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Outsourced executive function
for your accounts, tax and HMRC.- Prepared by
- James Nicholson ACA,theneurodivergent accountant forneurodivergent sole traders.
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No need to redline every deadline.
Illustrative shape of a sole trader's tax year under Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA), not client data.
About me
- Early
childhood - Hyperlexic. Hypernumeric. Hyperactive. SEND referral. Speech therapy.
- Age 18
- KPMG full-time + Chartered Accountancy exams + Durham degree.
All at once. - Age 19
- ADHD, diagnosed - back when ADHD and autism were mutually exclusive.
- Corporate
ladder - Financial Accounting and Financial Planning & Analysis experience.
- Bermuda
- Two years. Didn't "cure" the burnout.
- Now
- AuDHD, diagnosed - with a practice designed around it.
- Durham University
- BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Verify on ICAEW →
Accounting is naturally neurodivergent-friendly. It's the industry that made it hard.
I love numbers, and I love systematic repetition - the stuff that stereotypically gets labelled boring is right in my wheelhouse. So why did every accounting or finance workplace drain that enthusiasm out of me?
Man-made executive function roadblocks, like constant interruptions, chronic under-specification and unstructured communication. Not a conspiracy - just a neurotypical majority much less affected, if at all, by that friction, and insufficiently incentivised to fix it, whether for me as a neurodivergent employee or for you as a neurodivergent client.
That's why I built this practice.
An email you may have had
Hi, hope you're well. Just following up on the year end stuff1. Could you send over the usual bits2 and anything else that might be relevant3, plus those other things we discussed4?
It'd be great to get this back soon5 so we can crack on. Thanks.
- Which stuff?
- Which bits, and what's usual?
- Relevant to what?
- Which things, and when?
- By when?
What you get from me
No half-arsed email responses you're expected to infer the rest from.
It's on me to ask clearly for what I need, not on you to piece it together.
Taxes taken care of.
Admin tax, minimal. Dread tax, relieved.
- HMRC authorisation: I sub in, you sub outOne approval for Income Tax (plus one for VAT, if you’re registered), using your own HMRC login, lets me deal with HMRC for you. From your start date, forward me every letter: I deal with the routine ones, the deadlines, and the calls (hold music included). Anything bigger, I tell you straight away. You can cancel the authorisation for any reason, at any time.
- I'll Make Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) for youNo jargon to decode. No submission deadlines to keep track of. I take care of your quarterly updates, and your year-end submissions arrive already prepared by me and ready to file, awaiting your approval.
- I'll Make Tax Digital for VAT, tooI take care of your quarterly returns, which arrive ready to file and awaiting your approval.
- Configuration needed from you? Almost Xero.You link your bank feeds (only you can, for security), and I'll have the rest of Xero configured and connected for your books.
- No cleaning before, or after, the cleanerSorting your records is my job, not your prerequisite to stress over. As long as every transaction has its receipt or record, I’ll turn them into clean books and keep them that way.
- I'll keep your books up to dateAs transactions happen, you forward the receipt (or snap it with your phone) straight to Xero. I take care of the rest as it arrives. No document debt piling up. No last-minute chasing.
- No playing your own payroll departmentDuring the year, not after it, I estimate what's HMRC's and what's yours to spend.
| Setup, for everyoneAnti-money laundering (AML) check, HMRC letters check, engagement contract, HMRC authorisation, Xero and Hubdoc set up, tailored chart of accounts | £500 |
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| VAT setup, if registered at the start or later | + £100 |
Everything I can price up front is above. Your quote could still be higher, but only if:
- your records differ from what you’ve described
- something turns up that isn’t listed here
If so, I’ll tell you what and why, and we’ll agree the figure before we start. Otherwise, it’s the figure above. Once agreed, it’s fixed.
What I need from you, and what I don't take on
| Nothing overdue with HMRCEvery tax return, VAT return and Making Tax Digital update that has fallen due has been filed, and every tax bill is paid or on an agreed payment plan |
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| Quarterly updates filed, with receipts or recordsEvery transaction in them has its receipt or record. Updates are due on 7 August, 7 November, 7 February and 7 May |
| A separate business accountPersonal and business spending kept apart. |
| Receipts sent straight to XeroSnap or forward them. No folders of photos or boxes of paper |
| Start datesNew clients start the day after an HMRC deadline, so the next one is a full quarter away. The update due on that deadline needs to be filed before we start, or we start after the next deadline instead |
I don't take on unfiled tax years, overdue VAT registration, more than 100 transactions a month, large capital gains histories, more than one rental property, foreign or partnership income, Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) or basis period reform.
I don't take on HMRC enquiries, investigations or penalty appeals. They can run for months on HMRC's timetable, and I keep my workload predictable so everyone else's work stays on time. If one opens, I'll tell you straight away so you can get the right help in time.
Every month
Price £500 / month
If you're VAT registered+ £100 / month
If you have a rental property+ £75 / month
Each payment platform+ £75 / month
PayPal, Stripe and similar, where payouts arrive after fees. Ordinary business bank accounts are included.
Accounting software: admin handled, fees included
No call needed to find out what it costs. These aren’t “from” prices: what you see is what you pay, apart from the two cases listed under the starting fee.
No formula, no guesswork, no wondering what you’ll end up paying. One price, plus add-ons for things you already know whether you have.
Consider your own opportunity cost.
- My fee
- Your time
Illustration: assumes 100% of this time moves to me. You still forward receipts, approve filings etc.
Fewer clients, so you don’t become ‘just a number’.
Illustration comparing a high-volume firm, where you are one anonymous number in a crowd of clients, with The AuDHD Accountant, where you are one of a handful of clients, each known by name.
A high-volume firm
The AuDHD Accountant, capped by design
Illustrative: example names, not real clients.
No turnover tiers, so nobody’s prioritised (or overlooked) based on fees.
No re-explaining yourself or worrying who’s on the other end. It’s just me.
Want deadlines as boring as accountants?
Let's get started.
Got it, thanks.
I'll look over everything you've provided, have a think about your situation, and we'll take it from there by email.