A named accountant
The same person every time, who knows your business without needing the background explained again.
Greater Manchester · Manchester
Accountants in Manchester who do more than the basics
Accounting, tax, payroll and advisory for businesses in the city of Manchester, from the centre out to Didsbury, Chorlton and Wythenshawe. Fixed fees, a named accountant, and someone who answers the phone.
Working locally
- A named accountant, not a call centre
- Books kept current, not a January project
- Fixed monthly fee, agreed up front
- Your deadlines tracked and filed
- Portal and app included
- Switching handled for you
Working with Manchester businesses
What Manchester actually runs on
The city is the professional services centre of the North, and the client mix reflects it — consultancies, agencies, tech firms, and a very large number of people contracting through their own company. Around that sits the hospitality and independent retail that the city centre and Didsbury and Chorlton run on.
Two things come up more here than anywhere else in Greater Manchester: IR35, because so many people are contracting, and the salary and dividend question, because so many of them run a limited company.
The other thing the city produces in volume is growth that outpaces the accounting. An agency goes from three people to fifteen, takes on a lease and a payroll, and is still being run off a year-end set of accounts that arrive nine months late.
Sectors we see most in Manchester
- Agencies — creative, digital, marketing and PR
- Technology and software, including funded startups
- Contractors and consultants through their own companies
- Hospitality and independent retail in the centre, Didsbury and Chorlton
- Professional services — legal, financial and property
- Property investors and landlords across the city
How we work
What working with us in Manchester looks like
Everything runs by phone, video call and WhatsApp, which is how nearly every Manchester client works with us.
A price agreed up front
Fixed monthly fee, agreed in writing before any work starts. No hourly billing, and no invoice for picking up the phone.
Answers the same week
Questions answered while the decision can still be changed.
The full service
Everything a Manchester business needs, in one place
Accounts, tax, payroll, bookkeeping and advisory all run across the group.
Accounts and tax
Year-end accounts, Corporation Tax, Self Assessment and all the filing that goes with them.
Bookkeeping
Xero and FreeAgent, kept current through the year.
Payroll and pensions
From one director to a full site team, auto-enrolment handled and deadlines met.
Buzz Business Pulse
Monthly management numbers and a rolling cashflow, so you see the year coming.
Virtual finance team
A whole finance function without hiring one, from processing through to board-level reporting.
Tax planning
Decisions taken before the year end, when they can still change the number.
Across the borough
Towns and areas we cover in Manchester
- Manchester city centre
- Ancoats
- Northern Quarter
- Didsbury
- Chorlton
- Wythenshawe
- Hulme
- Levenshulme
Across the county
And the rest of Greater Manchester
Manchester is one of the ten boroughs we work across. We also act for businesses in Bolton, Bury, Oldham and Rochdale, and the work runs the same way wherever you are — see accountants across Greater Manchester for the full picture.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions from Manchester business owners
Do you deal with IR35?
Yes, and it is one of the commonest questions in the city. Status is decided engagement by engagement, and it turns on the working practices as much as the written contract. There is more on our contractor page.
Are you actually in Manchester?
Our North West office is in Salford, a neighbouring borough. It makes no difference to the work — city clients are handled by phone, video call and WhatsApp.
Do you work with agencies and consultancies?
Yes, a lot of them. Project-based revenue, staff costs, and the point at which a growing agency needs management accounts rather than a year-end conversation.
We are a growing agency. When do we need management accounts?
Usually earlier than people think — around the point where payroll becomes the biggest number in the business. Once staff cost more than everything else combined, a year-end set of accounts tells you about decisions you can no longer change. Monthly figures and a rolling cashflow cost far less than one bad hiring decision.
How should I pay myself from my company?
Salary, dividends and pension planned together. Corporation Tax, dividend rates and your own other income all move, so it is worth a proper look each year. Run your numbers through the salary and dividend calculator and bring them to the call.