Chartered accountants & business advisers
Numbers you can act on
Fixed monthly fees, a named accountant who answers the phone, and advice that arrives before the deadline rather than after it.
19
Years in practice
300+
Businesses advised
£4.1m
Tax saved for clients in 2025
1 day
Average response time
The practice
Welcome to Hartley & Vance
We act for around three hundred owner-managed businesses, from first-year contractors to groups turning over £40m. Every client has a named chartered accountant, a fixed monthly fee agreed in advance, and a standing invitation to ring us before making a decision rather than after.
Hartley & Vance was founded in 2006 above a bookshop on Park Square by two accountants who had left large firms frustrated by billing by the six-minute unit.
We built the practice on the opposite model: fixed fees, unlimited sensible phone calls, and a named partner who actually remembers your business between meetings.
Advisory services
Full detail →01
Year-End Accounts
Statutory accounts and corporation tax filed early, explained in plain English.
- — Companies House & HMRC filing
- — Director's meeting on every set
- — Filed 3 months before deadline
From £95/mo
02
Tax Planning
Personal and corporate tax structured properly — remuneration, R&D, capital allowances.
- — Salary vs dividend modelling
- — R&D and capital allowance claims
- — Exit & succession planning
From £450
03
Payroll & Pensions
Fully managed payroll, RTI submissions, auto-enrolment and CIS returns.
- — Payslips & RTI on time, every time
- — Auto-enrolment managed
- — CIS & construction schemes
From £4/payslip
04
Bookkeeping & VAT
Cloud bookkeeping and Making Tax Digital VAT returns, reconciled monthly.
- — Xero & QuickBooks certified
- — Monthly management accounts
- — MTD-compliant VAT filing
From £180/mo
05
Virtual Finance Director
Board-level finance support without a full-time hire — forecasting, funding and KPIs.
- — Rolling 13-week cash forecast
- — Board pack & KPI reporting
- — Funding & lender liaison
From £850/mo
Client Stories
£212,000 R&D claim for a manufacturer
Bradford · Tax · 2 years recovered
Identified four qualifying projects a previous adviser had missed and recovered two years of relief.
More case studiesFixed fees
Agreed monthly, in writing, before we start. No clock-watching and no surprise invoices.
A named partner
You deal with the same chartered accountant every time, and they know your business.
Early, not late
We target filing three months ahead of deadline so tax bills never ambush your cash flow.
Plain English
Advice you can act on without a glossary. If we cannot explain it simply, we rethink it.
“The first accountant who rang us before the year end rather than three months after it.”
Owner, engineering firm · Leeds
An introductory meeting, at our cost
Bring last year's figures and a list of what is keeping you up at night.
Book a free consultation