Accountants in Lewes for growing businesses
NDCA is an ACCA-regulated accountancy practice that supports growing businesses and individuals with a wide range of accounting services in Lewes.
Lewes runs on professional services, creative industries and tourism, with studio and office space at places like Candlemakers, The Hive and Star Brewery supporting a strong community of independent retailers and artistic businesses. NDCA is a fixed-fee practice built for that growth stage, 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.
Who we help
What growing businesses in Lewes need from an accountant
A limited company has more deadlines than annual accounts. Payroll, VAT, corporation tax and management reporting all run to a timetable, and a named accountant keeps each one on track.
Landlords face a separate set of tax rules: restricted mortgage interest relief, specific allowable expenses and capital gains on disposal. We help you get these right from the first property, and review the structure as the portfolio grows.
The right accountant answers questions before they become problems, whatever stage the business has reached.
Why Lewes businesses choose a remote-first accountant
Remote working lets us spend time on your numbers instead of on an office. Your named accountant normally replies the same day and sees the same live Xero figures you do.
Location does not decide who we work with. Fit does. You get senior attention on your account whether you are a professional commuting to Brighton or a sole trader heading towards incorporation.
Accounting services for Lewes 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.
- 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 preparation that reviews the reliefs and allowances relevant to you before anything goes to HMRC.
- Payroll: RTI, pensions and payslips sorted every month, whether you employ one person or twenty.
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 monthly price for everything in scope, with no hourly charges and no bill for asking a question.
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 Lewes 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.
Lewes accounting FAQs
Yes. NDCA is remote first, with a registered office in Northampton. Lewes clients work with us over video and shared Xero access, the same way most of them work with their own clients.
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. Whether to incorporate depends on your profit, how steady the income is, your pension plans and how much admin you want. We run your figures both ways and give a clear 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 will assess where things stand, get your bookkeeping current and put a system in place so it does not happen again.
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
Book a free call and tell us where the business is today and what is not working with your current accountant. We will explain how a fixed-fee service on Xero would work for you.