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Accountant in Kentish Town for Small Businesses

HMRC-registered accountants based in Stanmore, serving Kentish Town NW5. The Kentish Town Road independents, the large media, music and creative professional community, freelancers and consultants, the music venue and hospitality scene, and the buy-to-let landlord market across NW5. Fixed fees, same-day filing.

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Accountant in Kentish Town

Tax & Accounting for Kentish Town Businesses

Kentish Town NW5 sits between Camden and Tufnell Park, with the Kentish Town Road hosting a strong independent business scene of shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs and the celebrated music venues that give the area its creative identity. The area has a large population of media, music and creative professionals, freelancers and consultants, drawn by the village feel and excellent Northern line and Thameslink connections. The Victorian housing stock supports a high-value owner-occupier market and an active landlord scene.

That gives Kentish Town a particular accounting profile. The Kentish Town Road independents need retail and hospitality bookkeeping with VAT optimisation. Media, music and creative professionals need self-employed registration with industry-specific expenses, often alongside Ltd company income and royalties. Music venues need hospitality bookkeeping with tronc. And the landlord community needs Section 24 planning. Your Tax Help Accountants, HMRC-registered, serves Kentish Town clients online with fixed monthly fees.

💡 As an HMRC-registered agent we deal directly with HMRC on your behalf, so you never have to spend hours on hold or navigate their website yourself.

What We Do

Full-Range Tax & Accounting for Kentish Town

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Self-Assessment Accountant

Full SA100 for self-employed, landlords and individuals. Filed direct to HMRC, same day if urgent.
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CIS Accountant & Tax Refunds

Complete CIS for contractors and subcontractors. Monthly returns, deduction statements, refund claims.
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Limited Company Accountant

Year-end statutory accounts, Corporation Tax returns, and director self-assessment. All filed on time.
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Landlord Accountant

Rental income reporting, capital gains planning, Making Tax Digital, and allowable expense guidance.
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VAT Returns & Bookkeeping

MTD-compliant VAT submissions and ongoing bookkeeping to keep records clean and cash flow transparent.
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Payroll Services

Monthly payroll processing, RTI submissions to HMRC, and auto-enrolment pension administration.
Why Your Tax Help Accountants

Professional. Personal. Always Available.

  • HMRC-registered agent, dealing with HMRC directly on your behalf
  • Same-day filing for urgent self-assessment and CIS returns
  • Fixed monthly fees, no surprise bills ever
  • Secure client portal for documents and receipts
  • Cloud accounting with real-time visibility of your finances
  • Based in Stanmore HA7, serving Kentish Town (NW5) and all of the UK
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Client Story

How we sorted a Kentish Town venue's overdue accounts and VAT

Client M runs a small live music venue and bar in Kentish Town that had grown fast but fallen behind on compliance, Ltd company accounts overdue at Companies House, Corporation Tax returns unfiled, and the business trading above the VAT threshold without being registered, with mounting letters from both HMRC and Companies House.

We did emergency triage. We reconstructed the trading from bank statements, till records and supplier invoices, filed the overdue Companies House accounts (avoiding strike-off) and the missing Corporation Tax returns, and registered the business for VAT with backdated registration, which crucially allowed recovery of input VAT on the venue fit-out and equipment. We negotiated a Time to Pay arrangement for the accumulated liability and got the Companies House late filing penalty reduced.

Total outcome: all filings brought up to date with no strike-off, Companies House penalty reduced, substantial input VAT recovered on the fit-out through backdated registration partly offsetting the output VAT due, and a manageable payment plan agreed, with the venue stabilised onto proper monthly bookkeeping.
Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

I run a Kentish Town music venue or bar. What accountancy do I need?
Hospitality bookkeeping with daily sales reconciliation, VAT (standard-rated on alcohol and hot food, with the split captured), tronc for tips, late-night payroll, supplier invoice management, and annual accounts and Corporation Tax. We set it up to give you proper visibility of profitability by night and by revenue stream.
My Kentish Town venue uses tronc for tips. How does it work?
The tronc must be run by an independent tronc master (not the owner) through a separate payroll. Tronc payments are subject to income tax but exempt from employer and employee NIC. The Tipping Act (October 2024) requires 100% of tips reach staff. For a busy venue the NIC saving is substantial. We'll structure it properly.
My Kentish Town Ltd company is behind on accounts. What do I do?
Act now. File the missing accounts at Companies House immediately, even draft accounts avoid strike-off. Penalties at 6+ months are £1,500 per period. File the missing Corporation Tax returns. If you've traded above the VAT threshold unregistered, backdated registration may let you recover input VAT on fit-out and equipment, partly offsetting the output VAT due. We can do same-day filing and negotiate Time to Pay.
I'm a Kentish Town music or media professional with mixed income. How do you handle it?
We coordinate all your streams, Ltd company production/session fees, personally-received royalties, and any PAYE work, into one structure. We optimise company remuneration, report royalties correctly, claim all legitimate expenses (equipment, software, studio costs, instruments, home studio proportion), and make pension contributions from the company as an efficient extraction.
I run a Kentish Town Road independent shop or cafe. Standard VAT or Flat Rate?
Depends on your sales mix and input costs. Flat Rate catering is 12.5% of turnover with no input VAT recovery; standard VAT charges 20% on standard-rated sales with full input VAT recovery on costs. For businesses with significant standard-rated costs, standard usually wins. We'll model both.
I'm a Kentish Town freelancer. What can I claim?
Home office (flat-rate allowance or a proportion of actual housing costs), equipment and software, phone and broadband, professional subscriptions, travel to clients, marketing, training and accountancy. We review your full expense base so nothing legitimate is missed.
I'm a Kentish Town landlord. What's coming with Making Tax Digital?
MTD for Income Tax applies to landlords from April 2026 if qualifying income exceeds £50,000, and April 2027 above £30,000. You'll need MTD-compatible software and quarterly submissions plus a year-end declaration. We'll get you set up before the deadline and handle the submissions.
How do I get started?
Book a free 15-minute call via Calendly, or call our office on 020 8050 4564 or mobile 07478 645331. We work with Kentish Town clients fully online, we're experienced with music venues, the creative community and urgent late-filing situations.
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