Chartered Accountant Birmingham
A chartered accountant for your Birmingham business, working remotely.
Most Birmingham SMEs could get considerably better finance support than their current firm provides — without changing how they work. OD Accountants is a cloud-first chartered management accounting firm serving clients across the UK remotely. Fixed fees, FCMA-qualified founder, and questions answered the day you ask them.
- Management accounts and KPI dashboards delivered monthly, not annually
- Your corporation tax position visible well before the filing deadline
- Companies House filings handled directly under the ACSP regime
- Virtual FD support available without hiring a full-time finance director
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
★★★★★
Savings More Than Cover The Fees
"His fees are very reasonable and the money he has saved me more than covers them."
★★★★★
Integrates Seamlessly With Internal Teams
"It's great to have access to a financial team who can guide us with such confidence and seamlessly integrate with our internal team."
★★★★★
Always Available When You Need Them
"He is always available to meet the needs of our team."
★★★★★
Nice People Who Actually Pick Up
"They're always on the end of the phone to advise and assist and provide a top service for our accounting needs."
Sound familiar?
Still not sure what your tax bill will be?
A lot of Birmingham businesses are running on annual accounts they receive months after the year end, with no real visibility of performance in between. The compliance gets done, but there is no management information, no forecasting, and no one on the other end of the phone when something comes up. That is a compliance firm. It is not the same thing as a finance function.
- Corporation tax bill arrives as a surprise rather than something planned for
- No monthly management accounts — just a set of year-end figures, filed and forgotten
- Accountant difficult to reach when a question actually needs answering
What a proper finance function looks like
The same firm that files your statutory accounts also delivers monthly management information, monitors your tax position and answers questions on the day you ask them. Remotely, via cloud software — and at a fixed fee.
- Corporation tax position visible throughout the year, not revealed at filing
- Monthly management accounts with KPI dashboards sent on a regular schedule
- Direct contact with the team — questions answered the day they are raised
- Competitive fixed monthly fee — no hourly billing, no unexpected invoices
What Birmingham SME clients find changes
Clients consistently describe better visibility, faster responses and a firm that treats them as an individual — not a file number to be processed once a year.
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.
My other-half introduced me to Niall at OD Accountants and I have to say my finances are so much the better for it. 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. If you need an Accountant who cares, Niall and OD Chartered Management Accountants are the way to go.
Everything a Birmingham SME's finance function needs
From day-to-day bookkeeping through to strategic management reporting and virtual FD support — all delivered remotely via cloud accounting software and at a fixed monthly fee.
Compliance Done Without Chasing
Statutory accounts, corporation tax, VAT returns, payroll and Companies House filings are handled as standard — including confirmation statements under the ACSP regime. You will not miss a deadline or receive an unexpected penalty notice. The compliance is the baseline. Everything else builds on top of it.
Included as standardManagement Accounts and KPI Reporting
Monthly management accounts with KPI dashboards give you a current picture of performance — not a twelve-month-old set of figures. Historical and forecast views are available, formatted for management teams, banks or funders as required. This is the information a full-time finance director would normally produce.
Monthly deliveryVirtual Finance Director Support
For Birmingham businesses that want commercial finance input without a full-time hire, the virtual FD service provides strategic advice, cash-flow forecasting, scenario modelling and M&A support on an outsourced basis. Founder Niall O'Driscoll FCMA, CGMA brings over ten years of restructure and turnaround experience across listed UK and overseas companies to that engagement.
Available as neededVerified reviews going back over a decade
Clients range from start-ups and Amazon sellers to long-established SMEs and hospitality operators — with several still active after seven, ten and eleven years.
Goes Above And Beyond, Charges Very 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.”
Handled A Tricky Digital Nomad Setup Brilliantly
“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…”
Welcoming And Supportive For A Brand New Start-Up
“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.”
What makes this firm different from a Birmingham high street practice
Cloud delivery, chartered management accounting qualifications and a founder background in restructures and turnarounds are not things every accountant brings to an SME engagement.
Cloud-first means real-time visibility
The firm is built around modern cloud accounting software and best-of-breed SaaS integrations — not desktop software and annual file transfers. Your books are current, your KPI dashboard is updated monthly, and your accountant can see exactly what you see without waiting for a data export. The compliance output is identical to any other chartered firm. The workflow is considerably more useful.
