A named accountant
You deal with the same accountant every time.
Accountants in Tameside
We provide accounting, tax, payroll and advisory for Tameside businesses — Ashton-under-Lyne, Hyde, Denton, Stalybridge and Droylsden. 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 Tameside
Tameside kept its making and mending. Engineering, fabrication, plastics and food production are all still here in real numbers, mostly in firms small enough that the owner is on the floor rather than in an office, and often second or third generation.
The accounting that suits that is not complicated but it does have to be right: stock counted on a consistent basis, capital allowances claimed when equipment is bought, payroll that runs without drama, and someone who will tell you what a year looks like before it has finished.
The other thing that comes up here more than most is people. A firm with a dozen on the payroll and a couple of apprentices has a real employment cost question — National Insurance, the Employment Allowance, pension auto-enrolment and the apprenticeship funding that sometimes offsets a chunk of it. Most owners we meet are entitled to more than they are claiming.
Sectors we see most in Tameside
- Engineering and fabrication
- Plastics, packaging and light manufacturing
- Food production and wholesale
- Construction and the trades, including CIS
- Independent retail across Ashton, Hyde and Stalybridge
- Transport, storage and vehicle services
How we work with Tameside 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 the same week
We answer your questions in the same week you ask them.
Our services in Tameside
Tameside 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 Tameside
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Hyde
- Denton
- Stalybridge
- Droylsden
- Dukinfield
- Mossley
- Audenshaw
Other Greater Manchester boroughs
Tameside 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 Tameside business owners
Do you work with engineering and fabrication firms?
Yes. We handle stock and work in progress, capital allowances on machinery, and R&D claims where the work qualifies.
We are a family business — is succession something you handle?
Yes. Passing a business on has a tax shape to it and the useful conversations happen years before the handover.
How often would we speak?
As often as you need. There is no hourly charge for asking a question.
What does an employee cost us?
More than the salary and less than people fear once the reliefs are counted. Employer National Insurance, pension contributions and the Employment Allowance all bear on it, and apprentices are treated differently again. There is a calculator on the site that works it through, and it is worth doing before you make the offer.
We take on apprentices. Is there anything we are missing?
Usually the National Insurance position and the funding. Employer NI does not apply to apprentices under 25 up to a high earnings threshold, and training is largely funded rather than paid for. Together those change what an apprentice costs by a long way, and plenty of employers never claim either.