Everything we do for a UK startup, in one place.

Accounting and tax from £49 a month + VAT, Business Pulse, a finance team or a part-time finance director when you want more, and specialist startup work priced per job: R&D claims, SEIS and EIS, EMI schemes, share restructures and investor readiness.

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Two kinds of work. Everyday accounting on a monthly fee: bookkeeping, VAT, year-end accounts, corporation tax, directors’ Self Assessment and the confirmation statement, plus payroll and pensions when you employ people. And specialist startup work priced per job: R&D tax relief claims, SEIS and EIS, EMI share schemes, share restructures and investor readiness. Your quote and proposal set out what your fee covers.

The monthly fee covers the work that has to happen whether or not anything unusual is going on. The specialist work below is what some businesses need on top, and it is priced per job because it happens as a job: a claim, a round, a scheme or a restructure.

Our prices are published here and on our pricing page. Catch-up work on records that are behind, and an investor pack, depend on the state of your records, so we quote them in writing before we start.

Specialist startup work

R&D tax relief

£1,500 – £3,500 + VAT, by claim size

Prepared and filed in-house, not farmed out
Any HMRC enquiry into the claim included
Never a percentage of your credit

SEIS and EIS advance assurance

£499 + VAT

Company and share issue checked against the rules
The application sent to HMRC before you pitch
HMRC's questions answered until it replies

SEIS and EIS compliance

£599 + VAT

The SEIS1 or EIS1 compliance statement after the round
An SEIS3 or EIS3 certificate for every investor
So your investors can claim their relief

EMI share options

£2,950 + VAT, then £295 a year

Scheme set up and the rules drafted
The valuation agreed with HMRC
Notified inside the deadline, and the annual return

Share structure

£750 + VAT, then £195 an issue

Founder splits and the single £1 share subdivided
Vesting, and section 431 elections inside 14 days
Registers and the cap table kept in agreement

Investor readiness

Quoted before we start

Books, filings and share records brought up to date
A forecast with its assumptions written down
The financial documents investors ask for

Every job is quoted in writing before work starts.

Accounting and tax

Company formation: Incorporation with a share structure that is ready for investors, and registration for corporation tax, VAT and PAYE when each one applies.
Bookkeeping: Kept current in Xero through the year, which is what makes the year-end accounts and the tax forecast accurate.
VAT: Registration timed on your actual customer mix, the right scheme chosen on your numbers, and every quarterly return filed under Making Tax Digital.
Accounts, corporation tax and Self Assessment: Year-end statutory accounts and the CT600 filed, the confirmation statement, and directors’ Self Assessment.
Payroll and pensions: Payslips, filings to HMRC and workplace pension auto-enrolment for directors and your first hires. Payroll is charged on top of the monthly fee: £8 per employee a month, or £12 if you pay weekly or fortnightly, with a £25 monthly minimum and a £75 set-up fee.
Xero and Buzz OS: Xero set up by a Gold Partner and paid to Xero, from £18 a month + VAT, and Buzz OS included for your deadlines, documents, tax estimate and VAT approvals.

Accounting and tax for a limited company starts at £49 a month + VAT, confirmed in writing before you commit.

Business Pulse, a finance team and a finance director

Business Pulse set-up

From £750 + VAT, one-off

Annual budget with your seasonality in it
12-month cash flow forecast
The KPIs worth tracking, and a planning meeting

Quarterly Business Pulse

From £249 a month + VAT

Quarterly management accounts against the budget
Forecast updated every quarter
90-minute review meeting, with your figures in Buzz OS

Monthly Business Pulse

From £499 a month + VAT

Monthly management accounts against the budget
Forecast updated every month
60-minute monthly meeting and priority support

Finance Manager

From £750 a month + VAT

Weekly bookkeeping in Xero, with each month closed in five working days
Payroll and employee expenses
VAT returns and records ready for a lender or investor

Financial Controller

From £1,500 a month + VAT

All the Finance Manager work
Monthly board pack for investors, lenders or your board
Customer invoicing, supplier payments and cash monitoring

Part-time finance director

From £2,000 a month + VAT

Peter Allen, Buzz's co-founder and Financial Director
Annual plan, 12-month forecast and KPI dashboard
Quarterly board meeting, with the finance team's work included

Business Pulse is added to your accounting package. A budget, a cash flow forecast or a business plan can also be bought on its own, and we price it when we know what you need. Every fee is confirmed in writing before work starts.

If you are weighing up a loan, a grant or investment, our funding page sets out how we help, and there is a page for each sector we cover.

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What the instant quote asks

How the business is set up: Sole trader, limited company, or partnership or LLP. Partnerships and LLPs are priced by one of the team rather than on screen.
Annual turnover: Your sales for the year before costs. A sensible estimate is fine for a new business.
How busy the bank account is: Roughly how many payments go in and out each month, which tells your accountant the size of the bookkeeping.
What else applies: VAT registration, selling online, holding stock, customers or suppliers abroad, more than one director, and whether you have an accountant now.
Payroll and pensions: Whether you run a payroll, how many people are on it, how often they are paid and how many are in the pension scheme.
Business Pulse: Whether you want a budget, a cashflow forecast and management accounts through the year, with a quarterly or monthly meeting to go through them.

Answer those in the instant quote and you get a figure on screen and a written proposal. Catch-up work on books that are behind is quoted separately, once, before we start.

Everything we do for a UK startup, in one place.

Specialist startup work

Accounting and tax

Business Pulse, a finance team and a finance director

What the instant quote asks

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