Startup accountants in Hackney Downs — from £59/mo, fixed.
From incorporation to first hire to first raise, we keep Hackney Downs (E8) startups compliant and fundable. Everything online, everything fixed-fee. Also serving South Hackney, Hackney Central, Lower Clapton.
Startup Accountants for Hackney Downs — done properly, entirely online
Founders in Hackney Downs at every early stage — pre-revenue builders, funded teams needing investor-grade books, and side projects turning serious.
What's included
- Company formed and every registration done in order
- Accounting software set up from day one — clean data forever
- First-year accounts and corporation tax covered
- SEIS/EIS advance assurance when you're raising
- An accountant who answers this week, not next quarter
Why Hackney Downs businesses pick Bohzo
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 — Hackney Downs 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.
We track every HMRC and Companies House date that applies to you, so you don't have to.
Compare our fixed startup accountants fees
| Your situation | Fixed fee |
|---|---|
| Launch: formation + registrations + accounts | £59/mo |
| Grow: launch + bookkeeping + VAT | £99/mo |
| Scale: grow + payroll + management accounts | £149/mo |
| SEIS/EIS advance assurance application | £299 |
“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 Hackney Downs 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 Hackney Downs at fees a walk-in office can't match.
There's no office to fund in Hackney Downs 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.
Startup Accountants in Hackney Downs: 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 Hackney Downs.
You review everything first. Then it goes to HMRC electronically and you get confirmation immediately.
The same service in Hackney Downs as anywhere — by design
We built this service so that someone in Hackney Downs never pays a premium — or accepts worse service — because of geography. Same specialists, same published fees, same speed, wherever in East London you are.
London clients in Hackney Downs 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 Hackney Downs
Hackney Downs sits in the borough of Hackney (Hackney Central ward), E8 postcode area. Geography still shapes who people call, so here's Hackney Downs's: the same fixed-fee service covers every place on this list, at the same price.
| Nearby | Distance from Hackney Downs | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| South Hackney | 0.1 miles | south-east |
| Hackney Central | 0.2 miles | south-east |
| Lower Clapton | 0.5 miles | north-east |
| Shacklewell | 0.5 miles | north-west |
| London Fields | 0.5 miles | south |
Distances are straight-line, between place centres. Every listed place — and everywhere between — is served online at the same fixed fees.
Hackney Downs startup accountants FAQs
What is SEIS/EIS advance assurance and do I need it?
It's HMRC's provisional confirmation that investment in your company qualifies for SEIS/EIS tax relief — and most angels won't invest without it. We prepare and submit the application, including the business plan framing HMRC expects.
We haven't made any money yet — do we still need an accountant?
Your filing duties start at incorporation, revenue or not — accounts, confirmation statements, corporation tax registration. Getting software and structure right from day one is also dramatically cheaper than untangling a year of DIY records later.
Can you handle share options and multiple share classes?
Yes — growth shares, EMI options and investor share classes are common startup territory. We'll flag when you need a specialist valuation and handle the accounting and filings around it.
Do I need to visit an office in Hackney Downs?
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 Hackney Downs or anywhere else in East London.
I searched "startup accounting near me" — is this service really local to Hackney Downs?
Hackney Downs 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 Hackney Downs town centre or the edge of East London. If you'd rather talk it through first, WhatsApp us — a real person answers.
Who will actually handle my startup 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 Hackney Downs
Changing accountant mid-year is routine: you authorise the new firm, we write a professional clearance letter to the old one, records transfer, and HMRC authorisation moves online. Clients are usually surprised the whole thing needs almost nothing from them.
Dividends can only be paid from accumulated profits, and paperwork matters: board minutes and dividend vouchers, dated correctly. "Illegal dividends" isn't dramatic language — overdrawn payments can be reclassified, with tax consequences, if the profits weren't there.
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.
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.
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.
Register with HMRC by the 5 October after your first tax year of trading, open a separate business account, and put a fixed slice of every payment aside for tax. Do those three things and your first January will be boring — the good kind.
Receipts win arguments. HMRC doesn't demand a shoebox of paper any more — photos in an app are fine — but every deduction needs evidence behind it. A ten-minute weekly habit beats a January archaeology dig, every time.
Payments on account catch people out because the first year effectively bills you one-and-a-half years of tax at once. Knowing that in advance changes how you save through the year — and if profits fall, we can apply to reduce the July payment rather than lending HMRC money interest-free.
General guidance, not personal advice — thresholds and dates change. For advice on your own position in Hackney Downs, message us and we'll answer against your actual numbers.
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