Fixed fee accountant
for UK limited companies

The legal minimum for a UK limited company is: a confirmation statement to Companies House; annual accounts to Companies House; a CT600 Corporation Tax return to HMRC; VAT returns if your taxable turnover is over £90,000; PAYE if you pay anyone a salary, including yourself; and a personal Self Assessment return if you take dividends or have other untaxed income. The fixed prices here cover each of those: micro-entity accounts and CT600 £495, confirmation statement £149 plus the £50 Companies House fee, MTD VAT £99 a quarter, payroll from £29 a month plus £4 per employee, Self Assessment £195.

At BlackpeakCFO the yearly filings for a micro-entity come to £495 for the accounts and CT600 plus £149 and the £50 Companies House fee for the confirmation statement. Add £99 a quarter if VAT-registered, payroll from £29 a month plus £4 per employee, and £195 for the director's Self Assessment. Monthly bookkeeping with management accounts is from £295 a month if you want the books kept and read every month. Every price excludes VAT and is agreed in writing before work starts.

The published prices are for standard work, and standard is defined for each service: for example, micro-entity accounts at £495 assume one company, one bank account, one or two directors and reconciled books. If your situation goes beyond that (several currencies, a group, several revenue streams, a tangled director's loan account), I quote the difference in writing before starting. No surprise invoices.

I am a chartered management accountant: ACMA CGMA, a member of CIMA since 2013, with the CGMA designation issued jointly by CIMA and the AICPA. It is a different chartered body from ICAEW (ACA), ACCA or ICAS, with its own examinations and continuing professional development. I am not a registered auditor and cannot sign statutory audit opinions; a company that needs an audit (for financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025, broadly one exceeding two of: £15 million turnover, £7.5 million balance sheet, 50 employees) needs an audit firm, and I prepare what they ask for.

Yes. I request professional clearance and your records from your current accountant, you authorise me with HMRC and Companies House through the standard online process, and the work continues from a clean baseline. The switch accountant page explains each step. Switching itself costs nothing; you pay only the fixed prices for the services you choose.

Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage Business Cloud and FreeAgent, as they are. If you are on spreadsheets, moving onto one of them is a separate fixed-price accounting system migration from £995, reconciled to the penny before you switch.

By bank transfer to the UK account details on the invoice. One-off services are invoiced on engagement; monthly fees (bookkeeping, payroll, dashboard refreshes) are invoiced monthly in advance by standing order or Direct Debit.

Most limited-company onboardings complete within two weeks: a fixed quote by email within one working day of your form, a signed letter of engagement, your authorisation of me as agent with HMRC and Companies House (HMRC's part can take about a week to process), access to your accounting software, and work starts. No call is needed; a recorded walkthrough replaces the training session.