Tech Startup Accountants
Your startup finances, under control.
Most tech founders are running their finances on instinct and a spreadsheet that is already three months behind. OD Accountants is a cloud-first chartered management accounting firm built around SaaS tools, real-time reporting and KPI visibility. Fixed monthly fee. Founder-qualified FCMA. Questions answered the day you ask them.
- Real-time management accounts and KPI dashboards, not year-end surprises
- R&D tax relief identified and claimed — not left on the table
- Runway visibility and cash-flow forecasts your investors can actually use
- Cloud accounting set up properly from day one, not retrofitted later
No long-term contract. If it is not working after three months, you leave with clean books and nothing owed.
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What our clients say
★★★★★
Always available for a new startup
"As a new start up and having never dealt with an accountant, Niall at OD Accountants has been very welcoming and supportive."
★★★★★
Integrates seamlessly with your internal team
"It's great to have access to a financial team who can guide us with such confidence and seamlessly integrate with our internal team."
★★★★★
Sorted a tricky non-standard setup
"Niall and the team are brilliant. They helped me set up a company and get everything I needed in place to run my business."
★★★★★
Years of above-and-beyond service
"I've been there for years and Niall and his team go above and beyond the duties to provide accounting services but also general advices."
Sound familiar?
Still not sure what your runway actually is?
Most tech startups reach month six with a Xero account that nobody looks at and a tax position that is anyone's guess. You know you need proper numbers — for the next funding round, for the board, for yourself — but the books are behind and you have not had time to fix them. That is a reasonably common situation. It is also fixable.
- ✕ Management accounts three months behind and no clear picture of burn rate
- ✕ R&D tax relief eligibility never properly assessed, so the claim never gets filed
- ✕ No KPI reporting that a founder, board or investor can actually use
What sorted looks like
A cloud-first accounting firm that already knows how SaaS and tech businesses work. Monthly management accounts you can act on. R&D tax relief handled. Forecasts your investors will not pick apart.
- ✓ Monthly management accounts current, with burn rate and runway clearly visible
- ✓ R&D tax relief reviewed, claimed and maximised — compliantly and without drama
- ✓ KPI dashboard built for your business model, ready to share with board or funders
- ✓ Competitive fixed monthly fee — no invoice surprises when you are watching every pound
What tech founders say about working with us
Two reviews from clients who came in at different stages — one brand new to running a company, one established and integrating an external finance team.
As a new start up and having never dealt with an accountant, Niall at OD Accountants has been very welcoming and supportive. All our prior queries and issues have been resolved, and he is always available to meet the needs of our team.
The service from OD has been excellent, as has their advice. It's great to have access to a financial team who can guide us with such confidence and seamlessly integrate with our internal team. We always feel well-informed and confident about our financial processes and data. Highly recommend.
What the monthly fee covers
Three areas where a tech startup's finance function either works or quietly costs you money. Each is included, not sold separately.
Management Accounts and KPI Reporting
Monthly management accounts delivered on time, with KPI dashboards built around the metrics that matter for your business model — MRR, churn, burn, margin. Historical view and forward forecast, in a format your board or investors can read without a translation. No more end-of-quarter scramble to know where you stand.
Included as standardR&D Tax Relief and Corporation Tax
R&D tax relief is consistently under-claimed by early-stage tech companies, usually because nobody assessed eligibility properly. OD Accountants reviews your qualifying expenditure and handles the claim — correctly, on time and with the supporting documentation HMRC expects. Corporation Tax compliance sits alongside it as part of the annual cycle.
Included as standardVirtual Finance Director Support
For startups that need more than compliance, OD acts as an outsourced finance director — strategic input on funding rounds, cash-flow modelling, investor reporting and commercial decisions. The kind of support that normally requires a full-time FD hire, delivered via cloud accounting tools at a fraction of the cost.
Available as an add-onConsistently the same story
Across different industries and different starting points, the same things come up: available, commercially useful, and priced fairly.
Helped Set Up a Company From Scratch
“Been with OD Accountants for over a year now. Niall and the team are brilliant. They helped me set up a company and get everything I needed in place to run my business. I'm a tricky client due to my 'digital nomad' status, but their advice…”
Years of Service, Always Competitive Prices
“I've been there for years and Niall and his team go above and beyond the duties to provide accounting services but also general advices. They are always available if you need anything while charging very competitive prices. I could not recommend them enough.”
Savings More Than Cover the Fees
“Unlike my previous Accountants, Niall is far more hands-on, available for advice and able to care for me as an individual, rather than a faceless client. His fees are very reasonable and the money he has saved me more than covers them.”
