Accountant North London
A North London accountant who does more than the basics.
Most small businesses in North London outgrow their accountant long before they realise it — still getting year-end accounts but no real visibility on cash, tax or performance. OD Accountants is a chartered management accounting firm: fixed fees, qualified to FCMA and CGMA level, and questions answered the day you ask them.
- Your tax position is known well before any HMRC deadline
- Management accounts and KPI dashboards available monthly
- Bookkeeping, payroll and VAT handled through cloud accounting software
- Strategic finance input — not just compliance — when you need it
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
★★★★★
Confident, integrated, always well-informed
"We always feel well-informed and confident about our financial processes and data. Highly recommend."
★★★★★
Welcoming, supportive, always available
"Niall at OD Accountants has been very welcoming and supportive. He is always available to meet the needs of our team."
★★★★★
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."
★★★★★
Years in, still above and beyond
"Niall and his team go above and beyond the duties to provide accounting services but also general advices."
Sound familiar?
Your accountant files the returns. That is about it.
A lot of North London businesses are in perfectly compliant, perfectly opaque financial situations. The statutory accounts get filed, the VAT goes in, but the owner still does not know what the tax bill will be until February, has no idea which part of the business is actually profitable, and spends more time chasing answers than running things. That is not accounting. That is just administration.
- No clear picture of profitability — just a year-end figure after the fact
- Tax bills arriving as surprises rather than planned figures you already knew
- Finance questions going unanswered for days, or answered vaguely
What sorted looks like
Cloud-first accounting means your numbers are current, your tax is visible and your accountant already knows what you are going to ask before you ask it. Compliance is handled. The strategic layer is where the difference shows.
- Monthly management accounts give you a live view of margin and performance
- Corporation Tax and personal tax planned in advance — no last-minute surprises
- Questions answered the same day, by a qualified person who knows your business
- Fixed monthly fee — no unexpected invoices at year-end
What North London clients say after switching
These are verbatim Google reviews from clients who came to OD Accountants wanting more than a compliance-only service. Both have stayed.
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.
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…
Everything the fee covers
One fixed monthly fee covers the compliance that has to happen and the management information that helps you run the business properly. No hidden extras at year-end.
Compliance Done Properly
Bookkeeping, payroll, VAT returns and statutory accounts handled through cloud accounting software, with Making Tax Digital built in from the start. Companies House filings are managed directly under the ACSP regime — confirmation statements and annual submissions in scope. Your filing obligations are tracked and met without you needing to monitor them.
Included as standardManagement Accounts and KPI Reporting
Monthly or quarterly management accounts with KPI dashboards, cash-flow forecasts and historical versus budget views. The output is structured for internal use or for third parties — banks, investors, funders — without additional preparation. Knowing where the business stands at any given point is the starting point for every useful decision.
Available monthlyTax Planned in Advance
Corporation Tax, personal tax and self-assessment handled with forward visibility rather than a scramble in January. Director remuneration and dividend planning done in the context of the full tax picture, not as an afterthought. You know the likely liability before it is due — which is, frankly, the way it should be.
No year-end surprisesClients across sectors, same experience
Verified Google reviews from clients across hospitality, start-ups, retail and consulting. Different industries, consistent themes: responsive, hands-on, and worth the fee.
Financial Team That Integrates Seamlessly With Yours
“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.”
All Queries Resolved, 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, 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!!”
Why this firm rather than any other
There are a lot of accountants in North London. The differences that matter are qualification depth, technology and whether they pick up the phone.
Cloud-first means current numbers
OD Accountants is built around cloud accounting software and best-of-breed SaaS integrations — not because it is fashionable, but because it means your books are current, your reports are available when you need them, and year-end is not a crisis. The compliance output is identical to a traditional firm. The workflow is not.
Chartered management accounting depth
Founder Niall O'Driscoll is FCMA and CGMA — a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants with 10-plus years of freelance restructure and turnaround work, including listed companies in the UK and overseas. That background is available to North London SMEs that would not ordinarily have access to finance-director-level thinking.
Responsive — not just available in theory
Multiple Google reviewers independently describe the team as 'always available' and 'always on the end of the phone'. That is not a marketing line — it is a consistent finding across a decade of verified client reviews. Questions get answered the day you ask them, by someone who already knows your business.
Up and running in four steps
The onboarding process is designed to take the work off your plate from the first call. Most clients are fully set up within a week or two of the initial conversation.
Book a discovery call
A short call — no preparation required on your side. You describe the business, what is currently working and what is not. The outcome is a clear picture of what a fixed-fee engagement would cover and what it would cost.
Receive a fixed-fee proposal
A written proposal sets out exactly what is included — no open-ended billing, no charges for questions. If you are switching from another accountant, the catch-up process is costed separately and explained upfront.
We handle the transition
Data migration, software setup and any contact with a previous accountant are handled by the team. You do not need to chase records or reconcile anything manually. Cloud access is set up so you can see your numbers from day one.
Your finances run in the background
From that point, the compliance happens, the reports arrive and the tax is planned ahead of time. You will know your numbers, you will know your obligations and — when something changes — you will hear from us before it becomes a problem.
“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.”
Things North London clients usually ask
Do you actually work with businesses in North London, or is this just a location page?
OD Accountants is headquartered at Suite 310, The Pillbox in Bethnal Green — less than twenty minutes from Camden, Islington or Haringey. Most client work is delivered remotely via cloud accounting, so location is rarely a practical constraint. Clients across London and the wider UK are served on the same terms, with the same team.
What does a fixed monthly fee actually include?
The scope is agreed upfront and written into the proposal — typically bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, statutory accounts, Corporation Tax and Companies House filings as a baseline. Management accounts and virtual FD support are added depending on what the business needs. There are no unexpected invoices at year-end; if the scope changes, pricing is discussed before the work happens.
My books are behind. Is that a problem for switching accountants?
It is not unusual. Most clients who switch arrive with books in some state of disarray — whether that is a backlog of reconciliations, a missing VAT quarter or records spread across three different systems. Catch-up work is costed separately and explained at proposal stage. The migration and tidying are handled by the team, not handed back to you.
Is there a long-term contract?
No. Engagements run on a rolling monthly basis. If it is not working after three months, you leave with clean books and nothing owed beyond the current period. The goal is that the service is good enough that leaving does not occur to you — not that you are contractually prevented from doing so.
Can you act as a virtual finance director for a growing North London business?
Yes. The virtual FD service is designed for SMEs that want finance-director-level input — strategic forecasting, lender reporting, scenario modelling, M&A support — without a full-time hire. Founder Niall O'Driscoll's background includes restructures and turnarounds across listed companies, which is an unusual depth of experience to bring into an SME context.
How far in advance will I know my Corporation Tax bill?
With management accounts running monthly, the tax position is tracked throughout the year rather than calculated at year-end. Most clients know their approximate liability well before the accounting period closes — which means the payment is planned for, not a surprise. Personal tax for directors follows the same principle.
Less to worry about, starting this month.
A fixed-fee engagement covering compliance, tax planning and management reporting — delivered by a chartered management accounting firm with 11-plus years of verified client relationships.