A named accountant
The same person every time, who knows your business without needing the background explained again.
Greater Manchester · Salford
Accountants in Salford who do more than the basics
Accounting, tax, payroll and advisory for Salford businesses — the Quays and MediaCity out to Eccles, Worsley, Swinton and Irlam. Fixed fees, a named accountant, and someone who answers the phone.
Working with Salford businesses
What Salford actually runs on
Our Modwen Road office is in the M5 postcode, so Salford is the one borough where local really means local. The business base around it is unusually mixed: MediaCityUK and the Quays brought production companies, freelancers and agencies, while Eccles, Swinton, Walkden and Irlam kept the trades, manufacturing and family firms that were there first.
A freelance producer invoicing three clients and a fabrication business with a yard and six vans have almost nothing in common except the postcode. Both are here, and both are normal for us.
Between those two sits a growing number of small landlords and property investors, which the Quays development did a lot to create. Property is taxed differently depending on how it is held, and the rules moved sharply for individuals — mortgage interest relief is now a basic-rate credit rather than a deduction, which changed the arithmetic for anybody higher-rate. Whether a company is the right vehicle is a genuine question and the answer is not always yes.
Sectors we see most in Salford
- Media and production, freelancers and companies alike
- Agencies and creative services around the Quays
- Construction and the trades across Eccles, Swinton and Walkden
- Manufacturing and light industrial in Irlam and Cadishead
- Landlords and property investors
- Independent retail and hospitality
How we work
What working with us in Salford looks like
Everything runs by phone, video call and WhatsApp, which is how nearly every Salford client works with us. What matters is not where the desk is — it is who picks up and how fast you get an answer.
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
Not a set of accounts nine months after your year end, once every decision has already been taken.
The full service
Everything a Salford business needs, in one place
Accounts, tax, payroll, bookkeeping and advisory all run across the group, and Salford clients get the lot rather than a cut-down version of it.
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 rather than rebuilt in a panic each spring.
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 instead of reading about it afterwards.
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 Salford
- Salford
- Eccles
- Worsley
- Swinton
- Walkden
- Irlam
- Cadishead
- Salford Quays
Across the county
And the rest of Greater Manchester
Salford is one of the ten boroughs we work across. We also act for businesses in Bolton, Bury, Manchester and Oldham, 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 Salford business owners
Where exactly are you?
33 Modwen Road, Salford M5 3EZ. In person by appointment, or by phone, video call and WhatsApp if that suits you better.
Do you work with people at MediaCity?
Yes — freelancers, production companies and agencies. Project income, expenses that stand up, and for anyone contracting through a company, the IR35 position on each engagement.
Do you work with trades?
Yes. CIS verification and monthly returns, the VAT reverse charge, vans and tools, and payroll for the ones with staff.
Should I hold property personally or in a company?
It depends on what you already earn, how long you plan to hold, and whether you need the income now. A company keeps mortgage interest fully deductible and taxes profit at Corporation Tax rates, but taking money out is a second tax event and moving existing property in can trigger Stamp Duty and a capital gain. It is arithmetic, not doctrine.
I am freelance and my income is lumpy. How do I plan for tax?
Put a proportion aside as you invoice rather than working from what is in the account, and know your payments on account dates. The first full year is the one that catches people — the balancing payment and the first payment on account land together in January.