Accountants for Solicitors
Written and reviewed by the Legal Accountants editorial team. Last reviewed 28 July 2026.
We act for solicitors and the firms they run: the accounts, the tax, and the part a high-street accountant usually cannot help with, the SRA Accounts Rules and the client account. One firm that understands both the numbers and the regulation.
Everything is a fixed fee, agreed in writing before any work starts. No hourly billing, no charge for a question, and nothing taken until you approve the quote.
What We Handle
The firm's accounts and tax return, the partners' or the sole practitioner's personal tax, and the SRA Accounts Rules side: keeping the client account reconciled, clearing residual balances, and getting the firm ready for its annual accountant's report.
We also handle the structural questions as a firm grows: the move to an LLP or company, VAT, and Making Tax Digital as it reaches sole practitioners.
Where Solicitor Work Is Different
Two things set a solicitors' practice apart from an ordinary small business: client money and the tax-year basis. Client money brings the Accounts Rules and the annual report, which a generalist accountant often does not deal with at all. The tax-year basis has reshaped how partners are taxed on profit.
This is the day-to-day work here, not an edge case. We keep the client-account side clean through the year so the rules are met continuously, and handle the partners' tax so the basis change and payments on account hold no surprises.
How It Runs
You tell us how the firm is set up and what is outstanding, and send the records we ask for in a single list. We do the work, show you the numbers before anything is filed, and submit once you are happy. Anti-money-laundering identity checks come first, as at any UK firm.
Most firms take the ongoing service, the accounts, the tax and the client-account bookkeeping together, rather than a one-off, because the client account needs keeping current all year, not reconstructed at the end.
What It Costs
A fixed fee, quoted before we begin, based on the size of the firm and whether client money and its reporting are involved. A sole practitioner not holding client money is at the lower end; a multi-partner firm with a client account and a report to prepare for costs more, and we tell you which you are first.
To get a price, tell us about your practice and we will come back with a fixed quote and a deadline.