UK's densest digital + creative freelancer cluster — Brighton's sole-trader base is disproportionately in MTD scope. From 6 April 2026 every Brighton sole trader and landlord earning £50,000+ must submit quarterly to HMRC. We do all of it — setup, software, quarterly filings, year-end. £495 one-time + £150/mo.
CGMA-qualified · 24 years professional finance · Single named accountant
Brighton has the highest concentration of digital and creative freelancers per capita of any UK city: web developers, designers, copywriters, indie game studios, video producers, and the Wired Sussex membership reflects this density. Add the Lanes / North Laine creative-retail scene, a substantial wellness and holistic-therapy sole-trader cohort (Brighton being a national centre for that sector), and a strong Airbnb/short-let market driven by London-day-trip and conference demand. The £50K-plus freelancer cohort here is unusually large relative to population. MTD ITSA SERP locally is held by a few templated firms — credible positioning is open.
Same prices wherever you are in the UK — no premium for Brighton sole traders.
We configure everything. You file the submissions yourself.
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6 April 2026 if your qualifying income exceeds £50,000. The threshold drops to £30,000 from April 2027 and £20,000 from April 2028. Brighton-based sole traders and landlords are caught identically to the rest of the UK — HMRC applies the same rules.
All four quarterly submissions, the year-end Final Declaration (with year-end adjustments rolled into it), monthly bookkeeping (up to 200 transactions/month), one VAT return per quarter if applicable, and email/Slack support with one-business-day response. Single CGMA-qualified accountant handles your account end-to-end.
Yes. Platform income (Upwork, Fiverr, Toptal, Stripe-checkout direct sales, Patreon, Substack paid tiers) is all self-employment income and feeds into your quarterly MTD ITSA submission as one trade. The platforms usually issue annual statements — we set up bank feed plus platform integration at onboarding so each quarterly cut-off captures everything without manual reconciliation.
MTD ITSA requires digital records — meaning every income line in compatible software. Card terminal takings come via your bank feed automatically; online bookings (Acuity, Cliniko, Fresha) feed into the books via integration; cash takings need a daily takings entry. We typically use FreeAgent + a daily cash sheet template for therapy practices — simple to maintain without changing how the practice actually runs.
MTD ITSA is administered nationally — your physical accountant location doesn't affect the submission process. BlackpeakCFO is 100% remote, ACMA-CGMA-qualified, and gives every Brighton client the same single-named-professional accountability you'd get from a London boutique at £400+/mo. The £150/mo Plus tier is the gap most Brighton accountants haven't filled.
Send your details — we reply within one business day, by email. We confirm fit, agree the tier, you're compliant within two weeks.
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