A full range of professional services from a multi-disciplined, licensed, accounting practice
MAAP Accounting offers the book-keeping, financial accounting, and tax planning advice you would expect of a professional accounting practice.
As you can see below, we offer a wider range of services than you might expect. Call 01202 474545 for an informal, confidential, and no obligation chat.
Companies ID-Verification Service for Clients
From 18 November 2025, all company directors and persons with significant control (PSC) will be required to formally verify their identity. Once completed, Companies House will issue an identification code (XXX-XXX-XXXX) that will be needed to file financial statements and other official documents online in future.
We recommend people should complete the ID-verification process as soon as possible. Not having the required ID-verification codes will delay the filing of key documents that could lead to late-filing penalties. You can to verify your identity:
- Using the online Companies House service. Cost: Free
- In person at a participating Post Office. Cost: £12.75
- Through MAAP as a registered ACSP. Cost £10. More info here.
Preparing individual Self Assessment tax returns
We relieve many of our clients of the chore of preparing and filing their personal Self Assessment tax return each year.
Send us the information we need and we will prepare a draft tax return and tax calculation ready for your approval. We will then submit your approved return online and obtain an HMRC-receipt as proof of delivery.
You can download a checklist of the information we will need to prepare your tax return. [PDF] [ MS Excel]
Price guide: From £75. For further information, click here.
Book-keeping, accounting, financial statements and tax service
We can provide free accounting software, or work with your existing Sage, Xero, or Quickbooks systems to deliver a compliant and efficient financial accounting and reporting service, that naturally includes meeting your obligations in respect of payroll, VAT, CIS, and MTD.
In recent years our traditional accounting role of processing transactional data on behalf of clients has changed to one of advising how they can use the latest technology to make the process more efficient. We then both have more time to concentrate on developing the core business objectives.
Price Guide: From £65/m. For further information click here.
Sole-traders and landlords currently registered for self assessment, and who received more than £50,000 of combined qualifying income from either self-employment or property income, or both, in the tax year ended 5 April 2025 will need to begin MTD reporting from April 2026. Qualifying Income includes the combined gross income from all self-employment and property sources before any tax allowance or expenses are deducted. It does not include income from employment (PAYE), a partnership, or dividends received.
MAAP is ready to help sole-traders and landlords comply with their MTD quarterly reporting obligations with free approved software beginning 6 April 2026.
Price guide: From £150/m. For further information click here.
Affordable and relevant training
We can provide basic and advanced training on accounting software such as Sage, Xero, Quickbooks, or on the free accounting software we offer.
We can also offer training on corporate risk management, disaster & recovery planning, sales and marketing, contract & tender writing, and occupational health & safety.
Our training programmes focus on the practical application of technical and commercial knowledge relevant to your workplace, gained from years of experience of seeing what works, and what doesn't.
Price guide: From £300/day. For further information click here.
Disaster Contingency and Recovery Planning
Most clients have plans to mitigate the risk of fire, flood, or theft. We rarely find they plan for something as serious as a death in the workplace, or something as mundane as the temporary loss of a banking facility. The most ironic crisis was when one of our clients, who was fully committed to IT-resilience, discovered they had lost the unlock password to recover a critical back-up when it was needed.
Crises come in all shapes and sizes, and we can help you plan for such events. We also offer a 24/7 crisis response service. How organisations handle the first 24-hours can significantly mitigate the damage a crisis can cause, and we can assist you on the ground to address the issues that will need attention.
Price guide: From £300/day. For further information click here.
We provide advice to new ventures when they need it most
Dealing with the challenges a new business faces are often predictable. So, avoid reinventing the wheel, and make use of our experience to help you get to where you want to go safer and faster. We can liberate you from the unproductive administrative side of your growing business, freeing you up to concentrate on the core fee-generating activities that will drive your growth forward.
We recognise starting a new business is when you need good professional advice the most, but often cannot afford it. So we offer start-ups a 33% discount on our services for the first year.
Price guide: From £100/m. For further information click here.
Business Development Advice
The way businesses develop follows a typical stop-and-go pattern. Steady growth is achieved using the existing available resources until a critical point is reached when management realise they have over-cooked the goose and something has to change.
Over-trading is the most common cause of business failures. The tell-tail signs are always there, and the trick is recognising corrective action is needed before it threatens the ability to continue operating.
We are committed to helping our clients develop their business safely, and we have the experience and knowledge to guide them. For further information click here.
