Accountants in Hampshire for growing businesses
Fixed-fee bookkeeping, tax and advice from an ACCA-regulated practice, for businesses and individuals across Hampshire.
Hampshire’s economy spans Southampton’s port and cruise industry, Portsmouth’s naval and defence base, Basingstoke’s corporate HQ cluster and a strong market-town economy across Winchester and Fareham. NDCA is a fixed-fee practice built for that mix, run through Xero, with one accountant instead of a rotating team.
Farnborough adds a further layer to that mix: it is home to BAE Systems’ national headquarters, QinetiQ’s Cody Technology Park and the world-famous Farnborough International Airshow, which draws trade visitors from around the world. Southampton also hosts Ordnance Survey’s national headquarters at Explorer House. Aerospace, defence and mapping technology businesses bring their own mix of R&D tax relief and contract accounting questions, which is where a lot of our Hampshire conversations start.
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Areas we cover in Hampshire
Hampshire clients stretch from Southampton to Winchester and the market towns in between. Pick your town for details, or get in touch if you do not see yours listed.
Who we help
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.
What Hampshire businesses need from their accountant
Sole traders and the newly self-employed need someone to get the basics right from day one: registering with HMRC, understanding what can be claimed as an expense and knowing what to set aside for tax.
Limited companies across Hampshire need more than a set of accounts at year-end. Payroll, VAT, corporation tax and management accounts all have their own timetable, and a named accountant keeps each one moving.
Landlords and property investors have their own rules: mortgage interest relief, allowable expenses and the tax position when a portfolio grows past one or two properties. Getting this wrong is expensive, but getting it right is straightforward with the right advice.
Whatever stage your business is at, the right accountant should be answering questions before they become problems, not just filing a return once a year.
Why Hampshire businesses choose a remote-first accountant
Being remote-first is not a trade-off, it is how we stay senior. You get a named accountant who knows your business and normally responds the same day, backed by real-time numbers in Xero instead of an annual catch-up.
We take on clients where we are a good fit, wherever they are based. That means a senior accountant on your file, whether you are an aerospace supplier around Farnborough or a maritime business near Southampton docks, rather than a junior preparing everything for a partner to sign once a year.
The services Hampshire clients use most
- Bookkeeping: your Xero file reconciled and kept current throughout the year.
- Management accounts: monthly or quarterly reports that show how the business is performing between year-ends.
- 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.
- Corporation tax: CT600 returns prepared and filed with the reliefs and allowances relevant to you checked first.
- Payroll: staff paid correctly and on time, with RTI, pensions and payslips taken care of each month.
Sole traders moving to a limited company, landlords expanding a portfolio or established companies 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 price agreed at the start covers everything in scope. No hourly billing, no charge for picking up the phone.
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
Sole traders, growing companies and landlords each get a scope built around what they need, not a fixed 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 Hampshire accountant
Changing accountant follows a set routine. We contact your current firm for professional clearance, take over as your HMRC agent and move your records into Xero. You can switch at any point in the year. How long it takes depends mainly on how quickly your previous accountant sends the records across, and we keep you updated throughout.
Talk to an accountant who understands growing businesses
Tell us what you need and we will explain how we would look after your accounts, with no obligation to go ahead.
Hampshire accounting FAQs
Yes. NDCA is remote first, with a registered office in Northampton. We meet Hampshire clients on video calls and share 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.
Yes. Profit level, income stability, pension plans and admin all feed into the decision, and we set out the result for your figures in plain English with a 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. 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. We start by working out how far behind the books are, bring everything up to date in Xero and then put a monthly routine in place so the backlog does not return.
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.
Ready for a fixed-fee accountant?
Start with a free call. We will talk through your business, how your accounts are handled now and how a fixed-fee, Xero-based service would change that.