TALLY & LANE
A street of grey stone terraced houses at blue hour, the road wet under the street lamps and the tall windows of a first-floor office lit on the right
Chartered accountants · Chapel Allerton, Leeds

Your books, kept in order.All year round.

For freelancers, sole traders and small businesses. One named accountant checks the books every month, so the numbers are ready before the deadline is.
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  • £45A month, fixed, from
  • OneNamed accountant
  • 2014On Stainbeck Lane since
The monthly rhythm

Order is not a January event.

Invoices, bank feeds, receipts and payroll flow into one set of books. Your named accountant checks them every month. When a return is due, the work has already been done — carefully, in the open, and in your own software.
Fixed fees
Agreed in writing before we start.
A name, not a queue
One accountant who knows the file.
Questions included
Phone or email, without a separate charge.
Your books stay yours
Kept in your own cloud software, so you can always take them with you.

Six people. One careful set of books.

Hands in a dark jumper laying small paper receipts in neat piles on a blue-grey desk, a pencil beside them
What we keep moving

The whole working set of numbers.

The recurring work and the annual work belong together. We keep both on the same line, with the same person.
BookkeepingBank, sales and costs kept up to date in cloud software and reconciled every month.
Self AssessmentYour personal tax return prepared from the books, explained in plain English, and filed once you approve it.
Payroll & pensionsPayslips, real-time submissions to HMRC and workplace pension contributions, run on the same day every month.
VAT returnsRegistration, the right scheme for your trade, and quarterly returns filed under Making Tax Digital.
Year-end accountsLimited company accounts and corporation tax, gone through with you before anything is filed.
AdviceA straight answer when you are deciding whether to register for VAT, take someone on or become a limited company.
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The year · then round again

No January ambush.

The first year starts with onboarding. After that the rhythm stays the same: books every month, accounts after your year end and the tax return long before the rush.

All year round: we deal with HMRC letters as your agent, and questions by phone or email are part of the monthly fee.

  1. 01OnboardingWe take over the records, set up the software and agree what you will send us.
  2. 02Monthly booksBank, sales, costs and payroll kept current, with a short check-in each month.
  3. 03Year-endAccounts drawn up after the year closes and gone through line by line, then an hour to plan drawings, dividends and what to put aside.
  4. 04Tax returnPrepared from the year's books, explained and filed once you approve it. We show what falls due in January and July, and what to put aside.
A woman and a man in dark jumpers going through papers at a desk with two laptops, tall sash windows onto stone buildings behind them
A quiet view of the month

Current. Reconciled. Ready to explain.

Each month the bank is reconciled, the receipts matched and anything unclear sent to you as one short list of questions. What you see is what we see.

Sample data · your figures stay in your own software.

Monthly figures · May

  • Income£18,420
  • Costs£10,860
  • Operating result£7,560

Bank feed

Two questions
DateBank feedAmountStatus
31 MayTransfer£1,240.00Matched
30 MayTakings£684.20Matched
29 MayMaterials−£218.40Matched
28 MayReceipt£42.00Question

Income and costs

Tax-due planner

31 Jan · Tax return£4,800
31 Jul · On account£2,400
Set aside monthly£600
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The six people reading the numbers

A name to call. A file already read.

Every client has one of us as their named accountant. If they are away, a colleague who has already read your file covers for them.
Portrait of Megan Lane, shoulder-length wavy brown hair, in a dark jumper in a bright office
Megan Lane
Founder, chartered accountant
Chapel Allerton
Looks after limited companies, and reads every set of accounts before it is filed.
Portrait of Samir Haddad, short beard and dark-rimmed glasses, in a navy jumper over a collared shirt, smiling
Samir Haddad
Tax manager
Chapel Allerton
Self Assessment and corporation tax for the whole practice. Answers the letters from HMRC.
Portrait of Grace Mensah with long braids in a dark top, smiling, in a bright office
Grace Mensah
Payroll lead
Chapel Allerton
Payroll and workplace pensions for around sixty employers.
Portrait of Yuna Park with straight black hair in a grey knit top, smiling gently
Yuna Park
Senior bookkeeper
Works from Roundhay
Sets up software and bank feeds, and is the one to ask about tills, card readers and receipt apps.
Portrait of Owen Fairley with tousled brown hair and light stubble in a dark jumper, smiling
Owen Fairley
Accountant, VAT and limited companies
Chapel Allerton
Draws salary-and-dividend splits on the whiteboard.
Portrait of Ellie Marsh with fair hair tied back in a pale grey jumper, smiling
Ellie Marsh
Trainee accountant
Chapel Allerton
The first voice most new clients hear on the phone.
Published fees · excluding VAT

