HMRC-registered accountants for caterers and mobile-food businesses. Self Assessment, every allowable expense, and specialist help with what your trade needs, all under one fixed fee so you keep more of what you earn.
Accountant for Caterers & Mobile Catering, UK
Being self-employed as one of the UK's caterers and mobile-food businesses brings a tax position that rewards good record-keeping and punishes poor records. You can claim food and ingredients, equipment, van and fuel, pitch and event fees, packaging, insurance and staff costs, yet most people in the trade pay more tax than they need to simply because those costs are never properly captured. Get the records right and the bill comes down to what it should be.
Your Tax Help Accountants works with caterers and mobile-food businesses across the UK. Caterers and street-food traders handle stock, cash takings, equipment and often a van, with the hot-versus-cold-food VAT rules to navigate once they grow. Ingredients, equipment, van and pitch fees are all deductible, and clean takings records are essential. One fixed fee, one accountant who understands the trade, and more of your hard-earned money kept where it belongs.
If you have only been claiming the obvious costs, you are almost certainly leaving money on the table. A quick review captures what you have missed and gets your tax bill down to what it should be.
What We Handle
Your annual return prepared and filed accurately, with your bill worked out and explained in advance so there are no January surprises.
We claim food and ingredients, equipment, van and fuel, pitch and event fees, packaging, insurance and staff costs, every allowable cost captured so you keep more of what you earn.
Cash and card takings recorded cleanly so your return stands up, and VAT handled correctly once you pass the threshold, including the tricky food and hospitality rules.
Full payroll for any employees, RTI submissions to HMRC and auto-enrolment pensions, so taking people on never becomes a tax headache.
A clear fixed fee agreed up front, one accountant from start to finish, and everything, return, advice and filing, handled for you.
Behind on one or several years? We bring you fully up to date, claim the costs that were missed, and deal with HMRC penalties where they apply.
HMRC pays close attention to cash-heavy trades. Clean takings records and an accurate return keep you safe, and we set them up so an enquiry holds no fear.
Recent Client Outcome
When a mobile caterer running a street-food van at events came to us, they had been filing their own returns and declaring their income, but claiming only the obvious costs because they did not realise how much else counted. Their tax bill felt high for what they actually took home.
We went through their real position and claimed the van and equipment through capital allowances, plus ingredients, pitch fees and packaging, and set up takings records, and set up a simple way to keep records going forward.
The result was a strong first-year claim and clean books, a prior year corrected where it was still in the window, and a fixed annual fee, with tax season no longer a source of stress.
Why the Trade Chooses Us
Caterers & Mobile Catering Questions Answered
Free fifteen-minute call. Fixed quote within twenty-four hours. Your return filed, every expense claimed, your bill explained, and salon VAT, payroll and accounts handled if you own a salon. Same accountant, start to finish.
Or email info@yourtaxhelp.co.uk, we typically respond within two business hours.
📅 Free consultation calls available weekdays 1pm to 3pm and 7pm to 8pm. Pick a slot that suits you.