Accounting delivery partner · United Kingdom
Outsourced accounting delivery for UK accounting firms and UK businesses, from a dedicated team in India.
Cadence gives UK practices white-label capacity for bookkeeping, VAT workings, payroll processing and year-end accounts production, and gives UK businesses a finance function without the hiring. Your software, your chart of accounts, your review, your signature.
Every UK practice has the same shape of problem. Production work piles up in January, at the March and December year-end clusters, and now at four MTD quarters a year. Hiring for the peak leaves you overstaffed by April. Not hiring leaves your seniors doing bookkeeping. Cadence is the third option: a dedicated team in India that takes the preparation work, inside your systems, so your people can review and advise.
We are white-label preparation capacity. Your firm controls client-facing work and remains responsible for review and sign-off. Agree named access, the working-paper standard, handover and no-contact terms in writing. Before sharing client records, check your engagement terms, professional duties and privacy obligations for any subcontracting disclosure. ICAEW's subcontractor guidance outlines questions for UK practices.
A trial can focus on one recurring task or a defined set of files. Agree its size, review points and decision on wider work in the written scope.
For owner-managed businesses and small finance teams, we can scope an outsourced bookkeeping and reporting function: weekly books, supplier and customer reconciliations, VAT and payroll workings, and a monthly management accounts pack. Your accountant keeps the year-end sign-off and tax work. Where you have an accountant, we agree how to work alongside that firm.
Capacity is agreed on a calendar. The interactive My Cadence tracker shows dates based on the obligations you confirm, and the UK tax deadlines 2026/27 page explains standard dates and exceptions.
| Obligation | When | What we prepare |
|---|---|---|
| Self Assessment returns | 31 January | Sole trader and landlord bookkeeping, tax return workings for your review |
| MTD for Income Tax quarterly updates | 7 Aug · 7 Nov · 7 Feb · 7 May, once the obligation applies. HMRC guidance | Digital records and cumulative updates; start thresholds are phased in from 2026 to 2028 |
| VAT returns | Normally 1 calendar month + 7 days after the VAT period ends | Reconciled VAT workings and box figures for your submission |
| Accounts to Companies House | Generally 9 months after the accounting reference date for established private companies | Statutory accounts and working papers for your sign-off; first accounts may differ |
| Corporation Tax payment and CT600 | Payment usually 9 months + 1 day; return 12 months after accounting period end. Large companies may pay by instalments. HMRC guidance | Tax computation schedules and CT600 workings for your review |
| PAYE and CIS electronic payments | 22nd after each tax month or agreed quarter; check the payment method and weekend arrival. HMRC guidance | Pay run workings, RTI figures and CIS statements |
| P11D and P11D(b), where required | 6 July after the tax year, subject to applicable payrolling rules. HMRC guidance | Benefits schedules and Class 1A workings |
India is four and a half hours ahead of the UK in summer and five and a half in winter. That creates a useful window for calls and review handovers. The exact working hours, response times and batch dates are agreed in the engagement scope.
Cadence is not a UK-regulated accounting firm, is not registered with ICAEW, ACCA or any other UK body, and does not hold agent authority with HMRC or Companies House. We prepare; a regulated firm, or the business's own accountant, reviews, files and advises. Set that division of work in the written proposal before work starts. The firm or accountant remains responsible for its own regulatory duties and the work it signs or files.
Tools may include Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage Business Cloud and Sage 50, Dext, Hubdoc, BrightPay, CCH Accounts Production, TaxCalc and IRIS. Confirm software, permissions and file storage in the written scope before sharing client records.
Questions from United Kingdom
No. Cadence is an India-based accounting delivery partner. It is not regulated by ICAEW, ACCA or any UK body and does not act as agent with HMRC or Companies House. We prepare bookkeeping, accounts, payroll workings and management accounts for a UK firm or business to review and sign.
Your firm controls its client-facing work and remains responsible for review and sign-off. We prepare under named logins and hand work to your reviewer. Check client terms, professional duties and privacy obligations for any subcontracting disclosure, and agree the no-contact boundary in writing.
Yes. From April 2026 sole traders and landlords with qualifying income over £50,000 must keep digital records and send quarterly updates. We keep the digital records in your MTD-compatible software and prepare the quarterly figures for your review and submission, so four filing peaks a year do not need four hiring cycles.
India is four and a half hours ahead of the UK in summer and five and a half in winter. We agree the live-call window, response times and handover schedule in the engagement scope.
Tell us which software you use. We confirm compatibility, user access and working-paper handling before a trial starts.
We agree a trial batch, fee, review points and next steps in the written scope. A set of year-end files, VAT workings or recurring bookkeeping can be used to test the handover before a wider engagement.
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