Accounting Cleanup in the United Kingdom
We fix the mess underneath your numbers so every report can be trusted. Delivered to FRS 102 / UK GAAP for UK businesses, priced in GBP.
A UK cleanup is rarely just miscoded transactions. It is usually a VAT control account that has never reconciled, a director's loan account nobody has tracked, and a set of accounts that will not survive a Companies House filing.
HMRC can enquire into a corporation tax return for 12 months after filing, and longer where the return is careless or deliberate. Records must be kept for six years. A cleanup that fixes presentation but not the underlying records leaves that exposure in place.
The deadlines we track against your ledger.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAT return and payment (Making Tax Digital)VAT-registered businesses | Quarterly | 1 month and 7 days after the end of the VAT period | HMRC |
| Annual accounts to Companies HousePrivate limited companies | Annual | 9 months after the accounting reference date | Companies House |
| CT600 company tax return | Annual | 12 months after the end of the accounting period | HMRC |
Last reviewed against the source . These are the standard dates. Extensions through a registered agent, a non-calendar year end, and volume-based filing frequencies all shift them — confirm your own dates with HMRC. This is general information, not tax advice.
Accounting Cleanup deliverables
- Chart-of-accounts restructure
- Duplicate & error removal
- Re-categorisation of mis-coded transactions
- Reconciliation error correction
- Opening-balance and equity clean-up
Xero
We rebuild in Xero or QuickBooks with an intact MTD digital link, so the VAT return is generated from the ledger rather than reconciled to it afterwards.
A worked example, in your currency.
A London marketing agency, 900 transactions a month, VAT-registered, 18 staff.
- In-house bookkeeper (fully loaded, per month)
- £3,400
- Salt bookkeeping + VAT compliance
- £1,150
- Monthly saving
- £2,250
Figures in GBP. Fully loaded cost includes employer NIC, pension, software and supervision.
The framework your United Kingdom accounts are held to.
We prepare to UK GAAP (FRS 102) or IFRS, as adopted. These are the bodies that set that framework and the authorities you file with — linked so you can verify the standard rather than take our word for it.
- Professional bodyICAEWInstitute of Chartered Accountants in England and WalesUK chartered accountancy body and ethical code.
- Professional bodyACCAAssociation of Chartered Certified AccountantsGlobal professional body with a large UK membership.
- Standards setterFRCFinancial Reporting CouncilIssues FRS 102 and UK auditing standards.
- RegulatorHMRCHM Revenue & CustomsVAT, corporation tax, PAYE and Making Tax Digital.
- RegulatorCompanies HouseStatutory accounts and confirmation statements.
Listed for reference. Salt Accounting Group is not stating membership, registration or affiliation with any of these organisations. Where a filing must be lodged by a registered local agent, it is — your agent keeps the lodgement and the professional sign-off.
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Tell us where you trade and what shape the books are in. You get scope, price and a start date in writing within one business day — no obligation.