Accountants in London
Based in East Finchley, working with sole traders, freelancers, agencies and limited companies across every corner of the city. Fixed pricing, a dedicated accountant, and advice in plain English.
Our London office
16 Aylmer Parade
Aylmer Road
London N2 0PE
- Meetings
- In person by appointment, or by phone, video call and WhatsApp
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Phone and WhatsApp
- 07476 989568
Serving businesses across Greater London
- East Finchley
- Finchley
- Barnet
- Highgate
- Muswell Hill
- Hampstead
- Camden
- Islington
- Hackney
- Shoreditch
- The City
- Westminster
- Canary Wharf
- Stratford
- Croydon
- Richmond
Sole traders, startups and growing companies across the city
London is the densest concentration of small businesses in the UK, and it shows in our client list: creative agencies in Shoreditch, contractors working across the City’s banks, freelance designers in Hackney, landlords with north London portfolios, and family businesses that have traded from the same high street for decades.
London businesses move quickly, costs run high, and the difference between a good year and a hard one often comes down to pricing, cashflow and tax decisions made months in advance. So alongside the compliance work, our London clients lean on management accounts, cashflow forecasting and proper tax planning as standard.
Sole traders and freelancers
London has one of the highest concentrations of sole traders and freelance creatives anywhere in the UK. We keep the bookkeeping simple and the Self Assessment deadlines handled, so you can stay focused on client work.
Agencies and creative studios
Project-based income, retainers, freelancer costs and irregular cashflow: agency finances have their own rhythm. We help London studios price properly and see the pipeline in the numbers.
Startups and early-stage companies
New limited companies forming across London’s startup and agency scene get a dedicated accountant from day one: company formation, first-year accounts and VAT registration, handled properly from the start.
Growing SMEs
As your team and turnover grow, so does the complexity. We work with SMEs that have outgrown a single high-street accountant and need someone who can keep pace with faster decisions.
Landlords with London portfolios
Plenty of our clients hold one or more investment properties alongside their main business. We handle the property-specific reporting and tax planning that comes with that.
PSC contractors and IR35
Contracting through a personal service company brings IR35 questions. We keep your position clear and your compliance in order, deadline after deadline.
The same fixed pricing applies whether you’re in Zone 1 or out past the M25.
The full Buzz service in London
Most of our London clients mix and match from the full range: start with the accounts, add the advice when you’re ready.
See your monthly feeAccounting
Bookkeeping, accounts, VAT and payroll handled for you, software included.
See packagesTax planning
Proactive planning and HMRC support.
Tax planningAdvisory
Management accounts, forecasting and cashflow support for better decisions.
AdvisoryCoaching
1-to-1 business coaching for clarity, momentum and a better-run business.
CoachingCommon questions from London business owners
Is pricing different for London clients?
No. The same fixed monthly pricing applies across every Buzz office, with the same service tiers whether you are in Zone 1 or out past the M25. Fees are driven by the work: transaction volume, VAT registration and scheme, payroll headcount, number of entities and the state of the records. A Shoreditch agency and a Ballymena manufacturer with identical numbers pay the same.
Do I need to meet in person?
Most clients never visit an office. Work runs by phone, video call and WhatsApp, and that is true whether you are in Islington or Inverness. If you would rather meet, our London office is at 16 Aylmer Parade, Aylmer Road, N2 0PE, and we will arrange it. An hour on video with the file open on screen is generally more useful than an hour across a desk, and it is far easier to schedule when something is urgent.
Do you understand London-specific costs like business rates and premises?
Yes, and they change the arithmetic materially. Rent and rates in London routinely make a fixed overhead base double what the same business would carry elsewhere, which raises break-even and shrinks the margin for error on pricing. Practical points that come up: small business rates relief and how it interacts with occupying more than one property, whether a lease premium or fit-out qualifies for capital allowances, and the cash impact of quarterly rent days against monthly income. These belong in a forecast rather than being discovered in the quarter they land.
What sizes of business do you work with in London?
From sole traders and freelancers just starting out to growing SMEs with a handful of staff. The packages flex as you grow, so you keep the same accountant past £500,000 of turnover. Once a business genuinely needs a full-time in-house finance function or a statutory audit, we are not the right answer, because we do not carry out audits. Between those two points, which covers the vast majority of London owner-managed businesses, the service is built for you.
A lot of my work is contracting through my own company. Do you handle IR35?
Yes. London has a heavy concentration of contract work in tech, finance and media, and IR35 is the question that decides your take-home. Status turns on the reality of the engagement (control, the right to substitute, mutuality of obligation, financial risk and how embedded you are in the client) as well as what the contract says. Medium and large private-sector clients and all public-sector bodies issue the determination, and you can challenge one you think is wrong. We review both the paperwork and the working practices. See the IR35 estimator.
Can I switch from my current London accountant easily?
Yes, and we make the call to your old accountant for you. We write to your existing accountant for professional clearance and your records, take over the HMRC agent authorisation and set the software up while we wait. Most handovers complete within a couple of weeks and the delay is nearly always the other firm’s reply. Check two things at your end: the notice period in your existing engagement letter, and whether work you have already paid for has actually been delivered. You can move at any point in the year, though just after a year end is tidiest.
Which software do you support?
FreeAgent is included in every package at no extra cost, worth up to £330 a year. We are a Xero Gold Partner and also work in QuickBooks and Sage. If your current setup works and the records are clean, we work in it. We suggest a move when the software is costing you time, will not do what Making Tax Digital requires, or is charging for a tier you have outgrown. See the software comparison before deciding.
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