Freelancer Accountant
Your freelance finances, handled properly.
Most freelancers patch together their tax position at year-end and hope for the best. There is a more settled way to work. OD Accountants is a chartered management accounting firm offering fixed-fee engagements, FCMA-qualified advice and same-day replies — so your tax bill is never a surprise.
- Self-assessment filed accurately and well before the deadline
- Tax position visible throughout the year, not just in January
- Limited company option assessed and set up properly if it makes sense
- Cloud-based records so your books are current without a spreadsheet
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
★★★★★
Money Saved Covers the Fees
"His fees are very reasonable and the money he has saved me more than covers them."
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Above and Beyond for Years
"Niall and his team go above and beyond the duties to provide accounting services but also general advices."
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Welcoming and Always Available
"he is always available to meet the needs of our team."
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Always on the End of the Phone
"They're always on the end of the phone to advise and assist"
Sound familiar?
Still working out your tax bill in January?
Freelancing creates a specific kind of accounting mess. Income comes in from multiple clients or platforms, expenses are scattered, and the question of whether to trade as a sole trader or through a limited company never quite gets answered. Most freelancers end up doing a rough calculation in January and hoping they have kept enough back.
- Self-assessment filed in a hurry with numbers you are not confident in
- No clear picture of what you owe HMRC until it is almost due
- Uncertain whether a limited company would actually save you money
What sorted looks like for freelancers
With a chartered accountant handling your books on a fixed monthly fee, your tax position is visible year-round. No January scramble. No guesswork on what to keep back. And if the numbers justify a limited company, that gets set up properly rather than put off indefinitely.
- Self-assessment prepared accurately with every allowable expense captured
- Tax liability estimated and updated throughout the year, not retrospectively
- Sole trader versus limited company assessed on your actual numbers
- Fixed monthly fee — no surprise invoices at year-end
What freelancers and consultants say
From digital nomads to growing consultancies, OD Accountants works with clients whose situations are rarely straightforward — and stays with them long-term.
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…
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.
Everything your freelance finances actually need
One fixed monthly fee covers the compliance, the planning and the questions you send mid-month — without being charged extra for each one.
Self-Assessment and Personal Tax
Your self-assessment return is prepared from complete, current records rather than a folder of bank statements handed over in December. Every allowable expense is identified and captured. You will know your tax liability well before HMRC sends a reminder.
Included as standardBookkeeping on Cloud Software
Records are maintained through Xero and best-of-breed SaaS integrations rather than a spreadsheet you update when you remember to. Your income, expenses and bank position are current at any point in the year. No year-end scramble to reconstruct twelve months of transactions.
Cloud-first deliveryLimited Company Setup and Advice
Whether a limited company makes sense for you depends on your income, your plans and how you want to draw money from the business. That question gets answered properly here, on your actual numbers — not a generic comparison. If it makes sense, the setup is handled directly under the firm's ACSP status.
ACSP registeredClients across a decade, still here
Verified Google reviews go back over eleven years. Long-tenure clients are the norm rather than the exception — the oldest reviews include clients still active after ten and eleven years.
Confident About Financial Processes and Data
“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.”
Hands-On, Not a Faceless Client
“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.”
Very Competitive Prices, Years of 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. They are always available if you need anything while charging very competitive prices. I could not recommend them enough.”
Why freelancers stay for years, not months
Three things that make a practical difference when you are running your own work — and want an accountant who already understands that.
No Explaining How You Work
OD Accountants works regularly with consultants, digital nomads, internet sellers and non-standard client setups. The questions freelancers usually spend twenty minutes answering — multiple income streams, working from home, foreign clients, IR35 adjacency — do not need a preamble. The firm already knows how this works.
Tax Visibility Year-Round
Rather than a single conversation in January, your tax position is visible throughout the year via cloud accounting software and regular reporting. You know what to keep back as income comes in. The difference between a manageable tax bill and an uncomfortable one is usually just having the numbers in front of you in time.
Chartered Depth on a Freelance Budget
Founder Niall O'Driscoll FCMA, CGMA spent over a decade doing freelance restructure and turnaround work for listed companies before founding OD Accountants. That depth of commercial finance experience is applied to clients at every size — including sole traders and early-stage limited companies that would not normally have access to it.
Up and running in four steps
The process is straightforward. Most new clients are fully onboarded within a week of the first call, with records transferred and current.
Book a discovery call
A short call to understand your situation — how you work, what your income looks like, whether you are sole trader or limited company, and what you actually need. No preparation required. You will leave the call knowing exactly what is proposed and what it costs.
Receive a fixed-fee proposal
A clear, written proposal sets out what is included and at what monthly cost. There are no variable charges for individual questions or ad hoc calls — that is part of the service. If you are switching from another accountant, the proposal includes how the transition will work.
Onboarding and data migration
Previous records are migrated into the cloud accounting platform. If your books are behind or incomplete, that gets sorted as part of onboarding. You do not need to arrive with everything in order — most clients do not.
Back to the actual work
Once set up, the accounting runs in the background. Books current, tax position visible, self-assessment handled and filed on time. Less of your Sunday evenings spent on things you did not enjoy in the first place.
“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 freelancers usually ask first
Do you work with freelancers who have more than one income stream or overseas clients?
Yes, and it is a common setup rather than an unusual one. Multiple clients, foreign income, platform-based earnings and non-standard arrangements are handled regularly. The self-assessment process accounts for all of it — you will not be asked to simplify a complicated situation before the firm can help with it.
What does a freelancer accountant package actually cost?
Fees are fixed monthly and set out clearly in a written proposal before anything starts. The cost depends on the scope — sole trader self-assessment only sits at one end, a limited company with monthly bookkeeping and management reporting at the other. Clients in Google reviews describe pricing as 'very reasonable' and note that the money saved more than covers the fee. Indicative figures are discussed on the discovery call.
My books are behind and I have not filed my last self-assessment. Can you still help?
That is a straightforward onboarding situation rather than a problem. Catch-up bookkeeping and outstanding returns are handled as part of getting started. There may be a one-off cost to bring records current, which is agreed upfront. The important thing is that it gets sorted rather than left any longer.
Is there a minimum contract period or long-term tie-in?
No long-term contract. If the arrangement is not working after three months, you can leave with clean, current books and nothing outstanding. The engagement is structured to be worth continuing because it is useful, not because leaving is inconvenient.
Should I be operating through a limited company rather than as a sole trader?
It depends on your income level, how you draw money, your appetite for admin and your plans for the business. The answer is different for a consultant billing £40,000 a year than for one billing £120,000. OD Accountants will run through the comparison on your actual numbers — the advice is specific rather than a general rule of thumb.
How far in advance will I know what my tax bill is going to be?
With current cloud-based bookkeeping, a reasonable estimate of your tax liability is available at most points in the year rather than only at year-end. Payments on account, the second payment on account in July and the January balancing payment all become easier to plan for when the underlying numbers are not assembled retrospectively.
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Less guesswork on your tax bill.
OD Accountants handles the bookkeeping, self-assessment and tax planning for freelancers on a fixed monthly fee — so your finances are current and your liability is never a last-minute calculation.