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Marsden HoltChartered Accountants
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Chartered accountants · Manchester

The accountant your business should have had years ago.

Proactive accounts, tax and advice for ambitious SMBs — on fixed monthly fees, in plain English, from a firm that actually picks up the phone.

ICAEW Chartered
Xero Platinum Partner
Est. 2009
A Marsden Holt adviser talking through figures with a client by a bright window
500+businesses advised
Fixed feesno surprise bills
Accredited & partnered with
ICAEWACCAXero PlatinumQuickBooksFreeAgentAAT
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Why Marsden Holt

Accountants who look forward, not just back.

Most firms file your accounts and disappear for a year. We do the compliance brilliantly — then we use what it tells us to help you pay less tax, plan ahead and grow with confidence.

  • A named adviserOne accountant who knows your business — not a call centre.
  • Fixed monthly feesEverything agreed up front. Call us as often as you like — no clock running.
  • Proactive tax planningWe flag the reliefs and savings before the year ends, not after.
  • Cloud-first & MTD-readyReal-time numbers on Xero or QuickBooks, set up and run for you.
More about the firm
What we do

Everything a growing business needs

From day-to-day bookkeeping to boardroom advice — joined up, under one roof, by people who talk like humans.

Accounts & Tax

Year-end accounts, corporation tax, self-assessment and the planning to keep both as low as legally possible.

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Bookkeeping & VAT

Tidy, real-time books and stress-free Making Tax Digital VAT returns, handled so you never think about them.

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Payroll & Pensions

Accurate payroll, payslips, RTI submissions and workplace-pension auto-enrolment, run like clockwork each month.

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Business Advisory

Forecasts, management accounts, funding support and exit planning — a finance director on tap, without the salary.

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Cloud Accounting

We set up and run Xero or QuickBooks for you, with live dashboards so you always know where you stand.

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Start-ups & Formation

Company formation, registrations and a proper financial footing — everything a new business needs from day one.

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Transparent pricing

See what we'd cost — in 20 seconds

Pick your set-up and add the bits you need. It's a guide, not a contract — but it's honest, and there's no form to fill in first.

Your indicative fee
£95 / month + VAT

Everything in one fixed monthly fee. Spread the cost, cancel any time.

Indicative guidance only, not a formal quote. A rule-based estimate — nothing you enter leaves your browser.

Switching is simple

Moving to us takes about a fortnight

Changing accountant feels like a hassle. It isn't — we do nearly all of it for you.

1

A free chat

A 20-minute call to understand your business and what you actually need. No pressure, no jargon.

2

A clear quote

One fixed monthly fee, everything listed. You know the cost before you commit to anything.

3

We handle the move

We write to your old accountant, collect your records and deal with the handover for you.

4

You're up and running

Cloud software set up, deadlines diarised, and a named adviser on the end of the phone.

17 yrs
advising Manchester businesses
500+
active business clients
£4.2m
in tax saved last year
4.9★
from 240+ Google reviews
In their words

Businesses that stopped dreading their accounts

★★★★★

"They found £18,000 in R&D tax relief our last accountant never mentioned. Marsden Holt pay for themselves several times over."

JC
James CaldwellFounder, Northpoint Software
★★★★★

"For the first time I understand my own numbers. My adviser explains everything in plain English and actually answers the phone."

SP
Sarah PenningtonDirector, Pennington Interiors
★★★★★

"Switching over was genuinely painless — they did all of it. Six months in and I wish I'd moved years ago."

RA
Raj AhmedOwner, Ahmed & Sons Wholesale
Insights

Guidance worth reading

All insights
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Tax

7 tax reliefs SMBs forget to claim

From the Employment Allowance to R&D credits — the legitimate savings most growing businesses leave on the table.

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Making Tax Digital

MTD for Income Tax: what's changing in 2026

The new quarterly reporting rules explained in plain English — who's affected, when, and how to get ready early.

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Growth

Should you take a salary or dividends?

The most tax-efficient way to pay yourself from a limited company in 2026 — with the numbers worked through.

Let's talk

Your first conversation is free.

Tell us where you're at and we'll tell you, honestly, how we can help — and what it would cost. No obligation, no jargon.