Contractor accountants in Dowgate — from £75/mo, fixed.
From first contract to portfolio career, we run the company side for Dowgate (EC4R) contractors: everything filed, salary and dividends optimised, IR35 watched. Also serving Walbrook, Cannon Street, Vintry.
Contractor Accountants for Dowgate — done properly, entirely online
IT, engineering, finance and interim contractors in Dowgate working through personal service companies — inside or outside IR35, or moving between the two.
What's included
- Company accounts, corporation tax and confirmation statement
- Director payroll and dividend paperwork done properly
- Optimal salary/dividend mix reviewed every April
- IR35 status guidance on each engagement
- Real-time view of what you can safely draw
Why Dowgate businesses pick Bohzo
Every filing date that applies to you goes in our diary the day you join — and we chase the records, not the other way round.
Before we touch anything for a Dowgate client, the fee is in writing — and it stays put. Hourly billing doesn't exist here.
Upload, approve, filed. The whole engagement runs from your phone or laptop, on your schedule rather than office hours.
Bohzo Accountants is a trading name of Bohzo Ltd, Company No. 15031604.
Compare our fixed contractor accountants fees
| Your situation | Fixed fee |
|---|---|
| Essential: accounts, CT600, payroll, dividends | £75/mo |
| Plus: essential + VAT + bookkeeping | £105/mo |
| Complete: plus + Self Assessment + planning call | £125/mo |
| IR35 contract review (one-off) | £99 |
“From” pricing reflects the simplest case; anything more complex is quoted as a fixed fee in writing before work begins — and never changes after.
Online accountants vs the high street
Most local firms near Dowgate quote low, bill by the hour and reserve the right to charge for every phone call. We work the other way round: one fixed fee agreed in writing before anything starts, every question included, and the whole engagement handled online — which is exactly why we can serve Dowgate at fees a walk-in office can't match.
There's no office to fund in Dowgate and no office to visit: records travel through our secure portal or WhatsApp, approvals happen on your phone, and filings go to HMRC and Companies House electronically. You get the same qualified work — minus the overheads, the travel and the surprises on the invoice.
Contractor Accountants in Dowgate: from first message to filed
WhatsApp or the enquiry form — describe what you need and roughly what your records look like. Two minutes.
You get one written fixed price before anything begins — and if your case is unusual, we price that honestly up front.
Onboarding is a phone job: verify identity, sign the engagement letter, upload records. Nothing needs you to leave Dowgate.
You review everything first. Then it goes to HMRC electronically and you get confirmation immediately.
The same service in Dowgate as anywhere — by design
We built this service so that someone in Dowgate never pays a premium — or accepts worse service — because of geography. Same specialists, same published fees, same speed, wherever in Central London you are.
London clients in Dowgate tend to arrive with more moving parts — employment plus side income, shares, property. That's fine: the fixed quote covers your actual situation, agreed before we start, however many supplementary pages it needs.
Where we work around Dowgate
Dowgate sits in the borough of City of London (Dowgate ward), EC4R postcode area. Wherever you are around Dowgate, the numbers below are why "near me" matters less than it used to — every place in the list gets the same service, the same day.
| Nearby | Distance from Dowgate | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Walbrook | 0.1 miles | north-west |
| Cannon Street | 0.1 miles | north |
| Vintry | 0.1 miles | west |
| London Bridge | 0.2 miles | south-east |
| Candlewick | 0.2 miles | north-east |
Distances are straight-line, between place centres. Every listed place — and everywhere between — is served online at the same fixed fees.
Dowgate contractor accountants FAQs
How does IR35 affect me?
If a contract is 'inside IR35', tax is broadly like employment; outside, you keep the company's flexibility on salary and dividends. Since the off-payroll rules, medium and large clients determine status — but the risk and planning still land on you. We review contracts and working practices so you know where each engagement stands.
What's the most tax-efficient way to pay myself?
Typically a modest salary (keeping NI credits) plus dividends from post-tax profits, reviewed each April as thresholds move. It depends on your other income and pension plans — the review is included in every package.
Can I switch accountants mid-contract?
Yes, any time. We handle professional clearance with your current accountant and take over the records — most switches complete within two weeks with nothing for your agency or client to notice.
Do I need to visit an office in Dowgate?
No — there's nothing to visit and nothing to print. We're an online firm: records go through our secure portal or WhatsApp, and everything is filed electronically. It works the same whether you're in Dowgate or anywhere else in Central London.
I searched "contractor accounting near me" — is this service really local to Dowgate?
Dowgate is fully covered, yes. The work is done online, which in practice means more local than an office: same-day replies instead of appointment slots, and the same published fixed fee whether you're in Dowgate town centre or the edge of Central London. If you'd rather talk it through first, WhatsApp us — a real person answers.
Who will actually handle my contractor accounting?
Bohzo Accountants — a trading name of Bohzo Ltd, a registered UK company (No. 15031604). You get a named contact, a fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you've reviewed and approved it.
How do your fixed fees work?
You tell us your situation, we quote one fixed price in writing before any work starts, and that price never changes mid-job. If your case is unusually complex we'll say so up front and agree a different fixed price — but the fee is always agreed before we begin, never after.
Things worth knowing before your next filing
Since Section 24, individual landlords can't deduct mortgage interest as an expense — it's a 20% tax credit instead, which pushes some higher-rate landlords into surprising bills. Whether to hold property personally or through a company is now a genuine question with genuine trade-offs.
People stay with the wrong accountant for years because switching feels disruptive. In practice the profession has a standard handover process — clearance letters, copies of prior returns and working papers — and the new firm drives it, not you.
Every tax bill is predictable months in advance — which makes tax the most plannable cost a business has. A separate tax savings account, fed a fixed percentage of every sale, converts January from a crisis into a transfer.
New companies often have a long first accounting period, which can mean two corporation tax returns for one set of accounts. It's normal, but it's exactly the kind of thing that's cheaper to get right first time than to unpick.
Scam "HMRC" messages outnumber real ones — HMRC doesn't demand payment by gift card or threaten arrest by text. Real letters have reference numbers that we can verify directly with HMRC before anyone responds.
From April 2026, self-employed people and landlords with qualifying income over £50,000 move onto Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: digital records and quarterly updates to HMRC, not one annual return. The year before is the right time to get bookkeeping into shape.
Subcontractors under the Construction Industry Scheme have 20% deducted at source — often more than their final tax bill once expenses and the personal allowance are counted. That's why CIS refunds are so common: the average claim is well into four figures, but only if the deduction statements are all gathered.
The trading allowance means up to £1,000 of gross side income per year can be tax-free with no return needed. Above that, registration and reporting kick in — and platforms now report seller data to HMRC, so "under the radar" isn't a strategy any more.
General guidance, not personal advice — thresholds and dates change. For advice on your own position in Dowgate, message us and we'll answer against your actual numbers.
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