A named accountant
You deal with the same accountant every time.
Accountants in Oldham
We provide accounting, tax, payroll and advisory for Oldham businesses, from the town centre out to Chadderton, Royton and the Saddleworth villages. You get a named accountant on a fixed monthly fee.
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
The business base in Oldham
Oldham spun more cotton than anywhere in the world and then had to find something else. Engineering and manufacturing stayed, textiles held on in a smaller and more specialised form, and the borough now has a solid base of firms making and moving physical things.
Saddleworth sits in the same borough and behaves nothing like it — villages with tourism, hospitality and a lot of people running professional businesses from home.
Both halves of the borough share one problem: equipment. Whether it is a Chadderton machine shop or a Saddleworth holiday let, money goes into physical assets, and whether that spend gets full relief in the year, spreads over several, or gets nothing at all depends on what was bought and how it was funded.
Sectors we see most in Oldham
- Engineering, fabrication and machine shops
- Textiles and technical materials, in a smaller specialised form
- Construction and the trades, including CIS
- Hospitality, pubs and holiday lets across Saddleworth
- Independent retail in Oldham, Royton and Shaw
- Professional services run from home offices in the villages
How we work with Oldham businesses
Everything runs by phone, video call and WhatsApp.
Fixed monthly fee
You agree a fixed monthly fee in writing before any work starts, and phone calls are included.
Answers within the week
We answer your questions within the week.
Our services in Oldham
Oldham clients can use all of our accounts, tax, payroll, bookkeeping and advisory services.
Accounts and tax
We prepare and file your year-end accounts, Corporation Tax and Self Assessment returns.
Bookkeeping
We keep your Xero or FreeAgent books up to date through the year.
Payroll and pensions
We run payroll for anything from one director to a full site team, including auto-enrolment.
Buzz Business Pulse
You get monthly management accounts and a rolling cashflow forecast.
Virtual finance team
We act as your finance function, from processing through to board-level reporting.
Tax planning
We plan tax decisions with you before the year end, while they can still change the bill.
Towns and areas we cover in Oldham
- Oldham
- Chadderton
- Royton
- Shaw
- Failsworth
- Lees
- Saddleworth
Other Greater Manchester boroughs
Oldham is one of the ten boroughs we work across. We also act for businesses in Bolton, Bury, Manchester and Rochdale, and the work runs the same way in each. See accountants across Greater Manchester.
Common questions from Oldham business owners
Do you work with manufacturing businesses?
Yes. Stock and work in progress, capital allowances on plant, and the R&D claim where the development work is real. Those three cover most of what makes a manufacturer's accounts different.
Is Saddleworth covered?
Yes, it is part of Oldham borough and we work across it — including the hospitality and holiday-let side, which brings its own VAT and expenses questions.
How do meetings work?
We work with Oldham clients by phone, video call and WhatsApp.
We bought machinery this year. What relief do we get?
It depends what it is and how it was paid for. Most plant and machinery qualifies for the Annual Investment Allowance, which gives full relief in the year; some assets only get a writing down allowance, which spreads it. Hire purchase and leasing are treated differently again. Getting it right is worth real money and it has to be right at the point of purchase.
We run a holiday let in Saddleworth. How is it taxed?
Not the same as a normal rental, and the rules here have changed — the furnished holiday letting regime was abolished from April 2025, which removed several of the advantages people set these up for. If your planning was built on the old treatment it needs revisiting.