A factual look at how the two firms work: who each is built for, who looks after you, the software, what happens between year ends and how you get a price. Checked on their website on 4 September 2026. If something has changed, email hello@buzzaccounting.co.uk and we will correct it.
The Accountancy Partnership is an online accountancy firm with a dedicated accountant for each client, its own free bookkeeping software called Pandle, published monthly packages and a menu of add-ons for self assessment, bookkeeping, VAT, payroll, CIS and Making Tax Digital. Their site describes a free initial consultation, unlimited support and a referral scheme.
The two firms look similar on the surface: both give you a named accountant and both work to a fixed monthly fee. The differences are what sits around the accountant. Buzz includes FreeAgent and its own portal and app, and adds management accounts, advisory and coaching from the same team, from offices you can visit.
| Buzz Accounting | The Accountancy Partnership | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Owner-managed businesses that want an accountant through the year: sole traders, companies, landlords and partnerships, from the first year to a finance function. | Sole traders, partnerships and limited companies who want an online accountant at a published monthly price, with add-ons chosen from a menu. |
| Who looks after you | A named accountant with a small pod behind them. The same people every time. | A dedicated accountant, with unlimited support by phone and email, according to their site. |
| Where they are | Offices in London, Hertford, Salford, Leigh and Ballymena, with a production team in Pretoria. Meetings in person, by phone, video call or WhatsApp. | Online, UK-based. Their site does not offer local offices for in-person meetings. |
| Software | FreeAgent included, or Xero. Plus the Buzz portal and app, built in-house on Buzz OS. See it. | Pandle, their own bookkeeping software, included. Their site also mentions working with other software. |
| Bookkeeping | Included in the monthly fee, with receipts captured through the app and reviewed by a person. | You do it in Pandle by default; a bookkeeping service is an add-on. |
| Management accounts and advisory | Business Pulse: a budget, a rolling cashflow forecast, management accounts and a meeting every month or quarter. Details. | Their site describes an "ask an accountant" service and tax advice within the package. We could not find a management-accounts-and-meeting service on their site. |
| Coaching | Buzz Coaching, run by the same team, for the owner as well as the business. | Not offered on their site. |
| Other services | Payroll and pensions, CIS, company secretarial, legal support through Buzz Legal, financial planning through our regulated partner, funding introductions. | Self assessment, VAT, payroll, CIS, Making Tax Digital and company formation as add-ons, and a referral scheme, all described on their site. |
| How you get a price | An instant quote on the site that shows the monthly fee and emails the full proposal, which you can accept online. | Published monthly package prices with add-ons, and a free initial consultation. |
| Switching | We write to your old accountant, collect the records and sort HMRC. How it works. | Their site describes a switching process handled by their team. |
| Service promise | Most queries answered within one working day, written down on our promise page. | Their site describes unlimited support rather than a written response-time commitment. |
Sources: theaccountancy.co.uk and buzzaccounting.co.uk, read 4 September 2026.
It is written by Buzz, so read it as our view. Every statement about The Accountancy Partnership comes from their own website, read on 4 September 2026, and where they do something we do not, the page says so. If we have got something wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
Both firms publish how their pricing works, and the numbers change. We would rather you saw our fee for your actual business, which the instant quote does in a few minutes, than compare a headline "from" price that may not apply to you.
Yes, at any time of year. We write to them for your records, sort the HMRC authorisation and set you up. The switch is free. How switching works.
