Brightwell Accounts, Basildon
Accounting services for small businesses in Basildon
We work with sole traders, landlords and small limited companies across Basildon, Billericay, Wickford and south Essex. Each service has a fixed fee.
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- Who it’s for
- Self-employed people with one business: trades, consultants, hair and beauty, drivers, online sellers.
- What it solves
- Receipts in a carrier bag, a tax bill that arrives as a surprise, and HMRC letters you’d rather not open.
- What’s included
- A quarterly look over your bookkeeping app
- Your Self Assessment tax return
- An estimate of your tax bill each quarter
- Making Tax Digital quarterly updates, if you’re in it
- Questions by phone or email, included
- Who does it
- Your named accountant, from start to finish.
- Timescale
- Tax return filed by the end of October, three months before the deadline.
- Who it’s for
- Owner-managed companies with up to about ten staff, and one or two directors.
- What it solves
- Year-end deadlines in three different places, and no clear answer on salary and dividends.
- What’s included
- Year-end accounts filed at Companies House
- Corporation tax return
- Your own director’s Self Assessment
- Confirmation statement
- A salary and dividends plan each April
- Who does it
- Your named accountant, with a second check before anything is filed.
- Timescale
- Accounts filed within four months of your year end.
- Who it’s for
- People who let one or more properties, on their own or jointly.
- What it solves
- Working out what you can claim, mortgage interest rules, and Making Tax Digital from April 2026 if your income is over £50,000.
- What’s included
- Rental income and expenses worked out per property
- Your Self Assessment tax return
- Making Tax Digital quarterly updates, if you’re in it
- Advice before you buy, sell or remortgage
- Who does it
- Your named accountant.
- Timescale
- Quarterly updates by the 7th of the following month.
- Who it’s for
- Employees with a side income, pensioners with rental or savings income, anyone HMRC has asked to file.
- What it solves
- A return you only do once a year, so you forget how every time.
- What’s included
- Your Self Assessment return, checked and filed
- Your tax bill explained in plain English
- A reminder next year, in plenty of time
- Who does it
- Your named accountant.
- Timescale
- Filed within two weeks of having your paperwork.
- Who it’s for
- Any client with up to five staff, including directors on a salary.
- What it solves
- Real Time Information deadlines, pension auto-enrolment, and payslips that need to be right every month.
- What’s included
- Payslips each pay period
- RTI submissions to HMRC
- Workplace pension uploads
- P60s at the end of the year
- Who does it
- Your named accountant.
- Timescale
- Every pay day, on time.
- Who it’s for
- VAT-registered clients, or anyone nearing the £90,000 threshold.
- What it solves
- Quarterly deadlines, the right scheme, and digital records HMRC will accept.
- What’s included
- Quarterly VAT returns, filed through Making Tax Digital
- Checking you’re on the right VAT scheme
- A warning before you reach the registration threshold
- Who does it
- Your named accountant.
- Timescale
- Filed a week before each deadline.
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