Accounting and Business Support for Start-Ups and SMEs
We provide the accounting expertise and strategic advice you need to launch, grow and manage your business with confidence.
Partner Advice
Bespoke support and advice from Partner, Gina Epps – no ‘one size fits all’ templates!
Business Plan and Structure
We help with developing your business plan, advise on the correct structure of your business and register your new business with HMRC.
Transparent Pricing
No surprise fees. Just honest pricing that gives you peace of mind.
Comprehensive Accounting Built for Start-Up Businesses
Whether you’re a sole trader, partnership, LLP or limited company, Hanley & Co deliver tailored support so you can focus on work, not paperwork. With over 35 years’ experience, we guide new businesses through every financial step from opening the business bank account to taking on staff and growing.
Choose the Right Structure for You
Should you operate as a sole trader or through a limited company? We’ll help you decide, register your entity, and manage ongoing bookkeeping, dividend strategies, and director earnings as drivers of tax efficiency.
Year-Round Support & Tax Planning
From helping you set aside funds for tax to advising on allowable deductions, we provide proactive financial guidance to help reduce liabilities and grow your start-up business.
We advise on all relevant areas for your Start-Up Business
- Auto-enrolment – pensions for employees.
- Business stationery.
- Websites and domain names.
- Bookkeeping records etc.
- Opening a business bank account.
- Insurances.
- PAYE and payroll preparation.
- VAT registration, charging and recording.
- Staff and Employment Law.
- Shareholder Agreements.
- Notifying relevant authorities and completing relevant paperwork which can be quite daunting (e.g. failure to notify HMRC within three months of beginning to trade will incur automatic fines). We can use prerequisite documentation and file these on your behalf.
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“Hanley & Co are always on hand offering helpful, useful , with good advice and provide a very efficient service.”