Accountants in Berkshire for growing businesses
Fixed-fee bookkeeping, tax and advice from an ACCA-regulated practice, for businesses and individuals across Berkshire.
Areas we cover in Berkshire
Berkshire’s economy is built on the technology firms along the M4 corridor, including Microsoft and Oracle in Reading, alongside Windsor’s tourism trade and a professional services and insurance base spread through Bracknell and Wokingham. NDCA is a fixed-fee practice built for that mix, run through Xero, with one accountant instead of a rotating team. Berkshire clients stretch from Reading to Windsor and the commuter towns in between, so pick your town below for local detail or get in touch if yours is not listed yet.
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Who we help
Why businesses choose NDCA
Accounts filed once a year show where the business was, not where it is now. NDCA combines regular advice with live figures in Xero and a fixed monthly fee, so you make decisions on current numbers.
What growing businesses in Berkshire need from an accountant
Limited companies need more than annual accounts. Payroll, VAT, corporation tax and management accounts all need to happen on schedule, and Thames Valley tech firms often have R&D tax relief and EMI share scheme questions that go unanswered without the right accountant, one who answers questions the same week, not the same quarter.
Landlords face a separate set of tax rules: restricted mortgage interest relief, specific allowable expenses and capital gains on disposal. We help you get these right from the first property, and review the structure as the portfolio grows.
At any stage of growth, a good accountant raises issues before they turn into problems, rather than filing one return a year and waiting for the next.
Why Berkshire businesses choose a remote-first accountant
Remote working lets us spend time on your numbers instead of on an office, and we see the same live Xero figures you do.
NDCA selects clients on fit, not location. That means senior attention on your account whether you are a Reading tech scale-up, a Bracknell professional services firm or a sole trader on your way to becoming a limited company, not a junior handling everything while a partner signs it off once a year.
Accounting services for Berkshire businesses
- Bookkeeping: clean, up-to-date records with your bank feeds and receipts flowing into Xero automatically.
- Management accounts: monthly or quarterly numbers that actually make sense, for businesses that want more than once-a-year reporting.
- Self assessment: for sole traders, directors and landlords, filed early so January is never a scramble.
- VAT returns: registration, scheme choice and quarterly Making Tax Digital filing, explained in plain English.
- Corporation tax: CT600 preparation that reviews the reliefs and allowances relevant to you before anything goes to HMRC.
- Payroll: RTI, pensions and payslips sorted every month, whether you employ one person or twenty.
Sole traders moving to a limited company, Reading tech scale-ups closing their first funding round or Bracknell firms taking on their first employees: we help you make the switch at the right time, not too early and not too late.
How NDCA works
Fixed monthly fee
One monthly price for everything in scope, with no hourly charges and no bill for asking a question.
Direct answers from your accountant
Your accountant knows your business and your numbers, normally replies the same day and works from figures that are current, not a year old.
Built around your business
Whether you are a sole trader, a growing limited company or a landlord with a few properties, we build the service around what you actually need, not a one-size template.
Cloud accounting with Xero
- Bank feeds: transactions and payment data from your accounts and Stripe flow in automatically, with VAT filed direct to HMRC under Making Tax Digital.
- Invoice capture: we use Apron to capture invoices and receipts, so costs land in the right period without anyone keeping a shoebox.
- Mobile app: check your numbers, approve payments and capture a receipt from your phone, wherever you are.
- Real-time figures: your Xero file is live for both of us, not something that only gets touched once a year.
If you are not on Xero yet, we migrate you as part of onboarding.
Switching from a Berkshire accountant
If your accountant is slow to respond, still works from spreadsheets or has grown too big to give you proper attention, we handle the move for you. Moving to NDCA is simple: we handle the handover with your previous accountant, register with HMRC as your new agent and get you set up on Xero. How long it takes depends mainly on how quickly your previous accountant sends the records across, and we keep you updated throughout.
Book a free call with a named accountant
Tell us what you need and we will explain how we would look after your accounts, with no obligation to go ahead.
Berkshire accounting FAQs
Yes. NDCA is remote first, with a registered office in Northampton. We meet Berkshire clients on video calls and share live access to their Xero file.
Yes. Annual accounts, corporation tax, payroll and VAT are all handled as part of the service, along with advice on director’s pay, dividends and anything else that affects how much tax you pay.
Yes. Whether to incorporate depends on your profit, how steady the income is, your pension plans and how much admin you want. We run your figures both ways and give a clear recommendation.
Our fees start from £95 plus VAT a month for limited companies, with no setup fee. Self Assessment starts from £245 plus VAT as a one-off fee. You receive a fixed quote at the end of your free 30-minute call, based on your turnover, transactions, VAT, payroll and number of directors. Any records alignment or bookkeeping catch-up is quoted separately in writing before work starts.
Yes, alongside our core work with limited companies. We handle HMO income, portfolio reporting, mortgage interest relief rules, incorporation questions and Making Tax Digital for Income Tax for landlords scaling a portfolio.
Yes. We will assess where things stand, get your bookkeeping current and put a system in place so it does not happen again.
Yes. NDCA is an ACCA-regulated practice, registration number 2000003297, and follows the ACCA Code of Ethics and Conduct.
Yes. We work with sole traders at every stage, from the first year after registering with HMRC to the point where incorporating makes sense. Bookkeeping, self assessment and tax planning are covered by one fixed monthly fee.
Start with a free call and a fixed quote
Book a free call and tell us where the business is today and what is not working with your current accountant. We will explain how a fixed-fee service on Xero would work for you.