Know the monthly figure before we begin.

Every package includes software set-up, HMRC letters, and questions by phone or email.

Freelancer

£45/ month
For sole traders and landlords with straightforward records.
  • Self Assessment tax return
  • A check of your books every quarter
  • Bookkeeping software included
  • VAT returns (not included)
Most chosen

Small business

£125/ month
For sole traders and partnerships who are VAT-registered or employ a few people.
  • Monthly bookkeeping
  • Quarterly VAT returns
  • Payroll for up to five people
  • Self Assessment for the owners

Limited company

£195/ month
For limited companies with one to ten people, directors included.
  • Year-end accounts and corporation tax
  • Monthly bookkeeping and VAT
  • Payroll and workplace pensions
  • Directors' Self Assessment

Records behind? Catch-up bookkeeping is priced separately and agreed with you before we start.

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Switch at any point in the year

Your old accountant hears from us, not you.

Nothing waits for your year end. Six steps from the first call to the first month.
01 · Before you sign
Tell us about the business — a call, a video chat or a coffee on Stainbeck Lane.
02 · Before you sign
A fixed price in writing, on a single page.
03 · Once you sign
We write to your old accountant and collect last year's accounts, tax computations and anything open with HMRC.
04 · Once you sign
You approve us as your agent online with HMRC and Companies House.
05 · First month
Your software set up properly: the bank feed, the accounts list for your trade and snapping receipts.
06 · Every month after
Your first monthly check-in, then the same clear rhythm from there.
Start with a conversation
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Client voices

Four businesses, four kinds of books.

“I used to lose most of January to my tax return. Now Samir sends me three questions in the autumn, I answer them over a coffee, and it is filed before Christmas.”
Lucy FairburnFreelance illustrator, Headingley
“Two cafés means a lot of receipts. Yuna connected the tills, the card reader and the bank in our first month, and the figures finally match what is in the drawer.”
Tom and Adaeze ClarkeOwners, Corner Pantry cafés
“Switching felt like a big job. In the end it was one letter to sign and one online approval. They wrote to our old accountant and collected everything themselves.”
Rachel BoothDirector, Booth & Ward Joinery
“Payroll for six people used to be my Sunday night. Grace runs it now, the pension contributions go across with it, and I just approve the summary.”
Martin OkaforOwner, Okafor Electrical
Your software · your records

We work where your books live.

We work inside your own cloud bookkeeping, bank-feed, receipt, payroll and till apps — or set them up for you. Your records stay in your software, so you can always take them with you.
Your booksBookkeepingBank feedReceiptsPayrollTillInvoices
Straight answers

Before you ask.

No. We work in most of the common cloud bookkeeping apps. If you are on spreadsheets or paper, we suggest one that suits your trade and set it up as part of onboarding.
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Stainbeck Lane · since 2014

Counting began with a tally. We began here.

Megan Lane founded the practice above a bakery on Stainbeck Lane after ten years at a large firm, where the smallest clients always waited longest. Tally & Lane is now six people, two doors further down the same lane.

The mark is four strokes with a fifth drawn through them — the oldest way of counting, and the place we still work.

Start with the business

Put the books on a calmer line.

Tell us what the business does and how the records work today. We will talk it through, then put a fixed monthly price in writing before anything begins.
Phone
0113 496 0583
Email
hello@tallyandlane.example
Open
Monday to Friday · 9 to 5
Tally & LaneFirst floor, 9 Stainbeck Lane Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 3PJhello@tallyandlane.example

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