Why tech startups choose this firm
Three things that distinguish a cloud-first chartered management accounting firm from a general practice that happens to use Xero.
Built around SaaS from the start
OD Accountants is not a traditional firm that bolted cloud tools on afterwards. The entire workflow — bookkeeping, management reporting, KPI dashboards, forecasting — is built on best-of-breed SaaS integrations. That means the numbers are current, the data is accessible, and the reporting is ready when you need it rather than when the year-end arrives.
FD-level input without the FD hire
Founder Niall O'Driscoll FCMA, CGMA spent over a decade as a freelance accountant specialising in restructures and turnarounds, including listed companies in the UK and overseas. That depth of commercial finance experience is available to early-stage startups that could not normally justify a full-time finance director. Strategic input on funding, runway, investor reporting and commercial decisions — without the salary cost.
Questions get answered the same day
Google reviews going back over a decade consistently describe the team as 'always available' and 'fast to respond'. For a startup where a decision about a payroll run or a VAT registration threshold cannot wait until next week, that matters considerably more than it sounds. No ticket system. No waiting for the quarterly review call.
Up and running in four steps
The first call takes thirty minutes. Everything after that is handled on our side — including any catch-up work if the books are behind.
Book a discovery call
Thirty minutes on the phone or video. You explain where your business is and what the finance function currently looks like. No preparation required on your end. You will leave the call with a clear picture of what needs doing and what it will cost.
Receive a fixed-fee proposal
A written proposal with a fixed monthly fee — no ambiguity about what is included. If the books are behind, catch-up work is scoped and quoted separately before anything is agreed. Nothing starts until you are comfortable with the numbers.
We handle the onboarding
Access to your existing accounting software is all we need to get started. If you are migrating from another platform or starting from scratch, the cloud setup is handled by the team. You do not need to know which apps to use — that is our job.
Focus on building the business
Monthly management accounts land in your inbox on schedule. Your tax position is visible before HMRC asks about it. R&D claims are filed correctly. The finance function runs in the background while you get on with the company. Which is, frankly, the way it should be.
“Niall and his team are supportive, clear and directional accountants who have supported our small business staff up. They're always on the end of the phone to advise and assist and provide a top service for our accounting needs. Plus they're just nice people which helps too!!”
Things founders usually ask us
Do you understand how SaaS metrics and tech startup finances actually work?
Yes, and you will not need to explain MRR, ARR, churn or burn rate before getting a useful answer. OD Accountants works with SaaS companies and tech startups specifically, and the KPI dashboards and management reporting are built around the metrics that matter for a subscription or product-led business — not repurposed from a standard SME template. R&D tax relief eligibility is reviewed as part of the engagement, not treated as a separate conversation you have to initiate.
What does it cost and what is included in the monthly fee?
Fees are fixed and quoted in writing before anything starts. The monthly fee typically covers bookkeeping, management accounts, KPI reporting and statutory compliance — Corporation Tax, VAT and Companies House filings. Virtual FD support and R&D tax relief claims are scoped separately depending on the level of involvement required. Clients consistently describe the pricing as very reasonable, and the tax savings frequently exceed the cost of the engagement. A specific figure is provided after the discovery call, once the scope is clear.
The books are behind and a bit of a mess — is that a problem?
No. Most new clients arrive with records that are some way behind or have been maintained inconsistently. Catch-up work is scoped and quoted separately before it starts — you will know exactly what it costs before we touch anything. Once the books are current, the ongoing monthly fee takes over and the same situation does not recur.
Is there a minimum contract or lock-in period?
No long-term contract. The engagement runs monthly and either party can end it with reasonable notice. If it is not working after three months, you leave with clean, current books and nothing further owed. The work is structured so that your records are always in a transferable state — you are never dependent on the relationship continuing.
Can you help with investor reporting or preparing for a funding round?
Yes. Management accounts, cash-flow forecasts and financial models prepared by OD Accountants are structured to be useful to investors and lenders — not just internal management. Founder Niall O'Driscoll has a background in commercial finance roles and freelance restructure work including listed companies, so investor-ready reporting and funding-round support are within normal scope. The virtual FD service covers this in more depth for startups at a critical growth stage.
How far in advance will I know what my Corporation Tax bill is going to be?
With current management accounts running monthly, the tax position is visible well before the year-end — typically with enough lead time to make sensible decisions about timing or structure. There are no end-of-year surprises when the books are current throughout the year. R&D tax relief claims are also assessed and filed as part of the annual cycle, which can materially reduce the final liability.
Stop guessing what your numbers are. Get them sorted.
A thirty-minute discovery call costs nothing. You will leave it knowing exactly what the engagement covers, what it costs and what happens next — which is more than most founders know going in.