Services

Keirstone Limited offers a full suite of accounting services to businesses in London, Hertfordshire, and the UK. Our dedication and expertise have supported business owners in navigating tough and challenging economic climates, fostering growth and resilience.

Explore our diverse range of services, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you need further assistance. Whether it’s strategic planning, management accounts, tax services, or VAT returns, we’re here to help your business thrive.

If there’s anything specific you need assistance with, just let us know. We’re always here to support your journey to success.

Accounting Services

Accounting

Accounting is not just a clinical exercise, we work to bring the figures to life and help our clients understand exactly what they mean for their business.

Accounting Software

Accounting Software - Keeping your accounts can be a tricky business. It is necessary to do so not only to comply with legal obligations but to help you manage your business.

Annual Accounts

Annual Accounts - are prepared from the company’s financial records at the end of the company’s financial year.

Auto Enrolment

Auto Enrolment is a legal obligation for companies to provide a pension plan for all employees.

Bookkeeping

Our mission is to provide professional bookkeeping services that support your business operations

Bookkeeping Health Check

A Bookkeeping Health Check ensures the financial well-being of an organisation, guaranteeing compliance, accuracy, and transparency.

Company Formation

Company Formation requires a few factors to consider before you set up your company with Companies House.

Company Secretarial

A Company Secretary needs to complete many time-consuming tasks and remain compliant with Companies House.

Corporation Tax

Corporation Tax is a tax that is payable from all taxable profits of any company that is based in the UK, regardless of where in the world the profit was generated.

Management Accounts

Management Accounts are essential reports produced to enable senior leaders in a business to make informed decisions based on the financial position of the company.

PAYE Health Check

Our PAYE Health Check has become ever-increasing in the complexity of legislation affecting employers, leading to a significant increase in employer compliance visits by HMRC.

Payroll

We have dedicated staff who can relieve you of this burden by providing a comprehensive and confidential Payroll service

Registered Office

A Registered Office address is a legal requirement of all limited companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) incorporated in the UK. Its purpose is to provide Companies House, HMRC and other relevant government bodies with an official address for delivering statutory mail and legal notices.

Tax Services

Tax

Keirstone Accountants has various Taxation services available for both personal and commercial clients.

Tax Planning

Through Tax Planning, all elements of the financial plan work together in the most tax-efficient manner possible.

VAT

Our accountants have a detailed understanding of UK VAT and can provide a range of compliance and advisory services to SMEs.

VAT Health Check

Our VAT Health Check Service will also investigate any transactions which have not been fully accounted for and identify any further ways of reducing your business’s overall VAT liability.

VAT Planning

VAT Planning is increasingly complex, and investigations by HMRC can be quite rigorous. Having an accountant adept at filing VAT returns correctly is crucial.

VAT Returns

VAT Returns are applicable to UK VAT-registered businesses.

VAT Registration

VAT Registration is applicable for businesses when a VAT taxable turnover is more than £90,000.

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning enables businesses to define priorities, streamline operations, and unite stakeholders behind common goals, ensuring they remain adaptable and achieve desired financial results in a changing market.

Why should I use an accountant before I start my new business?

Preliminary business advice will help avoid mistakes. We are able to run through your business plan and advice on the format of the business – will you operate as a sole trader, a partnership or a limited company?

Each choice has implications in respect of legal contracts; registering for VAT and the amount of credit your suppliers will allow your business.

When should I register for VAT?

If you are doing business in the UK as an individual, a partnership, a company, an association, a charity, a local authority or any organisation or group of people that are acting together under a specific name then your business may need to register for VAT.

VAT registration is compulsory if your annual turnover exceeds £90,000 or you expect the turnover to be higher than that amount in the next 30 days. If your turnover has temporarily exceeded the limit, you may apply for an exemption from registration.

Exemption from VAT registration can apply to entrepreneurs supplying goods or services within the UK, as well as those primarily supplying exempt goods or services. If you take over a VAT-registered business, your turnover will be combined with the previous owner's turnover for the past 12 months to determine if you exceed the VAT registration threshold. For goods acquired from other EU countries, VAT registration is compulsory if the total value of these goods acquired in the current year exceeds £90,000.

How easy is it to change accountants and why should I change?

If your existing accountant is offering you an excellent pro-active service at a fair fee then stick with them.
However, different accountants may be able to save you different amounts of tax and provide different levels of business advice depending on their experience.
If your present accountant doesn't offer the type of service you require, then changing over to us is very easy.
It involves just one letter from you, and we take care of everything else for you. Your existing accountant is not usually allowed to charge you for providing the normal handover information.

You seem to offer a lot. Are your fees expensive?

No! We offer fixed fees linked to the value of what we provide. We're not always the cheapest and as with many things in life, the cheapest is often the most expensive in the long run.

However, we are not expensive and we offer excellent value for what we provide. Most importantly we never undertake work without agreeing on the fee arrangements in advance, so you always know where you stand.

I've just had my accounts done and don't need an accountant until next year, so is there any need to contact you now?

We can't overemphasise the importance of tax planning at an early stage, not crisis-driven advice. Ideally, you do tax planning before the year even starts but after that, the earlier the better.
The same is applicable to all areas of advice and we are about helping you change the future, not just reporting what has already happened.

Is your fixed quote guaranteed for more than one year?

We're not in the business of providing low quotes just to get your business for the first year and then raising the fees. We want you as a long-term client who trusts us to do what we say we will do.

We quote what we anticipate to be a fair fee for the value provided and would only anticipate normal inflationary increases if the work stays the same.

Very occasionally there may be reasons why the amount of work involved exceeded what was expected but we would sit down and discuss these with you.

In some cases, where it is clear exactly what work is involved we can guarantee the fee for more than one year.

Keirstone Accountants