UK-wide clients
The books live in the cloud. The accountant is still a named person in Lancashire.
Cloud, not a shoebox
Online accounting that actually stays up to date: from anywhere.
Xero, FreeAgent, Sage or QuickBooks, connected to a named accountant in Lancashire. MTD is a feature, not a threat.
Accounts · Countplus file
Online Accounting
- Fee
- From £59/month
- The date
- Live · MTD already
- Reply
- Same day before 4pm
In the package
- Software set-up
- Making Tax Digital
- A named reviewer
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What online accounting actually is.
Online accounting is not a cheaper version of a real firm. It is the same qualified people, looking at live numbers instead of a carrier bag in April. We set up the software, connect the bank, and keep the books current for businesses across the UK from our Nelson and Warrington offices.
From, per month
£59/month
Confirmed in writing before we start. Cancel anytime.
Live · MTD already
In the number
- Software set-up
- Making Tax Digital
- A named reviewer
- Support that answers
Quoted separately
- First-year catch-up
- One-off relief claims
- Valuations, exits, restorations
What is in the package.
Everything below is included from £59/month. Nothing here is billed twice.
4 lines, all included
- Software set-up
- Chart of accounts, bank feeds, VAT scheme and user access, configured, not dumped on you.
- Making Tax Digital
- Digital links from software to HMRC. When MTD expands, you are already on the right side of it.
- A named reviewer
- Someone qualified looks at the books each month. The dashboard is not left to guesswork.
- Support that answers
- Same-day response before 4pm. Not a chatbot, not a 48-hour SLA.
You probably need this if
Signs you need online accounting
- Making Tax Digital is on a letter you have not opened
- The bank feed has not been reconciled since the last VAT quarter
- You have software and still email a bookkeeper screenshots
- You want a human, not another login
The desk
Accounts
Reply
Same day before 4pm
Stack
Xero · Sage · QB · FreeAgent
Switch
We write the letter
Online Accounting
Who it is usually for
Switchers from paper
A bank feed and a chart of accounts beat a carrier bag in April.
Teams already on Xero or FreeAgent
We join the file. We do not make you migrate for sport.
Three steps. Then it is just a calendar.
No onboarding theatre. We take the file, put a named accountant on it, and the deadlines go in the diary.
- 01
Pick the stack
We recommend Xero, FreeAgent, Sage or QuickBooks based on how you actually work.
- 02
Connect the bank
Feeds, opening balances and last year’s numbers come across cleanly.
- 03
Run it live
You invoice. We review. VAT and accounts stop being a once-a-year event.
In plain English
Online Accounting, written properly
Online accounting is the delivery, not a cheaper firm
Cloud software (Xero, FreeAgent, Sage or QuickBooks) is how the numbers stay current. The value is a qualified person looking at those numbers every month, not a dashboard left to guess. We set up the stack, connect the bank, and keep the books MTD-ready for businesses that will never visit Nelson or Warrington, and for those who will.
Making Tax Digital as a feature
HMRC wants VAT (and more of the tax system) filed from software with a digital link. Screenshots of a portal do not count. We keep that link working so the next rule change is a software update, not a project. If you are approaching the VAT threshold, we watch the rolling twelve months rather than the tax year.
Online Accounting FAQs
No. If you already use Xero, FreeAgent, Sage or QuickBooks we join you there. If you are on paper, we pick the simplest fit.
No. Restaurants, landlords, trades and clinics use it because the bank feed does the typing.
HMRC wants VAT (and soon more tax) filed from software with a digital link. We keep that link working so you do not.
The notebook
Guides on online accounting
VAT · 2 min read
Making Tax Digital for small businesses: a Lancashire guide
MTD is not an app. It is a digital link from software to HMRC. Here is what that means if you are still on a spreadsheet.
Read article →
Both offices
One number. Whichever desk you land on.
01925 670289- Warrington
- Ragan House, 674 Knutsford Road, WA4 1JHMap
info@countplus.co.uk
Monday–Friday, 9:00–17:00. Same-day response before 4pm.
Write to a human
Accounts, tax or consultancy. Pick a topic.
Countplus Accounting, since 2019
Ready to hand online accounting to a named accountant?
Get a monthly number in a minute, or book a call. We reply the same day before 4pm.
Get a quote, or call the desk on 01925 670289, Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. Write before 4pm and a named person answers the same day.