A named accountant
You deal with the same accountant every time.
Accountants in Salford
We provide accounting, tax, payroll and advisory for Salford businesses — the Quays and MediaCity out to Eccles, Worsley, Swinton and Irlam. 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 Salford
Our Modwen Road office is in the M5 postcode. 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.
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 with Salford 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 Salford
Salford 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 Salford
- Salford
- Eccles
- Worsley
- Swinton
- Walkden
- Irlam
- Cadishead
- Salford Quays
Other Greater Manchester boroughs
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 in each. See accountants across Greater Manchester.
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.
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.