Our services
Accountancy and advice that joins up the UK and the UAE
We help individuals and businesses manage company setup, accounts, tax and longer-term decisions across the UK and the UAE.
Our services
A clear route from first conversation to incorporation
Setting up in the UAE involves more than choosing a free zone and paying for a licence. The right structure, full cost, visa requirements, tax registration and future obligations all need to be considered before you begin.
We begin with a fact find, recommend the appropriate route and provide a clear quote. Once agreed, we manage the incorporation process through to completion.
What the setup service can include:
- Initial fact find and setup recommendation
- Company name and incorporation process
- Shareholder and company documentation
- General manager's visa, where agreed
- Licence renewal support when it becomes due
- Introductions for banking, family visas and wider relocation support
Corporate tax registration, VAT registration, ongoing accounts, returns and family visas are scoped separately.
One view across both sides of the business
If you operate in both countries, your accounts should not sit in separate silos. We manage the recurring work in the UK and the UAE and keep the conversation joined up, so intercompany activity, deadlines and decisions are considered together.
Services include:
- Year-end financial accounts in the UK and UAE
- UK corporation tax returns and Companies House filings
- UAE corporate tax returns and related accounts
- Management accounts, where useful
- Bookkeeping through Xero and digital document capture
- Support for established businesses changing accountant
Advice before the decision, not after the year end
Tax is where the firm's expertise runs deepest. We look at the wider position, explain the available options and help you make well informed decisions while there is still time to influence the outcome.
Advice can include:
- UK and UAE business structuring
- Relocating between the UK and the UAE
- Statutory Residence Test analysis
- Transfer pricing, management charges and intercompany transactions
- Property, succession and inheritance tax planning
- Specific advisory projects for businesses and individuals
All advice is tailored to the client's facts and current legislation. Outcomes cannot be guaranteed from general website information.
Registration, returns and a position you understand
A UAE company may need to register and file even where no tax is due. Free zone status does not automatically mean every source of income qualifies for a 0% rate.
We assess the position, manage registration (or deregistration where required), prepare the supporting accounts and file the return. We also explain what you are signing and what needs attention before the next filing period.
VAT support in both countries
We support UK and UAE businesses with VAT registration, quarterly filings and ongoing questions. Where a business operates across borders, we look at the transactions in that context.
Services include:
- UK and UAE VAT registration
- Quarterly VAT returns
- FTA review and audit support
- Advice on cross-border transactions
Clarity before, during and after a move
Leaving the UK does not automatically end every UK tax obligation. The number of days you can spend in the UK, the ties you retain, the date you move and the income or assets you leave behind can all affect the position.
We assess the facts, complete the relevant UK filings and explain what your residence position means in practice. We also help people preparing to return, including where the timing of a move could change the tax outcome.
Services include:
- Statutory Residence Test advice and written analysis
- Split-year and non-residence considerations
- UK personal tax returns
- P85 departure forms
- Pension and double-taxation applications
- Income and tax references for mortgages or immigration
UK property obligations do not disappear when you move
We help non-resident landlords report rental income, claim the appropriate expenses and keep their UK tax affairs up to date. If you sell a UK property, we can prepare the required disposal return and calculate the capital gains tax position within the applicable deadline.
Services include:
- Landlord and rental income tax returns
- Non-resident landlord considerations
- UK property disposal reporting
- Capital gains tax calculations
- Ownership and income-splitting advice where appropriate
Practical support for UK company obligations
As a registered UK agent and company service provider, we support businesses with incorporations, registered office services, statutory records and changes throughout the life of a company.
Services include:
- UK company incorporations
- Registered office support
- Confirmation statements and statutory registers
- Director, officer and share changes
- Share allotments and transfers
- Companies House identity verification support
For UK accountants
A trusted UAE partner for your client
When a client moves to the UAE, we can look after the UAE side while you continue to manage the UK work. We will maintain an open communication channel between our firms.
A clear proposal, built around the full requirement
Recurring services may fit one of our guide packages. More complex accountancy, tax and advisory work is scoped around your circumstances following a short fact find.
Your proposal will confirm the scope, the information we need and the fee.
Confidence in what you are signing
Your adviser can prepare the accounts or return, but the responsibility for the information remains with you. That is why we talk you through the work, answer your questions and make sure you understand the full picture before anything is submitted.
Not sure where your question belongs?
You do not need to diagnose the issue before you contact us. Tell us what is happening and what you want to achieve. We will bring in the right person and explain the next step.