A named accountant
The same person every time, who knows your business without needing the background explained again.
Accountants in Wigan for year-end accounts, tax and bookkeeping
Accounting, tax, payroll and advisory across Wigan borough — Wigan and Leigh out to Atherton, Tyldesley, Hindley and Standish. Fixed fees, a named accountant, and someone who answers the phone.
Working locally
- 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
Wigan's business base
Wigan borough has a business base built on trades, transport and family firms — builders, electricians, joiners, hauliers and the suppliers around them, plus the retail and hospitality in Wigan and Leigh town centres.
Trades accounting is its own thing. CIS verification and monthly returns, the VAT reverse charge that still catches people out, vans and tools, and payroll for the ones who have taken somebody on. We do a lot of it.
Alongside the trades there is a solid base of small manufacturers and distribution businesses, and a town-centre economy of independent retail, hospitality and services in both Wigan and Leigh. Each needs its figures before the deadline, and somebody who picks up the phone when a decision needs making.
Sectors we see most in Wigan
- Construction and the trades, including CIS and the reverse charge
- Transport, haulage and distribution
- Manufacturing and engineering, mostly family-owned
- Independent retail and hospitality in Wigan and Leigh
- Care providers, with shift-based payroll
- Professional services and consultancies run from home
End of year accounts for Wigan businesses
Every limited company files accounts at Companies House nine months after its year end, and a Company Tax Return with HMRC within twelve months. The Corporation Tax is due nine months and one day after the year end, three months before the return. Sole traders and partnerships prepare accounts to the tax year and report the profit on a Self Assessment return by 31 January.
We prepare the accounts from your bookkeeping, work out the tax alongside them, go through both with you on a video call, and file them once you have approved them. If your year end has passed and nothing has been started, we can prepare the accounts from your bank statements and records.
A late filing at Companies House carries a penalty that starts at £150 and reaches £1,500 at six months, and it doubles if the previous year's accounts were also late. Year-end accounts sets out what the service includes.
- 1You send the records
Bank statements and sales and purchase records, or access to your Xero or FreeAgent file, uploaded to the client portal.
- 2We prepare the accounts and the tax
With a short list of questions about anything we cannot match, such as a large payment or a director's loan.
- 3We go through them with you
By video call or phone: the year's profit, the tax due and the date it has to be paid.
- 4We file them
At Companies House and with HMRC, with the confirmations saved to your portal.
Your year endThe accounting period closes. Stock is counted on this date.
9 monthsAccounts filed at Companies House.
9 months and 1 dayCorporation Tax paid to HMRC.
12 monthsCompany Tax Return filed with HMRC.
31 JanuarySelf Assessment return and tax due for sole traders and directors.
Deadlines for a private limited company after its first year. A company's first accounts are due 21 months after it was incorporated.
What working with us in Wigan looks like
Everything runs by phone, video call and WhatsApp, which is how nearly every Wigan 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 about tax, cash or staff are answered within the week, while the decision is still open.
Everything a Wigan business needs, in one place
Accounts, tax, payroll, bookkeeping and advisory all run across the group, and Wigan clients get the lot.
Accounts and tax
Year-end accounts, Corporation Tax, Self Assessment and all the filing that goes with them.
Bookkeeping
Xero and FreeAgent, kept up to date every month of 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 cash flow forecast for the next twelve months.
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.
Towns and areas we cover in Wigan
- Wigan
- Leigh
- Atherton
- Tyldesley
- Hindley
- Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Standish
- Orrell
- Aspull
- Shevington
- Platt Bridge
- Astley
And the rest of Greater Manchester
Wigan 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.
Common questions from Wigan business owners
Do I need to meet you in person?
No. Everything runs by phone, video call and WhatsApp, which is how nearly every Wigan client works with us.
Do you handle CIS?
Yes, as routine. Subcontractor verification, monthly returns and statements, and the reverse charge on the VAT side.
Which towns do you cover?
The whole borough — Wigan, Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley, Hindley, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Standish, Orrell, Aspull, Shevington, Platt Bridge and Astley.
I subcontract. Am I getting my CIS deductions back?
Probably not all of them, and probably not quickly. CIS suffered should be offset against your monthly PAYE liability as you go. If nobody is doing that it sits with HMRC until the year end and you have effectively lent them the money for twelve months. It is one of the first things we check on a new construction client.
Does the VAT reverse charge apply to my jobs?
It depends who you are invoicing and what they do with the work. Supplying another contractor who supplies it on is usually caught; supplying the end user is not. Getting it the wrong way round is common, and correcting it afterwards costs more than asking once.
How much do end of year accounts cost?
The fee depends on whether you trade as a company or a sole trader, your turnover, how many transactions go through the bank and whether the bookkeeping is up to date. The instant quote gives a fixed monthly figure that includes the year-end accounts and the tax return.
Can you do my bookkeeping as well?
Yes. The bookkeeping is kept up to date in Xero or FreeAgent through the year, so the year-end accounts are prepared from records that already reconcile. See bookkeeping.