Accountants in Sussex for growing businesses
Modern accountants supporting Sussex businesses with bookkeeping, tax, VAT, payroll and year-round advice.
Areas we cover in Sussex
Sussex clients are spread from Brighton to the Surrey border, so pick your town below for local detail or get in touch if yours is not listed yet. That covers Gatwick Airport’s business and logistics economy around Crawley, Brighton’s well-known digital and creative tech cluster and the tourism and hospitality businesses along the coast from Worthing to Eastbourne.
Brighton is also home to American Express’s UK headquarters at 1 John Street, alongside a wider financial and digital services base that has grown up around it. Between the airport, the tech cluster and the coast, Sussex businesses tend to fall into a few clear groups and we tailor the service to whichever one fits.
What NDCA clients say
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Who we help
We work with limited companies, sole traders and landlords across Sussex, from Brighton and Crawley to Worthing, Horsham and Chichester.
Why businesses choose NDCA
Accounts filed once a year show where the business was, not where it is now. NDCA combines regular advice with live figures in Xero and a fixed monthly fee, so you make decisions on current numbers.
What Sussex businesses need from their accountant
Sole traders and freelancers in Brighton’s tech and games scene often need someone who understands R&D tax relief and SEIS or EIS investment, not just the basics: registering with HMRC, understanding what can be claimed as an expense and knowing what to set aside for tax.
Limited companies need more than annual accounts. Payroll, VAT, corporation tax and management accounts all need to happen on schedule, and Brighton’s tech and games studios often have R&D tax credit claims that go unclaimed without the right accountant, one who answers questions the same week, not the same quarter.
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.
At any stage of growth, a good accountant raises issues before they turn into problems, rather than filing one return a year and waiting for the next.
Why growing businesses in Sussex 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.
NDCA selects clients on fit, not location. That means senior attention on your account whether you are a Brighton games studio, a Gatwick Diamond life-science firm or a sole trader on your way to becoming a limited company, not a junior handling everything while a partner signs it off once a year.
The services Sussex 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: for sole traders, directors and landlords, filed accurately and on time.
- VAT returns: registration, scheme choice and quarterly Making Tax Digital filing, explained in plain English.
- 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, Brighton games studios closing their first funding round or Gatwick Diamond firms 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
Your accountant knows your business and your numbers, normally replies the same day and works from figures that are current, not a year old.
Built around your business
We shape the service around your business, whether that is a Brighton games studio, a logistics supplier near Gatwick or a landlord with a few properties.
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 are not on Xero yet, we migrate you as part of onboarding.
Switching from a Sussex 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.
Sussex accounting FAQs
Yes. NDCA is remote first, with a registered office in Northampton. We meet Sussex clients on video calls and share live access to their Xero file.
Yes. Annual accounts, corporation tax, payroll and VAT are all handled as part of the service, along with advice on director’s pay, dividends and anything else that affects how much tax you pay.
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, alongside our core work with limited companies. We handle HMO income, portfolio reporting, mortgage interest relief rules, incorporation questions and Making Tax Digital for Income Tax for landlords scaling a portfolio.
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. We work with sole traders at every stage, from the first year after registering with HMRC to the point where incorporating makes sense. Bookkeeping, self assessment and tax planning are covered by one fixed monthly fee.
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.