Chartered management accounting, not just compliance
Niall O'Driscoll FCMA, CGMA is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants with over ten years of freelance restructure and turnaround work, including listed companies in the UK and overseas. That background informs how the firm approaches SME finance — as a commercial function, not a filing exercise. Birmingham businesses working with OD get the kind of strategic finance input normally reserved for companies large enough to employ a full-time FD.
You will not feel like a faceless client
Verified Google reviews going back over a decade consistently describe the team as hands-on, always available and willing to go above and beyond. Several clients have been with the firm for seven, ten and eleven years. That is not typical of a practice that treats clients as annual compliance jobs. Questions get answered on the day they are asked — which is, frankly, the way it should be.
Up and running in four straightforward steps
The onboarding process is designed so that switching does not become another task on your list. Most clients are fully set up within a few weeks of the initial call.
Book a free discovery call
A short call to understand your business, your current setup and what you actually need from an accountant. No sales pitch. You will leave the call knowing exactly what a fixed-fee engagement would cover and what it would cost.
Receive a fixed-fee proposal
A clear proposal covering the services agreed on the call, at a fixed monthly fee. No hourly rates, no surprise invoices. If the scope changes later, that is discussed openly before anything changes on the bill.
We handle the switch
OD Accountants contacts your previous accountant, requests the necessary handover information and migrates your data into the cloud platform. If your books are behind or in some state of disarray, that is handled as part of the onboarding — it is a common starting point, not a problem.
Your finance function runs itself
From the first month, your books are current, your management accounts arrive on schedule and your tax position is visible throughout the year. HMRC correspondence is handled by the firm. Questions get answered the day you ask them. The parts you disliked most are no longer your problem.
“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!!”
What Birmingham businesses usually ask first
Does it matter that you do not have a Birmingham office?
Not in practice. OD Accountants serves clients across the UK entirely via cloud accounting software — your books, management accounts and tax filings are all handled remotely, in real time. The firms clients include Birmingham SMEs, London-based businesses, international setups and digital nomads based overseas. The work is the same regardless of geography. What changes is that you are not paying for an office on a Birmingham high street to be included in your fees.
What does a fixed-fee engagement actually include — and what does it cost?
Fees are agreed before the engagement starts and cover the specific services outlined in your proposal — typically bookkeeping, payroll, statutory accounts, corporation tax and VAT as a compliance baseline, with management reporting and virtual FD support added where needed. Pricing is not published on the website, but clients consistently describe it as very reasonable, with tax savings more than covering the cost. The best way to get a figure is to book a short discovery call or submit the free quote form.
My books are behind and my records are in some state of disarray. Is that a problem?
It is a common starting point, not a barrier. OD Accountants contacts your previous accountant directly to request handover information and handles the catch-up work as part of onboarding. If there is meaningful catch-up work required, that will be discussed honestly and included in the proposal — it will not appear as a surprise charge later. Most clients arrive with something to sort out.
Is there a long-term contract? What happens if I want to leave?
There is no long-term lock-in. If the engagement is not working after three months, you leave with clean, up-to-date books and nothing owed beyond the period covered. The firm's client retention across verified Google reviews — with clients at two, three, seven, ten and eleven years — suggests the arrangement tends to work. But the option to leave without penalty is there from day one.
Can you handle both my company accounts and my personal self-assessment as a director?
Yes. Corporation tax compliance for the limited company and personal tax self-assessment for directors are both in scope and are commonly handled together. Managing both under one firm means the interaction between salary, dividends and personal tax liability is planned as a whole — rather than having two separate accountants working from different information.
How far ahead will I know what my tax bill is going to be?
With monthly management accounts and a current view of the books, corporation tax can be estimated on a rolling basis throughout the year — not revealed as a fixed figure shortly before the filing deadline. The aim is that you know your approximate liability well in advance, can plan the cash accordingly, and the filing itself is not a source of stress. That is a straightforward outcome when the books are current.
Less guesswork about your tax bill. More time on the business.
OD Accountants serves Birmingham SMEs remotely via cloud accounting — chartered management accounting, fixed fees, and a team that answers questions on the day you ask them.