Accountants and bookkeeping in Llandudno
Buzz Accounting does the bookkeeping, year-end accounts, tax returns, VAT and payroll for Llandudno and Conwy businesses on a fixed monthly fee, from £29 + VAT for a sole trader and £49 + VAT for a limited company. FreeAgent is included, and your named accountant works with you by phone, video call and WhatsApp.
The business base in Llandudno
Llandudno is the largest resort in Wales and its economy is built on visitors — hotels, guest houses, restaurants, attractions and one of the strongest independent retail streets in north Wales. The conference and events trade extends the season well beyond the summer, which makes the town's trading pattern different from the rest of the coast.
That extended season is an advantage and a complication. Hotel and hospitality businesses here carry substantial fixed costs through the year and rely on occupancy to cover them, so the numbers that matter are monthly rather than annual, and the difference between a good year and a difficult one is often a handful of percentage points of occupancy nobody was tracking.
How we work with businesses in Llandudno
Work runs by phone, video call and WhatsApp, with a named accountant, unlimited questions at no hourly charge and FreeAgent included.
Call or WhatsApp 07476 989568, or message us on WhatsApp.
What we do for Llandudno businesses
Fixed costs carried year-round against income that arrives unevenly.
Get an instant quoteOccupancy and monthly margin
management accounts by month, so you can see the trend while the season is still running rather than after it
Hospitality VAT and payroll
tips, service charge and holiday pay on variable hours, which is where most hospitality payroll errors sit
Business rates and reliefs
the Welsh multipliers and Small Business Rates Relief checked properly against a bill that is often a hotel's third largest cost
Property and letting
the higher Land Transaction Tax rates on additional property, and the council tax premium position on second homes
Capital spend planning
refurbishment timed and structured so the tax relief lands where it is worth the most
Questions we get asked in Llandudno
What is the most useful number for a hotel to watch?
Monthly gross margin alongside occupancy, so the annual profit figure is not the first you hear of it. Hotels carry heavy fixed costs all year and a small movement in occupancy or in average rate moves the result far more than most owners expect. Seeing that monthly means you can change pricing or promotion while the season is still running.
How should tips and service charge be handled?
Carefully, because the treatment depends on how they are collected and distributed, and getting it wrong creates a PAYE problem. It is worth setting the arrangement up deliberately and documenting it, instead of carrying on with whatever the previous owner did. This is one of the most common things we find needs fixing in hospitality.
We are refurbishing. Can we claim the cost?
Partly, and the split matters. Some refurbishment is a repair and deductible in full; some is capital and goes through capital allowances, where certain fixtures and integral features have their own treatment; and some is neither. Getting the analysis right can move a substantial sum, and it is far easier to do from good records at the time than reconstructed from invoices two years later.
Looking for an accountant in Llandudno?
Tell us what you need and we will come back to you, usually the same working day.
Fixed monthly fee
- Sole trader
- from £29 + VAT
- Limited company
- from £49 + VAT
Included
- A named accountant who knows your business
- Books kept up to date all year
- Fixed monthly fee, agreed up front
- Your deadlines tracked and filed
- Portal and app included
- Switching handled for you
Towns we cover in Wales
Choose your town for local information.
- Wrexham
- Swansea
- Newport
- Port Talbot
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Carmarthen
- Aberystwyth
- Haverfordwest
- Bangor
- Bridgend
- Monmouth
The Wales page sets out the Welsh tax differences and links to the guides.
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