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Accountancy for Consultants and Professional Services Firms

Project-based income, client-by-client cash flow and, for many consultants, IR35 to think about on top of it all. Our CIMA-accredited team supports consultants, law firms, architects, engineers, surveyors and agencies across the UK, wherever your clients are.

Overview

Accountancy for Consultants and Professional Services Firms

Professional services businesses often look straightforward from the outside, invoice a client, get paid, but the reality is lumpier: income arrives project by project, expenses vary by engagement, and for many independent consultants, IR35 status affects how they’re paid at all. We work with consultants, IT consultants, law firms and solicitors, architects, engineers, surveyors, marketing agencies and management consultants, so your accounts reflect how the work actually comes in.

Who we support

Independent & IT Consultants, Law Firms & Solicitors & Professional Services.

Independent & IT Consultants

Whether you work through your own limited company or as a sole trader, consultancy income can be irregular and contract terms vary client to client. We prepare your accounts and tax returns around that reality, and can advise on the accounting implications of your IR35 status so you understand where you stand before a contract starts, not after.

Law Firms & Solicitors

Law firms bring their own accounting structure, often a partnership or LLP, alongside strict rules on how client money is handled separately from the practice's own funds. We prepare partnership and LLP accounts built around how legal practices are actually structured, and support the day-to-day bookkeeping that keeps client and office accounts clearly separated.

Architects, Engineers & Surveyors

Project-based fee income, retentions on larger schemes, and costs that need tracking against a specific job all make this kind of accounting more involved than a standard service business. We prepare annual accounts for architecture, engineering and surveying practices, and can provide outsourced financial oversight that tracks profitability project by project, not just across the practice as a whole.

Marketing Agencies & Management Consultants

Retainer income, project fees and a team that might include contractors as well as employees all need to come together in one clear set of accounts. We handle bookkeeping and annual accounts for agencies and consultancies, and can support payroll for a mixed team of employed and freelance staff.

How it works

Working With Us Remotely

Professional services businesses are used to working with clients remotely, and working with your accountant should feel just as easy.

Digital information sharing

Records reach us the moment you have them, not at month end.

Electronic engagement letters & e-signatures

Onboarding takes minutes rather than a trip to the office.

Direct debit, no contract

Fixed monthly fees by direct debit, with no long-term contract attached.

Online meetings

Talk through the numbers whenever you want to, wherever you are.

Online identity verification

Getting started is straightforward wherever you are based.

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