Accountants in Portsmouth for growing businesses
An ACCA-regulated practice supporting Portsmouth businesses and individuals with accounts, tax, VAT and payroll on one fixed monthly fee.
The city’s economy is anchored by naval and defence engineering around the Royal Navy’s home port, alongside advanced manufacturing, marine technology and a growing digital and games development scene. NDCA is a fixed-fee practice built for that mix, run through Xero, with one accountant instead of a rotating team. We work with businesses across Southsea, Gosport, Waterlooville, Leigh Park and the wider Lakeside North Harbour business park, alongside the naval and marine engineering firms clustered around the dockyard.
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Why businesses choose NDCA
A fixed monthly fee, a named accountant and a Xero file we both see at any time. That is how NDCA works, and it means advice arrives while there is still time to act on it.
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Who we help
How we support businesses in Portsmouth
Sole trader or limited company is one of the first decisions a new business makes. A limited company offers limited liability and, below certain size limits, simplified reporting, but it brings more admin. We model both options on your own figures and explain what would change.
Why growing businesses in Portsmouth 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 high-street 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 are a one-person business or a growing team.
Services our Portsmouth clients rely on
- Bookkeeping: transactions recorded and reconciled every month, so year-end holds no surprises.
- VAT returns: registered and filed on time under Making Tax Digital, with the right scheme for your turnover explained in plain English.
- CIS returns: verified and filed correctly if you work in construction, with deductions reconciled properly.
- Management accounts: clear monthly or quarterly figures for owners who want more than one set of numbers a year.
- Payroll: monthly RTI filings, payslips and auto-enrolment pensions handled for you, however many people you employ.
- Corporation tax: CT600 preparation with the reliefs and allowances relevant to you reviewed before filing.
Businesses with heavy equipment spend get the capital allowances position (Annual Investment Allowance and full expensing) reviewed as purchases happen, not at year-end when the choices have gone.
How NDCA works
Fixed monthly fee
A fixed fee agreed before we start covers the full scope. Phone calls and emails are included.
Direct answers from your accountant
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.
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
- Payments and bank data: your accounts and Stripe feed into Xero automatically, ready for Making Tax Digital VAT returns.
- Paperwork handled: Apron picks up invoices and receipts, so nobody has to keep a box of paper for year-end.
- Figures on the go: the Xero app shows your cash position and lets you approve bills from your phone.
- Up to date all year: your accountant and you look at the same live file, every month.
If you are new to Xero, setup and migration from your current system are included when you join.
Switching from a Portsmouth accountant
Clients usually move to us when replies take a week, bills arrive by the hour or the service stops fitting a growing business. We request the handover, collect the records and carry on from where your previous firm stopped, with every HMRC deadline covered. 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.
Speak to an accountant about your Portsmouth business
Tell us what you need and we will explain how we would look after your accounts, with no obligation to go ahead.
Portsmouth accounting FAQs
Yes. NDCA is remote first, with a registered office in Northampton. Portsmouth clients work with us over video and phone with shared live access to their Xero file. It is faster than an office visit and 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.
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. 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. Companies of every size use us for accounts, corporation tax, payroll and VAT and those wanting a closer view add monthly management accounts.
Yes. NDCA is an ACCA-regulated practice, registration number 2000003297, and follows the ACCA Code of Ethics and Conduct.
Yes. Sole traders get bookkeeping, their self assessment return and tax planning on the same fixed monthly fee as our company clients, and we flag when a limited company would start to save you tax.
Ready to switch to a fixed-fee accountant
A free consultation is the easiest starting point. We will look at your current setup, the gaps in it and what a fixed monthly fee would cover for a business like yours in Portsmouth.