Startups & New Businesses

Start right, scale smoothly

We've helped launch businesses since 2005, and the same early decisions come up every time:

• Sole trader or limited company? We run your projected numbers through both and recommend with the working shown
• Company formation done properly: share structure, registrations, director duties explained (our formation service)
• VAT registration: mandatory timing, and whether registering voluntarily would actually benefit you
• Cloud software from day one: Xero, QuickBooks or Sage set up before bad habits form
• First hire: what payroll, pensions and employer NI really cost before you commit

What a startup actually needs (and what it doesn't)

New businesses are sold a lot of services they don't need yet. Our approach is to start lean (software, bookkeeping habit, annual compliance) and add payroll, VAT, management accounts and planning when the business is ready for them, not before. Your fees grow with your headcount and complexity, not ahead of them.

A sounding board, not just a scorekeeper

Pricing, taking on premises, hiring versus subcontracting, when you can afford to pay yourself more: first-time founders face these questions alone. Our clients don't. Call, ask, decide. That's what we're for.