Accountants in Fareham for Growing Businesses

NDCA are chartered certified accountants who support growing businesses and individuals with a wide range of accounting services in Fareham.

Fareham sits at the centre of Hampshire’s aerospace, defence and marine cluster, a sector that supports more than 18,000 jobs across the county. The Solent Enterprise Zone at Daedalus and the Fareham Innovation Centre support engineering and marine start-ups alongside larger defence contractors. NDCA is a fixed-fee, ACCA-regulated practice built for that mix, run through Xero, with a named accountant instead of a rotating team.

Why Businesses Choose NDCA

Year-end accounts alone don't show what's happening in the business right now. NDCA pairs proactive advice with cloud accounting and a fixed monthly fee, so you always have a live view of your numbers and can make decisions with confidence.

Who We Help

What growing businesses in Fareham need from an accountant

A business can be a sole trader or a limited company. It’s privately owned, and if it’s a limited company with fewer than 50 employees it may be eligible for certain reliefs, grants and simplified reporting. If you’re not sure which structure suits you, or whether it’s time to move from sole trader to limited company, we can talk it through and explain what actually changes.

Whatever the structure, the day-to-day tasks are much the same: invoicing, chasing payments, tracking expenses, staying on top of VAT if you’re registered, running payroll if you employ anyone, and filing accurate accounts and tax returns on time. Hampshire’s aerospace and defence sector supports more than 18,000 jobs, with the Solent Enterprise Zone at Daedalus alone targeting 3,500 of them by 2026. The engineering and marine start-ups based at the Fareham Innovation Centre tend to bring R&D tax relief questions that the larger defence contractors they supply rarely need help with, since those bigger firms usually have that covered in-house. We work with all of them on the same straightforward basis.

Why growing businesses in Fareham choose a remote-first accountant

Proximity used to be the reason you chose an accountant. It matters less now. What matters is whether they reply quickly, explain things in plain English, and charge a fee you agreed to upfront. NDCA is remote first, which removes the overhead of a city-centre office.

Because NDCA is not tied to a local catchment, we work with sole traders, limited companies and landlords across the UK, selecting clients by what they need rather than by postcode.

The fee reflects it too. A remote practice carries no office rent to recover through your invoice, so the fixed monthly fee stays honest whether you’re a one-person business or a growing team.

How NDCA works

Fixed monthly fee

One price agreed at the start covers everything in scope. No hourly billing, no charge for picking up the phone.

A real human, fast

A named accountant who knows your business and responds within one working day, backed by real-time numbers in Xero instead of an annual catch-up.

Built around your business

Whether you're 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’re not on Xero yet, we migrate you as part of onboarding, with training available if your team wants to get more from it.

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Switching from a Fareham accountant

Most clients come to us because their existing accountant is slow to respond, still working from spreadsheets, or has grown too big to give them proper attention. 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. Most switches complete within two to three weeks.

Talk to an accountant who understands growing businesses

Free 30-minute call · fixed quote within one working day · no obligation

Fareham accounting FAQs

No. NDCA is remote first, with a registered office in Northampton. Fareham clients work with us over video and phone with shared live access to their Xero file — faster than an office visit, and it keeps the fees fixed.

Yes. Postponed import VAT, duty treatment, landed cost tracking and the monthly postponed VAT statements from HMRC are all standard parts of the service for our importing clients.

Yes. Monthly CIS returns, subcontractor verification, deduction statements and the gross payment status application when the business qualifies. Construction and trades is one of our core industries.

Every fee is fixed and quoted upfront, based on the complexity of your accounts rather than a generic package. A business with staff, VAT and monthly management reporting is priced differently to a straightforward single-director company, so we look at your actual numbers before naming a figure. Tell us what you need and we’ll give you a clear, fixed quote within one working day, no obligation.

Yes. Bookkeeping repair is a standing service — we reconcile the banks, fix miscoded transactions, chase the missing paperwork through Apron and bring the file current before normal monthly service begins.

Yes. We handle annual accounts, corporation tax, payroll and VAT for limited companies of all sizes, with monthly management accounts available for businesses that want closer visibility.

Yes. NDCA is regulated by the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

Yes, we also support sole traders, particularly those building toward incorporation. Bookkeeping, self assessment and tax planning are handled on the same fixed monthly fee as our limited company clients.

Yes. Book one on 01903 968618 or via the contact form. Free 30-minute call, fixed quote within one working day, no obligation.

Ready for an accountant who understands growing businesses?

Book a free consultation and we’ll talk through where your business is now, what’s not working with your current setup, and how a fixed-fee, Xero-based service could work for you.