Benchmark Accountants Limited are Chartered Accountants, based in Tring, Hertfordshire, with over twenty years experience in the accountancy profession and we pride ourselves on building personal relationships with our clients enabling us to see the whole picture, working with our clients and not simply for them.
Emma has been providing advice, support and a complete range of accounting services to her clients for over 20 years. She prides herself on working with quality and integrity for the benefit of her clients on a personal level.
Emma is supported by enthusiastic staff and support services working together to meet the needs of her clients.
Whether you are an owner-managed business, a regional or national company, a charity or small business poised to grow, Benchmark Accountants has the expertise to support you.
Our range of accounting services includes bookkeeping, VAT services, tax services and business plans and we are always on hand to guide you every step of the way.
Emma graduated from Leeds University in 1996 and immediately embarked on her accountancy career attaining Chartered status in 2002.
She is the sole practitioner with ultimate responsibility for the delivery of accounts and tax services and for maintaining the personal relationships she has with her portfolio of clients. A keen squash player, Emma also enjoys skiing and spending time with her three children.
Dawn has a wealth of experience having worked in the legal profession for 28 years before joining Emma at Benchmark to provide both clerical and administrative support. She is responsible for the coordination and implementation of office procedures to ensure efficiency and compliance to company policies.
Dawn enjoys travelling and Picpoul de Pinet!
Tax and VAT is a part of everyone's life and is something all clients must consider, whether they are a business or an individual.
Benchmark Accountants has the knowledge to support businesses in a variety of sectors and works closely with clients to plan for the present and the future. Whilst minimising tax liabilities is important, we consider the wider picture and look at tax planning issues alongside commercial reality and the practicalities of life.
Our areas of expertise include:
Benchmark Accountants will take away the hassle of you having to worry about completing your tax return, provided you supply all the relevant information and documents to us within an appropriate timescale.
For VAT registration we can assist with:
In addition we can assist with:
Compliance with VAT is complex. Investigations by the VAT man can be intense. It is therefore important that your VAT returns are completed correctly.
There are three methods we can use to assist in completion of VAT returns:
We complete VAT returns in good time to ensure you avoid any penalties
We can:
Accounts are prepared to agreed timescales and deadlines
But we can do more than just report the history of what's already happened:
We take the time to explain your accounts to you so that you understand what is going on financially within your business, helping you to plan for the future
Let us take it off your hands:
It also makes it easy for us to handle any VAT inspections
There's more to consider than just buying a cheap readymade company on the internet!
We can assist you with company formations for:
For urgent requests we can also arrange same day formations.
Our Company formation packages can include:
You can use our office address as the registered office for your company.
This will ensure all important documents come straight to us to deal with on your behalf. Any that are not for us, we forward to you.
To avoid penalties, you must send HMRC your Tax Return form on time otherwise surcharges will be added if the deadline is missed. The tax return deadline for paper submission is 31 October and the deadline for online filing is 31 January.
HMRC usually issues a tax return form to taxpayers such as the following:
The self assessment regime is full of penalties and HMRC enquiry powers are extensive. It's important that:
As well as the completion of your return we can assist with:
Benchmark Accountants uses software that is approved by HMRC to:
Let us take the strain away from you and let you get on with running and growing your business. Payroll is complicated and has to be done on time and you, as the employer, are responsible for the mistakes.
We run payrolls on time and can provide a tailor made service for your business including:
And at year end
Personal tax services are available both for business owners and private individuals including:
