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What Was Announced in the Spring Statement 2025?
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, held the Spring Statement on Wednesday 26 March 2025. In the run up to the event, the Chancellor stated that she ‘remains committed to one major fiscal event a year to give families [...]
What Are the Key Dates Throughout the Financial Year for Limited Company Directors?
As a director of your Limited Company, you have legal responsibilities such as filing and submitting various forms and returns to Companies House and HMRC throughout the financial year. Failing to do so will result in penalties, fines and [...]
What Is the Employer’s National Insurance Rate Increasing To?
Back in October 2024, the UK government released the much-anticipated Autumn Budget where they announced a variety of changes affecting UK employers. One of the significant talking points from this was the adjustments to Employers National Insurance Contributions. The changes [...]
How Much Can You Claim for Using Your Home as an Office?
If you’re running a Limited Company and working from home, you may be wondering: How much can I claim for using my home as an office? In this blog we break down HMRC rules, tax-efficient options, and how to calculate [...]
What Are the 2025-26 Tax Year Rates and Allowances?
Tax Tax-free personal allowance - £12,570 Basic rate – 20% up to £37,700 Higher rate – 40% - from £37,701 to £125,140 Additional rate – 45% - above £125,140 National Insurance Rates Primary threshold [...]
How to maximise your tax efficiency before tax yearend 2025
Allowable expenses Claim all of your allowable expenses Maximise your trivial benefit allowances for all directors Keep receipts 6 years after accounting period ISAs Use your ISA allowance £20,000 taxed at 0% per year [...]
Can you pay for your garden office through your Limited Company?
One of the benefits of running your own business is that you may be able to complete your work from any location you wish, which for many is to work from home. But if you don’t have the space to [...]
Are you eligible for free childcare whilst working through your Limited Company?
If you ask any parent what their biggest monthly expenses are, childcare will most likely appear near the top of that list! For many, childcare costs are second only to mortgage/rent payments. It may seem like these massive costs are [...]
We won! Best Contractor Accountant in the Contracting Awards 2024
It’s official, we’ve done it again! We’re so proud to announce that we have won the Best Contractor Accountant (1,000 – 2,500 Clients) two years running at the Contracting Awards! The Event On Wednesday the 13th of November, the senior [...]
Is closing your company with MVL the right option for you?
When it comes to closing your Limited Company you may be wondering what the process is, how much tax you’ll end up paying and how your accountant can help. In this blog we take a closer look at company [...]
The Autumn Budget 2024
Forty billion pounds of tax rises represents one of the very largest tax rising Budgets outside of a time of recession, with Rachel Reeves announcing a compendium of changes aimed at businesses and higher tax payers. A penny off [...]
How to Work From Home Effectively
Working from home is one of the main perks of being self-employed. Being able to choose when, where, and how to work, in a comfortable environment, is a luxury that grants you a massive amount of freedom. In this blog, [...]