The quiet arithmetic of a good business.
A small, careful practice in Shipley, looking after the books, VAT, payroll and CIS for construction trades and growing small businesses across Yorkshire. Since 2002.
Your trusted partner in numbers, insight and the quiet bit in between.
Founded in 2002 by Chris Foster-Dawson, CFD has stayed deliberately small. We pick up the phone, we explain the difficult thing first, and we stay until the books are right.
Built around the way trades and small firms actually work.
We keep the compliance tidy, draw the insight out of the numbers, and stay on the end of the phone. Most clients use four to six of the services below.
Cloud-first, MTD-ready records reconciled monthly; statutory accounts filed at Companies House, properly, on time.
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Returns, RTI, auto-enrolment, subcontractor verification, the plumbing of a working construction business.
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13-week rolling forecasts, self-assessment, MTD quarterly, corporation tax, done with foresight, not panic.
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We specialise in the building trades and owner-run firms, from a single-van subcontractor to a limited company turning over just under a million.
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- No obligation, no follow-up unless you ask
A studio between the mill and the moor.
Our practice has sat in Shipley, a few minutes' walk from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Saltaire, for the better part of two decades. We know the local market, the local lenders, and a surprising number of the local landlords. If you'd rather have a cup of tea than a Zoom call, we're easy to find.
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