Accountant for a new limited company

First year support for new UK limited companies, incorporation, HMRC registrations, bookkeeping setup, the first accounts and a salary and dividend plan that works from day one.

• Company formation or a review of the incorporation you already filed

• Corporation tax registration, PAYE scheme and VAT registration where needed

• Bank account, bookkeeping and receipt capture set up properly from the first transaction

• Accounting reference date chosen deliberately rather than accepted by default

• First set of accounts, which cover a period that is rarely twelve months

• Director salary and dividend plan, plus a tax reserve you can actually keep to

A first accounting period runs from incorporation to the end of the month of the first anniversary, so it is usually longer than twelve months. A company tax return cannot cover more than twelve months, so the first period is split into two returns while Companies House still receives one set of accounts.

The first accounts are due 21 months after incorporation, and the first confirmation statement 14 days after the first review period ends. Those two dates are different from the ongoing nine month and annual cycles, which is why first year directors miss them.

You can only claim pre-trading expenditure incurred in the seven years before trading began, and only if it would have been allowable once trading. Keep the receipts from before incorporation, they are frequently deductible.

Thresholds, rates and deadlines quoted here reflect the 2026/27 UK position. Check current GOV.UK guidance, or ask us, before you rely on them for your own company.

We start by looking at the last filed accounts, your current records and your filing dates, then confirm a fixed scope and fee in writing.

Once the work is live you get reminders ahead of each deadline, a named person to ask questions, and a plain-English summary when the figures are ready, not a PDF with no explanation.