London Management Accountant
Management accounting for London businesses, done properly.
Most London SMEs are running on compliance-only accounting — annual accounts, a tax return, not much else. If you want monthly management accounts, KPI dashboards and someone who can read a P&L with you, that is a different service. Fixed fees, FCMA-qualified, same-day replies.
- Monthly management accounts ready for you and your lenders
- KPI dashboards built around how your business actually works
- Cash-flow forecasts and scenario models when decisions need making
- Statutory accounts, Corporation Tax and Companies House — all in scope
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
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Finance team that integrates seamlessly
"It's great to have access to a financial team who can guide us with such confidence and seamlessly integrate with our internal team."
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Hands-on, not a faceless firm
"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."
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Always on the end of the phone
"They're always on the end of the phone to advise and assist and provide a top service for our accounting needs."
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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?
Getting accounts filed. Not much else.
A lot of London SMEs have an accountant in the technical sense — someone who files the year-end and not a great deal more. The monthly numbers are not reviewed. There is no forecast. The management accounts, if they exist at all, arrive two months late and tell you what already happened. That is compliance. It is not management accounting.
- No monthly management accounts — decisions made on out-of-date numbers
- No KPI reporting or forecasting, so the bank or investors have to ask twice
- Tax bill lands in January with no warning because no one modelled it in advance
What a management accountant actually does
Management accounting means your numbers work for you during the year, not just after it. You get monthly accounts, a live view of your KPIs, and forecasts that are updated as the business moves. Which is, frankly, what most growing businesses need.
- Monthly management accounts delivered on time, with commentary you can act on
- KPI dashboards and lender-ready reports built into the monthly workflow
- Corporation Tax modelled throughout the year — no surprise bills
- Fixed monthly fee covering compliance and advisory — no charge-by-the-hour surprises
What London clients say about working with us
From start-ups to established SMEs, London clients describe a firm that goes well beyond the year-end — always available, commercially engaged and genuinely useful.
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.
Management accounting, compliance and advisory in one engagement
The monthly fee covers your management accounts and KPI reporting, plus the compliance work — statutory accounts, Corporation Tax and Companies House filings — handled directly as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider.
Management Accounts and KPI Reporting
Monthly or quarterly management accounts with KPI dashboards built around your business — revenue, margin, cash position, whatever matters to your management team or funders. Historical and forward-looking views included. You will not be waiting two months for last month's numbers.
Core serviceVirtual Finance Director Support
For SMEs that want FD-level input without the full-time hire, OD Accountants acts as your outsourced finance director. Strategic finance advice, cash-flow scenario modelling, M&A support and lender-ready reporting — the kind of commercial input that growing businesses need but rarely get from a compliance-only practice.
Available as add-onCompliance, Tax and Companies House
Statutory accounts, Corporation Tax, self-assessment, VAT returns and Companies House confirmation statements are all in scope and handled directly under the ACSP regime. Nothing falls through the gap between advisory and compliance — it is one firm, one fixed fee, one point of contact.
Included as standardRated 4.8 on Google across 18 verified reviews
Clients range from London hospitality operators and tech start-ups to Amazon sellers and digital-nomad consultants — most of them long-term, many going back well over five years.
Always Available, 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.”
Welcoming, Supportive and Always Available
“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.”
Supportive, Clear and Always on the Phone
“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!!”
A London management accountant that does more than file
Chartered management accounting, cloud-first workflows and a virtual FD service — delivered from Bethnal Green to London SMEs that want the finance function run properly.
Numbers that work during the year
Management accounts delivered monthly, not once a year after the fact. KPI dashboards are built around your business model — not a generic template — so you and your management team can see margin, cash and performance in one place. Useful for lenders and investors too, without any extra prep work.
FD-level input, SME price point
Founder Niall O'Driscoll FCMA, CGMA spent over a decade doing freelance restructure and turnaround work, including listed UK and overseas companies. That depth of commercial finance experience comes into the engagement without the cost of a full-time finance director. For London SMEs that want strategic input alongside compliance, that gap is now closable.
Cloud-first, not paper-first
The firm is built around modern cloud accounting software and best-of-breed SaaS integrations — which means less manual work, faster month-end close and real-time visibility rather than a quarterly PDF. Xero and other platforms are configured for your business, not bolted on as an afterthought.
Up and running in four straightforward steps
Most new clients are fully onboarded within a couple of weeks. The process is designed to require as little from you as possible — particularly at the start.
Book a discovery call
A 20-30 minute call to understand your business, what you have in place and what is missing. No preparation needed on your side. You will leave knowing exactly what would be included and what it would cost.
Receive a fixed-fee proposal
A clear proposal covering management accounts, compliance and any advisory work discussed on the call. Fixed monthly fee — no hourly billing, no surprises. You decide whether it makes sense before anything is agreed.
Onboard via cloud accounting
Your accounts are migrated or set up on the cloud platform. If your books are behind or in some disarray, that is handled as part of onboarding. You do not need to sort anything out before we start.
Your finance function, running
Monthly management accounts arrive on time. Your tax position is visible throughout the year. Questions get answered the day you ask them. The parts of running a business that used to take up your evenings are handled by a chartered firm in Bethnal Green.
“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…”
What London business owners usually ask us
What does a management accountant actually do, beyond the year-end accounts?
Management accounting is the monthly or quarterly work — management accounts, KPI reporting, cash-flow forecasting, margin analysis and scenario modelling. It is the financial information that helps you run the business during the year, rather than a record of what happened after it. At OD Accountants, management accounts are built around your business model and delivered on a fixed monthly cycle, alongside the usual compliance work.
What does it cost, and what is included in the monthly fee?
Fees are fixed and agreed upfront — no hourly billing. The proposal will cover exactly what is included: typically management accounts, KPI reporting, statutory accounts, Corporation Tax, Companies House filings and VAT, with virtual FD support available as an additional layer. Clients consistently describe the fees as competitive, and in many cases the tax savings alone more than cover the cost. Exact figures depend on the scope, which is why the discovery call comes first.
My books are behind — is that a problem before switching?
It is not unusual. Most clients who switch arrive with books in some state of disarray, whether that is six months behind, on a system that does not work properly or simply never set up well. Catch-up work is scoped and costed as part of the onboarding proposal so you know what it involves before committing. Once it is done, the monthly workflow takes over and the problem does not repeat.
Is there a long-term contract, or can I leave if it is not right?
No long-term contract. If after three months it is not working for either side, you leave with clean, up-to-date books and nothing owed. The firm has clients who have been with it for over ten years — that retention comes from the quality of the work, not from trapping people in contracts.
Do you work with businesses outside London?
Yes. The primary office is at Suite 310, The Pillbox in Bethnal Green, and there is a second office in Wells, Somerset trading as Probusiness (acquired 2023). Beyond that, cloud accounting means clients anywhere in the UK — including overseas-based and digital-nomad founders — are served remotely without any meaningful difference in the service.
How far ahead will I know what my Corporation Tax bill is going to be?
With monthly management accounts and a proper tax model running through the year, your Corporation Tax position is updated continuously rather than estimated once in January. You will know the approximate liability well before the filing deadline — and the advisory work includes planning opportunities to reduce it where they exist. Surprises are largely avoidable when the numbers are current.
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Leave compliance-only accounting behind. Get the numbers working.
Management accounts, KPI reporting, cash-flow forecasting and statutory compliance — all in one fixed-fee engagement, delivered by a chartered management accountant based in London.