Accountants in Reading for growing businesses
NDCA is an ACCA-regulated accountancy practice that supports growing businesses and individuals with a wide range of accounting services across Reading.
Digital and technology firms make up a large part of Reading’s economy, with Microsoft and Oracle among the companies based in the town. The town sits at the heart of the Thames Valley’s Silicon Corridor, with a dense cluster of tech firms including Microsoft and Oracle alongside a strong insurance and financial services base built up around companies like Prudential. NDCA is a fixed-fee practice built for that mix, run through Xero, with one accountant instead of a rotating team.
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Why businesses choose NDCA
NDCA gives you more than a year-end filing. You get monthly figures you can rely on, advice before deadlines rather than after them and one fixed fee that stays the same when you pick up the phone.
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Who we help
What growing businesses in Reading need from an accountant
Many businesses in Reading start as sole traders, and some later become limited companies. Each structure has its own tax treatment, filing rules and admin, and a smaller limited company may qualify for simplified accounts and certain reliefs. If you are weighing up the move, we set out what changes and what it means for your tax.
Why a remote-first accountant works for Reading businesses
Choosing an accountant because the office is nearby made sense when paperwork had to be handed over in person. Today the useful questions are how quickly they reply, how clearly they explain things and whether the fee is agreed upfront. NDCA is remote first, so you are not paying for a town-centre office.
Because NDCA is remote first, video calls, shared live data and quick turnarounds are simply how we work. Your Xero file is open to both sides all the time. The fee is fixed before we start, so questions and calls never cost extra.
Accounting services for Reading 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.
- Corporation tax: CT600 preparation that reviews the reliefs and allowances relevant to you before anything goes to HMRC.
- Self assessment: personal tax returns for sole traders, directors and landlords, prepared well before the January deadline.
- VAT returns: registered and filed on time under Making Tax Digital, with the right scheme for your turnover.
- Payroll: RTI, pensions and payslips sorted every month, whether you employ one person or twenty.
Growing firms add cash flow forecasting when hiring decisions start to depend on it.
How NDCA works
Fixed monthly fee
Agreed upfront, covering everything in scope. You will never hesitate to ask a question because of what the answer might cost.
Direct answers from your accountant
One named accountant handles your file and normally replies the same day, working from live Xero figures rather than a once-a-year catch-up.
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
- Automatic bank feeds: no manual uploads, and VAT filed digitally with HMRC.
- Invoice and receipt capture: Apron collects supplier bills and receipts so each cost is recorded when it happens.
- Mobile access: check figures and approve payments on the Xero app, in the office or on the move.
- Numbers that stay current: your file is updated through the year, not once at the end of it.
Moving from QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent or spreadsheets is part of onboarding, so you start on Xero with clean opening balances.
Switching from a Reading 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.
Reading accounting FAQs
Yes. NDCA is remote first, registered in Northampton and working with clients across the UK. Reading clients deal with us over video and phone, with shared live access to their Xero file.
Yes. Limited companies are the core of our work. We prepare annual accounts and corporation tax returns, run payroll and VAT and advise on salary, dividends and other decisions that affect your tax.
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.
We work over video, which keeps response times fast and fees fixed. Screen-sharing a live Xero file in a call turns out to be more useful than a conference room.
Yes. Bookkeeping repair is a standing service: we rebuild the Xero file, fix miscoded transactions, reconcile the banks and bring everything current before the normal monthly service starts.
Yes. Whether you hold one buy-to-let or a portfolio through a company, we prepare the rental figures, apply the mortgage interest relief rules, advise on incorporation and set you up for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
Yes. NDCA is an ACCA-regulated practice, registration number 2000003297, and follows the ACCA Code of Ethics and Conduct.
Yes. Self-employed clients get the same named accountant and fixed fee as our limited companies, covering the books, the self assessment return and planning for the next tax bill.
Start with a free call and a fixed quote
Sole trader, limited company or landlord, the process is the same. Share a few details about your situation and we will show you exactly how we would help.