Accountants in Portsmouth for Growing Businesses
NDCA are chartered accountants who support growing businesses and individuals with a wide range of accounting services in Portsmouth.
NDCA is an ACCA-regulated, remote-first accountancy practice built for growing businesses. We work with sole traders, limited companies and landlords across the UK on a fixed monthly fee — bookkeeping, VAT, payroll, self assessment and year-end accounts, all handled through Xero. Portsmouth clients get the same service without paying Portsmouth office rents through their fees.
Why Businesses Choose NDCA
NDCA works with business owners who want more than year-end accounts. We combine proactive advice, cloud accounting and fixed monthly pricing to help you stay in control of your finances and make confident decisions.
Who We Help
What growing businesses in Portsmouth 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. We take care of all of it for a fixed monthly fee, so you’re not paying by the hour for every phone call or question.
Portsmouth has a wide mix of growing businesses, from sole traders taking on their first member of staff to established limited companies, alongside plenty of landlords letting out a property or two alongside a main job. We work with all of them on the same straightforward basis.
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 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.
The services Portsmouth clients use most
- Bookkeeping — a dedicated bookkeeper keeping your records accurate and up to date, so nothing is a scramble at year-end.
- 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 — monthly or quarterly numbers that actually make sense, for businesses that want more than once-a-year reporting.
- Payroll — RTI, pensions and payslips sorted every month, whether you employ one person or twenty.
- Corporation tax — CT600 preparation with every relief and allowance you're entitled to 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
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 answers your questions, usually within one working day. No call centre, no ticket queue.
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.
Xero, connected to how you trade
We run every client on Xero. Bank feeds, invoices and receipts flow in automatically, your records stay reconciled, and VAT files direct to HMRC under Making Tax Digital. Migration to Xero is part of onboarding, with Xero training available if your team wants to get more from it.
Switching from a Portsmouth 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
Portsmouth accounting FAQs
No. 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 — 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.
Yes. We handle self-assessment, bookkeeping and general advice for sole traders across Portsmouth, and can help you decide when it makes sense to move to a limited company as you grow.
It depends on volume and scope — bookkeeping, VAT, CIS, payroll, management accounts, year-end. NDCA quotes one fixed monthly fee covering everything agreed. Send your details and you will have a quote within one working day.
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. 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.