Where Colchester’s businesses are
The town centre and Culver Square, the University of Essex's Knowledge Gateway research park, Colchester Garrison and the Hythe quays on the Colne.
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Colchester combines a garrison town, a university and a busy port at Hythe with a broad base of owner-managed professional, retail and construction companies.
Prepares your accounts and Corporation Tax return, files at Companies House, handles VAT and payroll and plans your pay. Ours start at £45.83 + VAT a month.
Where companies here cluster, what that does to their accounts, and a worked example.
The town centre and Culver Square, the University of Essex's Knowledge Gateway research park, Colchester Garrison and the Hythe quays on the Colne.
Colchester has a steady mix of construction, professional services and retail, plus a large commuter group that runs consultancies from home and travels to London by train. Those directors mainly need home-working claims, mileage records and a salary and dividend plan, while the university's spin-outs look at R&D relief and share structures for early investors.
A Colchester web developer who commutes to clients across Essex keeps a mileage log, claims a fair share of home costs and takes a modest salary with quarterly dividends.
Yes, when the client site is a temporary workplace. Your company can pay 45p a mile for the first 10,000 business miles in a tax year and 25p after that, tax free, provided you keep a log of dates, journeys and miles.
Our fixed monthly fees are the same in Colchester as anywhere else in the UK: Essential from £45.83 + VAT, Complete from £62.50 + VAT and Growth from £75 + VAT. Final price depends on your turnover and options.
We are an online firm, so a named accountant looks after your Colchester company by phone, video, email and WhatsApp. Our offices are in Morden, Croydon, Chelsea, Mitcham for anyone who prefers to meet in person.
Tell us about your company and we will confirm your fixed fee within one working day.