Accountants in Bedford - Cowley Holmes

Cowley Holmes are Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, offering a range of accounting services to businesses and individuals in Bedford, Bedfordshire and further afield. Our range of services include:

Annual Accounts Preparation –
Preparing accounts to help with completion of corporation tax returns, producing financial statements to file at Companies House and abridged accounts to ensure the minimum amount of your financial information is made public.

Book-keeping Services -
If you are a sole trader or small business that just needs a simple payments and receipts bookkeeping system, then we can help you with our FREE bookkeeping software. It can even produce your quarterly VAT Returns.

Company Formation -
There’s more to consider than just buying a cheap readymade company on the internet! We can assist you with company formations for an off the shelf ready-made company, a tailor made company, Limited Liability Partnership and PLC formation.

Payroll and PAYE Returns - 
Managing payroll as well as keeping track of the company’s outgoings can be laborious tasks, unless you are properly prepared with a functional system in place. With tailored payroll and PAYE returns software, our payroll services at Cowley Holmes have the broad scope to handle all of these duties for you, including Workplace Pensions.

Personal Tax -
Personal tax services are available both for business owners and private individuals including all aspects of Self-Assessment, dealing with tax returns, tax enquiries, computation of liabilities, tax disputes, correspondence with HMRC, inheritance tax planning, tax investigation fees protection and property tax.

VAT Returns and Registration -
The process of submitting your VAT returns can be confusing and complex, but it is an essential task for you and your business. At Cowley Holmes we offer complete bookkeeping and advice on how to fill out VAT returns. As professional tax accountants we are well versed in all VAT requirements and can therefore work to you individual needs; be it processing data, producing returns and management accounts, registering for VAT or submitting VAT returns online under Making Tax Digital (MTD).

In addition to the above, we provide an exceptional level of service which has given us a 5 star rating on Google. We have been in business since 1992 and are frequently recognised with both awards and positive testimonials from customers in and around Bedford and the wider county of Bedfordshire. We are also certified advisors and accredited for Xero (Certified Advisors), Quickbooks (Certified ProAdvisor), ICAEW Chartered Accountants, CIOT Chartered Tax Advisers and an Approved Acca Employer.