Freelancer accountants in Hastings — from £45/mo, fixed.
From first invoice to full-time freelance career in Hastings (TN34), we handle tax and accounts while you handle clients. Fixed monthly fees from £45 — also serving Old Town, West Hill, Blacklands.
Freelancer Accountants for Hastings — done properly, entirely online
Freelance designers, developers, writers, marketers, photographers, consultants and every independent professional in Hastings — sole trader or limited.
What's included
- Books kept current so tax never ambushes you
- Every freelance-relevant expense claimed — home office, software, kit
- Self Assessment (or company filings) included
- Quarterly heads-up on what to set aside for tax
- Advice when rates, contracts or going-limited questions come up
What Hastings gets with Bohzo Accountants
We track every HMRC and Companies House date that applies to you, so you don't have to.
Your fee is agreed before any work starts and never changes mid-job. No hourly billing, ever.
Records in over the portal or WhatsApp, approvals from your phone, filings sent electronically — Hastings to HMRC without a single appointment.
Bohzo Accountants trades as Bohzo Ltd, registered in the UK under Company No. 15031604 — check us on Companies House any time.
Compare our fixed freelancer accountants fees
| Your situation | Fixed fee |
|---|---|
| Sole trader freelancer: books + tax return | £45/mo |
| Limited company freelancer: full compliance | £79/mo |
| Annual-only: year-end accounts + return | £229/yr |
| Going freelance starter session | £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
Traditional firms around South East still run on hourly billing, office appointments and fees you discover after the work. 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 Hastings at fees a walk-in office can't match.
There's no office to fund in Hastings 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.
Freelancer Accountants in Hastings: from first message to filed
A WhatsApp message from Hastings is enough to start: what you need, what shape your records are in, any deadline you're worried about.
The quote arrives in writing, covers everything discussed, and is the number you'll actually pay. No revisions later.
Identity checks, engagement letter, secure record upload — all handled from wherever you are in Hastings. We chase whatever's missing.
Nothing is filed until you've seen and approved it. Once you have, submission is electronic and confirmation comes straight back.
The same service in Hastings as anywhere — by design
We built this service so that someone in Hastings never pays a premium — or accepts worse service — because of geography. Same specialists, same published fees, same speed, wherever in South East you are.
A lot of our South East clients switched from local firms after one too many surprise invoices. The fix wasn't a cheaper local firm; it was removing the billing model that produces surprises. Fixed fees, in writing, before the work — that's the whole trick.
Where we work around Hastings
Hastings is part of South East, in the TN34 postcode area, with Old Town its nearest neighbour — about 0.4 miles to the east. Wherever you are around Hastings, 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 Hastings | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Old Town | 0.4 miles | east |
| West Hill | 0.6 miles | north-east |
| Blacklands | 0.8 miles | north |
| Bohemia | 0.8 miles | north-west |
| High Wickham | 0.9 miles | north-east |
Distances are straight-line, between place centres. Every listed place — and everywhere between — is served online at the same fixed fees.
Hastings freelancer accountants FAQs
How much should I set aside for tax?
A useful rule of thumb is 25–30% of profit for basic-rate sole traders (income tax plus Class 4 NI), more if you're into higher rate. We replace the rule of thumb with your actual number, updated quarterly.
Can I claim my home office?
Yes — either HMRC's flat rate or a calculated share of household costs based on rooms and hours worked. For most full-time freelancers the calculated method claims meaningfully more; we work out which wins for you.
Should I go limited?
Usually worth considering from around £30,000–£40,000 profit, or earlier if clients require it or liability matters. Our Ltd vs sole trader calculator gives a first estimate, and the starter session works through your specific situation.
Do I need to visit an office in Hastings?
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 Hastings or anywhere else in South East.
I searched "freelancer accounting near me" — is this service really local to Hastings?
Hastings 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 Hastings town centre or the edge of South East. If you'd rather talk it through first, WhatsApp us — a real person answers.
Who will actually handle my freelancer 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.
Tax, briefly — the parts that affect Hastings
If you contract through your own limited company, IR35 asks whether you'd be an employee without it. For medium and large clients, the status decision is theirs; for small clients, it's still yours — and getting it wrong in either direction costs money.
A limited company juggles two regulators: Companies House wants accounts within nine months of year end, HMRC wants corporation tax paid at nine months and a day. Same starting point, different documents — and late filing penalties at Companies House escalate automatically and are rarely cancelled.
If a return is late because HMRC asked for one you don't actually need, it can sometimes be withdrawn entirely — penalties included. And where there's a genuine reasonable excuse, appeals succeed more often than people expect. The wrong move is ignoring the letters.
Incorporation isn't a milestone, it's a calculation: corporation tax versus income tax and NICs, dividend taxation, what you need to draw versus what can stay in the company, and whether limited liability matters for your work. For some Hastings businesses it saves thousands; for others it's pure extra paperwork.
A good accountant should be able to tell you, in plain English, what they'll do, when, and for exactly how much. Vagueness on any of the three is the tell. Everything else — size of firm, fancy office, distance from Hastings — is decoration.
Selling a rental property triggers capital gains tax with a tight reporting window — UK residential sales must be reported and the tax paid within 60 days of completion. It's one of the easiest deadlines in the whole system to miss, and one of the most penalised.
HMRC receives data directly from online platforms about sellers' income. If a side hustle has grown past the £1,000 trading allowance, coming forward first is always cheaper than being written to — penalties scale with how the disclosure starts.
Directors paying themselves a salary still need a PAYE scheme and RTI submissions, even in a one-person company. It's a five-minute monthly task with software — and a recurring penalty generator without it.
General guidance, not personal advice — thresholds and dates change. For advice on your own position in Hastings, message us and we'll answer against your actual numbers.
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