Accountants for Professional Services in Oxfordshire and Essex

Tax, structure, and accounts for solicitors, surveyors, consultants, and small practices. Built for businesses where reputation matters and admin can't slip.

✅ ACCA qualified

✅ Xero certified

✅ Based across Oxfordshire & Essex

✅ Transparent pricing

If your business is your professional reputation, your numbers should be just as well-presented.

Professional firms have professional tax problems

Partnership versus LLP versus limited company. Profit-sharing arrangements. Practising certificates. Indemnity insurance. Client account reconciliations. The tax setup of a solicitor isn't the tax setup of a builder.


An accountant who treats them the same is going to miss things that matter. Things that affect both the firm and every partner personally.


Want to talk it through? Fifteen minutes on the phone, no fee.

Services We Provide for Professional Services

The services professional firms use most often.

Partnership Accounts Service

For partnerships and LLPs, with profit-share schedules and individual partner returns.

Limited Companies

For incorporated practices and consulting firms.

Self Assessment

For partners taxed on partnership profit shares.

Tax Planning and Advisory

Partner remuneration, pension contributions, and incorporation decisions.

Bookkeeping and VAT Returns

With separation of office and client accounts where required.

Payroll

For employed staff alongside partner drawings.

Want to know which services your professional services business actually needs? Ask on the call.

Why a professional services specialist matters

Client account reconciliations. SRA, ICAEW, and RICS regulatory accounting requirements. Partner profit-share allocations. Practising certificates and indemnity insurance treated as a tax-deductible expense. Goodwill on incorporation. The tax cost of a partner buying in or selling out.


These are normal in our work with professional firms and unusual everywhere else. A general accountant figures them out. A specialist already knows them.


Looking for an accountant who knows professional services? You've found one.

How It Works

Meet us

A video call to start, or we come to you if you're in Oxfordshire or Essex. We look at what you're doing now, what's working, and what's missing.

Agree the plan

We set up your books, confirm the services you need, and provide a clear proposal in writing.

Work together through the year

Regular check-ins, clear advice, and no surprise bills at year end.

Step one starts here. Fifteen minutes, no fee.

Why SD Accountancy

Based across Oxfordshire and Essex. A small team. One standard of work. You meet the accountant doing your books. You always speak to them directly. You never get bounced to a help desk or a rotating cast of juniors.


That's how Samuel set up the firm in 2024 and that's how we still work as we grow.


Sound like your kind of accountant? Let's have a chat.

Common Questions

  • Should I be a partnership, LLP, or limited company?

    Partnerships are simplest but expose partners personally. LLPs protect partners while keeping partnership taxation. Limited companies cap tax but can complicate profit distribution. Above certain profit levels, limited becomes the most tax-efficient. We'll model the options on your numbers.

  • How is profit shared between partners?

    However the partnership agreement says. Most common structures are equal shares, capital-weighted, or hours-and-introductions weighted. The split affects tax for every partner. Without an agreement, the law assumes equal shares.

  • What expenses can my practice claim?

    Practising certificates, indemnity insurance, professional subscriptions, training, premises, staff, and the usual business expenses. Some practice-specific items (client entertainment, networking) have particular rules we'll walk you through.

  • Can my spouse be a partner?

    Yes, with real involvement, real risk, and a documented partnership agreement. There can be tax advantages where the spouse is a lower earner. Artificial spouse partnerships fail under HMRC scrutiny.

  • Do you handle SRA accounts rules?

    Yes. Solicitors with client accounts have specific SRA requirements including monthly reconciliations and annual reports. We work alongside your compliance manager and reporting accountant.

Got a question not on the list? Ask us on the call.

Book Your Free Discovery Call

Fifteen minutes on the phone. We'll ask about your business, your current setup, and what's on your mind. You'll come away with a clear answer on whether we're the right accountant for you. No fee and no obligation either way.