So, any recommendations for UK-based accountants for small businesses?

(Please don't suggest that I do my own books.)

@Edent RMD Accountancy were always good to me. Possibly the wrong country though.

@Edent I liked Proactive Paul when I was contracting.

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@denny he has just announced his retirement - hence me looking for a new one 🙂

@Edent Ah. Well, that's mean of him 😉

Best wishes to him, and good luck in your search!

@Edent I use https://www.theaccountancy.co.uk for my LTD to do the books snd payroll, never had an issue with them, have an assigned accountant who's always quick to reply to any of my "i have a weird idea for a youtube video, can I expense this" questions 🤣
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@Edent when I was a contracting bod I used https://www.piscesaccounts.co.uk/ who was digital first in 2012. I don’t know whether Alan Oakes who did my company’s books is still about but I found the entire organization to be painless, straightforward, and proactive.
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I’ve used Streets (or its predecessors) for almost 50 years. I’ve always got good advice, tolerance of my inadequacies, and no suggestion of impropriety.
@Edent I've been using Maslins for a decade, and highly recommend them. A lot of my fellow contractors also use them. https://www.maslins.co.uk/
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@Edent I have been using Heelans Associates and they have been pretty good for what I have needed for the past couple of years
@Edent [email protected] were nice when I had a freelancing gig.
@fabienmarry @Edent seconding for Maslins. Have always been excellent for me.
@Edent Cannot recommend Paul Brannigan enough. He understands the tech industry and specialises in accounts for freelancers/contractors and small businesses. Paul was the accountant who helped us get TetraLogical off the ground and through it's first few years, until we grew too large for him to be able to advise.
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@tink he's just announced his retirement - hence why I'm looking.
Happy for him but sad for me.

@Edent That is, as you say, both a happy and a sad thing!

In case it helps, we (TetraLogical) began using In Accountancy about 6 months ago:
https://www.in-accountancy.co.uk/

They're a small firm in their own right and so far we've found them friendly and effective.

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@Edent I use Crunch https://www.crunch.co.uk and they've been good.
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@Edent I've been using https://www.whitefieldtax.co.uk/ since I went contracting almost 10 years ago and have no complaints.
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