enrolment pension submissions · monthly
£ 540.00
J-04 VAT returns MTD-compliant VAT returns prepared, reviewed and filed · quarterly
£ 360.00
J-05 Director self-assessment Personal tax return for the director, dividends and salary optimised · annual
£ 240.00
J-06 Company secretarial Confirmation statement, registered office, statutory registers · annual
£ 96.00

Trial balance

Every figure posted so far, in two columns. Struck with a single rule; the difference is zero.

Account
DRCR
J-01Year-end accounts & corporation tax
1,140.00 1,140.00
J-02Bookkeeping & management accounts
1,080.00 1,080.00
J-03Payroll & pensions
540.00 540.00
J-04VAT returns
360.00 360.00
J-05Director self-assessment
240.00 240.00
J-06Company secretarial
96.00 96.00
Totals
3,456.00 3,456.00
Difference
0.00

The books we inherit

This is what a new client’s ledger usually looks like on the first day: a penny out, and a suspense account holding the difference until someone finds it. Watch it refuse to close.

Sales ledger control
48,213.55
Purchase ledger control
(31,890.20)
Bank
12,440.00
VAT control
(4,980.66)
Suspense account
0.01
Difference
0.01

The double rule is never drawn — you don’t strike a total you can’t prove. We find the penny. That is the job.

One fixed fee, the whole compliance year

No hourly billing, no surprise invoices. You pay a fixed monthly fee agreed up front, and every deadline below is ours to hit.

Full-service retainer, per month, from
£ 249.00
19 April Final RTI (FPS/EPS) for the tax year Payroll year closed.
31 May P60s issued to employees One per employee on the payroll at 5 April.
07 July VAT return & payment (Apr–Jun) Quarter to 30 June, MTD.
31 July Second self-assessment payment on account For the director.
30 September Accounts filed at Companies House For a 31 December year end.
31 January Self-assessment filed & balancing payment The one everyone means.
See what’s included
Two accountants reviewing printed accounts at a table under even, low-contrast light

A small practice that answers the phone

Balsworth & Co. is a four-partner chartered practice in the City. You get a named accountant, not a call centre, and a fixed fee you agreed before we started.

ICAEW
Chartered and regulated
180+
owner-managed companies
100%
filing deadlines met, last year
Meet the practice

The close

Year-end. The totals are struck, the difference is zero, and the double rule is drawn under a total that is proven — which is the only kind we file.

Total debits, engagement
3,456.00
Total credits, engagement
3,456.00
Difference
0.00

BOOKS CLOSED · DIFFERENCE 0.00

Start the year with the books already balanced.

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