Annual Accounts and Statutory Accounts for UK Businesses
Year-end accounts are where most business owners discover what their year actually looked like. For some that is a quiet relief. For others it is a phone call about a tax bill they were not expecting and a Companies House deadline they thought was further away.
We do it differently.
NDCA prepares annual accounts for UK limited companies, sole traders, landlords and partnerships. We are ACCA-regulated, Xero-certified, and we charge a fixed monthly fee — so your year-end is not a separate invoice, it is a planned milestone you already paid for.
Contact us today for a free consultation to walk through your situation.
What our annual accounts service covers
A dedicated accountant prepares your year-end accounts from start to finish. That includes:
- Statutory accounts for limited companies, filed with Companies House
- Year-end accounts for sole traders and partnerships
- Profit and loss, balance sheet, and supporting notes
- Director’s report and accounting policies where required
- Corporation tax computation prepared alongside the accounts
- Self assessment figures fed straight into directors’ personal returns
- Companies House filing (full or filleted accounts, depending on what suits)
- Confirmation statement filing where bundled in
If you also need your corporation tax return or self assessment filed, we handle both as part of the same year-end process. No duplicate work, no second invoice.
How NDCA works
Three things make our annual accounts service different.
- Fixed monthly fee
Year-end is not a separate bill. It is built into the fixed monthly fee we agreed when you joined. You know exactly what you are paying twelve months in advance. - A real human, fast
A named accountant prepares your accounts and answers your questions. No ticket queue. Most queries get a same-day reply. - Filed early, not on the deadline
Most clients have their accounts drafted months before the statutory deadline, not weeks. That means you know your corporation tax bill well in advance, not days before it is due.
Xero is the only platform we use
Xero is the only bookkeeping platform we run. For year-end work, that matters.
When the bookkeeping is already in Xero and already reconciled month by month, year-end accounts pull straight out of the system. There is no rebuild, no chasing receipts, no January scramble. The accounts you sign off match the figures you have been looking at all year.
If you are not yet on Xero, we migrate you across as part of onboarding. If you are already there, we plug straight in. Either way, the bookkeeping and the year-end live in the same system, with the same accountant.
Apron for invoice capture
Most year-end overruns are caused by missing paperwork — supplier invoices that never made it into the system, receipts no one can find, expenses the director paid personally and forgot to flag.
We use Apron to stop that. Snap a photo of a receipt or forward a supplier invoice to your dedicated Apron email address, and the supplier, date, amount, VAT and line items are pulled out automatically and pushed into Xero. By the time year-end arrives, the paperwork is already in place.
For our clients, this is the difference between a year-end that drags on through January and one that’s wrapped up well before.
Who we work with
NDCA annual accounts clients fall into a few groups:
- Limited company directors who want one firm doing bookkeeping, accounts and corporation tax
- Sole traders who need year-end accounts to support their self assessment
- Landlords with property portfolios held personally or through SPVs
- Partnerships and family businesses
- Trades and construction firms with CIS and year-end obligations
- E-commerce sellers and service businesses scaling past their first hire
If your situation is not on the list, send us a message — it almost certainly fits.
Year-end approaching?
Statutory deadlines are fixed. The earlier you start, the more options you have for tax planning. Send us your details — we'll come back within one working day with a fixed monthly quote.
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Switching from another accountant
If you already have an accountant and you are not happy, switching is simpler than people think. We send your current accountant a professional clearance letter, collect your records, and pick up where they left off. Most clients are fully on-boarded within two weeks.
You do not need to wait for year-end. You do not need an awkward phone call. We handle it.
Annual accounts FAQs
NDCA fees depend on the type of entity (sole trader, partnership, limited company), the volume of transactions, and what else is bundled in (bookkeeping, payroll, corporation tax, self assessment). You get a fixed monthly price upfront, not a separate year-end invoice. Get a quote on 01903 968618.
For most UK limited companies, statutory accounts are due at Companies House nine months after the company's accounting reference date. Corporation tax is due nine months and one day after year-end, with the CT600 return due twelve months after year-end. We prepare both at the same time so the figures match and the deadlines do not catch you out.
Statutory accounts are the year-end set filed at Companies House and used for tax. Management accounts are interim reports — usually monthly or quarterly — that show you how the business is performing during the year. Most clients need both.
You are not legally required to file accounts at Companies House as a sole trader, but you do need a clear set of year-end figures to file your self assessment correctly. We prepare those as part of the same engagement so your tax return is built on numbers you trust.
Yes. Small companies that meet the size criteria can file abridged or filleted accounts at Companies House, which keeps the detailed profit figures off the public record. We will advise on whether that is right for your company.
Xero, exclusively. We are a certified Xero Partner. Year-end accounts are prepared directly from the Xero file, which keeps the numbers consistent with the bookkeeping you have already signed off month by month.
Yes. We do bookkeeping repair as a standalone project. We will rebuild the missing months, reconcile the accounts, and then prepare your year-end on clean data.
We are remote first. We work with clients across the UK using Xero, so location does not matter.
Yes. Book one on 01903 968618 or via the contact form.
Companies House: 9 months after your company's year-end. HMRC (CT600): 12 months after year-end, but the corporation tax bill itself is due at 9 months and 1 day. First-year accounts have a slightly different rule — the deadline is 21 months from the date of incorporation. Missing either deadline triggers automatic penalties. We file well before both.
Companies House late filing penalties start at £150 (up to 1 month late) and rise to £1,500 (more than 6 months late) for private companies. Penalties double if you file late two years in a row. HMRC penalties are separate and apply to the CT600 — £100 immediately, increasing the longer the delay. We file early to avoid all of this.
Most small UK companies don't. You're exempt from audit if you meet at least two of: turnover under £10.2m, balance sheet total under £5.1m, or fewer than 50 employees. Companies in groups, regulated sectors, or with specific articles requiring audit have different rules. We don't conduct audits ourselves — if you need one, we'll signpost you to a firm that does and continue handling the rest of your year-end work alongside them.
Most accountants do year-end work in a frantic burst against records they haven't seen in 12 months. Because we run the bookkeeping monthly, the year-end is already mostly drafted by the time the books close. You see the tax bill months earlier, you have time to plan around it, and there's no January scramble. If your current setup works, no need to change. If year-end is always last-minute, we should talk.
Ready for a stress-free year-end?
Most clients hand over the records once and never think about it again. We prepare the accounts, file at Companies House, calculate the corporation tax, and tell you what's due months before the deadline. Send us a few details — we'll come back within one working day with a fixed monthly quote.
