About TaxReck: the opposite of reckless.
Reckless, with the less taken away, leaves reck.
Take the less out of reckless and what is left is our name.
Reck is an old word that has all but dropped out of English, but it still hides inside a common one. To be reckless is to not care what happens. Reck is what remains when you take that away: minding the deadline, opening the letter from HMRC before it turns into a penalty, asking the awkward question before the return goes in.
We reck, so you do not have to.
TaxReck is a fixed fee accountancy practice for sole traders, landlords, start ups and the directors of small limited companies, based in Chadwell Heath on the edge of east London and working with clients across the UK. The people too small to interest a large firm and too busy to do the paperwork themselves are not our smallest work. They are the whole job.
A note from the founder.
I started TaxReck because small businesses deserve better than being somebody’s side account.
In nine years of UK practice I watched the same thing happen again and again. The sole traders, landlords and small companies were the files nobody wanted: opened in January, closed again by February, worked on by whoever happened to be free that week. They were never bad clients. They simply were not the clients those firms were built for.
TaxReck is built for them. Every fee is fixed and agreed in writing before anything starts, so nobody ever hesitates to pick up the phone. Every set of accounts and every return is checked and signed off by me before it reaches you, and nothing goes to HMRC or Companies House until you have seen the figures and said yes.
The name is the promise. To reck is to care, to pay heed. We do the caring about deadlines, penalties and paperwork, so that you can get on with the work that pays for all of it.
If you have read this far, you probably have a question. Ring us on 07477 206 337. It costs nothing to ask.
A team, each with a speciality.
You will always have one person to call, and nothing leaves the practice without the founder’s sign off. Behind that, each part of the work sits with someone who specialises in it.
Founder and director
Oversees every client and signs off every set of accounts and every return before it reaches you.
Accounts and tax
Statutory accounts, corporation tax, self assessment and landlord returns, prepared from your records.
Bookkeeping
Bank lines posted and reconciled every month, with a query file you talk through together, in QuickBooks, Xero, Sage or FreeAgent.
Payroll
Payslips, submissions to HMRC on or before pay day, auto enrolment and the year end, run on time every month.
Companies House
Formations, confirmation statements, and changes of director, address or shares, filed as they happen.
Client desk
Your first point of contact: email answered within half an hour, calls booked, and records chased well before the deadline.
The path every file takes
- Your records arrive by upload, email, a connected bank feed or a box of receipts.
- Prepared by the person who owns that part of your work.
- Queries gathered into one file and talked through with you, never guessed.
- Checked and signed off by the founder, line by line.
- Your yes, then filed, usually two months before the deadline.
Promises you can hold us to.
- 30 minAn email answered by a person during working hours, not an auto response.
- Same dayA call returned if we are with another client when you ring.
- 2–3 daysDraft accounts or a return ready for you, once we have your records.
- 1 weekFiled after your yes, and usually much sooner.
- 2 monthsHow far ahead of the deadline we aim to file.
Promises are easy to make on a website. These are the ones we measure ourselves against, month after month, and you are welcome to hold us to every one of them.
Registered, certified, on the record.
ICB licensed practice
Certified & accredited.
Licensed and supervised for anti-money laundering by The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, registered with HMRC as a tax agent, and an authorised corporate service provider with Companies House. A certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor and Xero Certified Advisor, and at home in FreeAgent.
Licensed and AML supervised- Registered withHMRCRegistered tax agent
- Registered withCompanies HouseAuthorised corporate service provider (ACSP)
Certified ProAdvisor, Gold
Xero Certified Advisor
We work in FreeAgent
- Licensed by the ICBA licensed practice of The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, held to its code of ethics and practice standards.
- Anti-money laundering supervisedSupervised by the ICB under the Money Laundering Regulations, so every new client’s identity is checked before work starts.
- HMRC registered tax agentRegistered with HMRC as a tax agent, so once you authorise us we file your returns and deal with HMRC for you.
- Companies House ACSPAn authorised corporate service provider, able to verify the identity of directors and people with significant control for Companies House.
- ICO registered · ZC241227Registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a data controller under UK GDPR.
- QuickBooks ProAdvisorCertified by Intuit in QuickBooks Online.
- Xero Certified AdvisorCertified by Xero in setting up and running Xero for clients.
- TaxReck LimitedRegistered in England and Wales, company number 17430104.
The software we work in, including yours
Chadwell Heath. Working UK wide.
Most of what we do happens by email, phone and video, so a client in Cornwall gets exactly the same service as one who can walk in. If you are local you are welcome by appointment; if you are not, you will never need to be.
- Registered officeOffice 10346, 321-323 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex RM6 6AX
- Mobile and WhatsApp07477 206 337
- Office020 3432 3478
- Emailinfo@taxreck.com
Talk to a person.
A free first call, and a fixed quote within a day.
Tell us what you do and send whatever you have: last year’s return, a set of accounts or a bank statement. You get one fixed fee back in writing, and a person to ring whenever you need one.