Chartered accountants · Bristol since 1991
We look after the accounts, the tax and the awkward questions for 1,240 owner-managed businesses across Bristol, Bath and the South West. Same partners, year after year, and a fee quoted before we start.
1,240businesses advised
1,240
businesses on our books
34
years on Queen Square
£2.4m
saved in tax last year
96%
of clients stay with us
What we do
Eight services, one team, one fee. If something is outside our scope we will tell you at the first meeting rather than the third invoice.
01
Statutory accounts, corporation tax returns and Companies House filings — prepared, checked by a partner, and filed early. We work straight out of Xero, QuickBooks or Sage, or from your spreadsheets if that is where you are.
from £1,150per year
02
For directors, landlords and sole traders. We collect the paperwork, chase the missing figures, and file before the January rush. Every return comes with a two-page explanation of what changed and why.
from £295per return
03
Salary against dividends, associated companies, capital allowances and the 25% rate boundary. We model two or three versions of the year before it closes, not after.
from £780per year
04
Claims prepared to HMRC's new merged-scheme rules, with the technical narrative written properly the first time. We have never had a claim rejected.
from £2,400per claim
05
PAYE, auto-enrolment, payslips by email and a real person on the phone when an employee's tax code has gone strange. RTI filed the same day you pay.
£4.50per payslip, per month
06
Returns, partial exemption, the flat-rate scheme, and Making Tax Digital software set up properly — including the domestic reverse charge for construction clients.
from £380per quarter
07
Management accounts, cash-flow forecasts and a quarterly hour with your partner where we talk about price, margin and staffing instead of bookkeeping.
from £260per month
08
Incorporation, share structures between families, group restructures, and the honest version of what a sale will be worth before you start the process.
from £480per structure
Sectors
SEIS and EIS applications, EMI option schemes, and accounts that a future investor will not have to unpick. We have taken 210 Bristol companies from first invoice to first term sheet.
Portfolio structures, Section 24 planning, capital gains on disposals and non-resident landlord schemes. We look after 180 landlords between Bristol and the Mendips.
Outside-IR35 status evidenced properly, or a limited company that stands up to a compliance check. We audit every contract before we sign it off.
Independent examinations, trustee reporting and Gift Aid done tidily. We currently act for 46 charities, most of them under £1m of income.
In their words
“They took over a mess of six years of un-filed accounts and had us straight inside one quarter. Now I get a call before I get a problem, which is not something I expected from an accountant.”
Marianne Trewin · Managing Director, Trewin Marine Ltd, Portishead
The team
No call centres, no account managers. The person who did your work last year is the person who does it this year.
Managing Partner
Corporate tax and group structures. Twenty-two years in practice, nine of them here.
Partner, Assurance
Audit, independent examination and the unglamorous work that keeps banks happy.
Director, Property
Landlords, developers and everything that touches Section 24 and capital gains.
Director, Startups
SEIS, EIS, EMI and R&D. Has filed more advance assurance applications than hot dinners.
Insights
Quarterly reporting arrives for anyone over £50,000 of turnover next April, and for £30,000 the year after. Here is the three-month plan we are running with our sole trader clients.
Read the briefingTwo companies under common control means the thresholds are shared, not doubled. We run through the ownership tests that catch family companies out.
Read the briefingPension-funded property purchases are still possible, but the rules tightened again this spring. What a Bristol landlord should check before instructing solicitors.
Read the briefingFee guide
These are our 2026/27 starting fees, agreed in writing at the first meeting. If a job takes longer than we expected, that is our problem to explain, not yours to pay for quietly.
All figures exclude VAT at 20%. Payment by monthly direct debit at no extra cost.
| Service | What is included | From |
|---|---|---|
| Self-assessment tax return | One source of income, digital filing, tax computation and a written summary | £295 |
| Sole trader accounts | Accounts, tax return, Class 2 and 4 review, Making Tax Digital setup | £480 |
| Limited company accounts & CT600 | Statutory accounts, corporation tax return, Companies House filing, one partner review | £1,150 |
| VAT returns | Quarterly return, scheme review, HMRC correspondence and record checks | £380 |
| Payroll and pensions | Payslips, RTI submissions, auto-enrolment assessment and P11D support | £4.50 per payslip |
| R&D tax relief claim | Technical narrative, cost analysis, merged scheme submission and enquiry support | £2,400 |
| Charity independent examination | Examination, trustee report, Charity Commission return | £850 |
Get in touch
A 30-minute call with a partner, free of charge, and a written fee quote inside two working days. We will say plainly if we are not the right firm for you.
Crestwell LLP is registered in England and Wales, OC384221. Registered office 12 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4NH. Regulated for a range of investment business activities by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.