Locum Accountants · South West
Locum accountants in Dorchester
GP locums, hospital doctors doing extra sessions, dental associates and locum pharmacists in Dorchester use us because we understand the particular problems: superannuation on some income and not others, the annual allowance taper for higher earners, which structure suits which kind of locum work. Across South West, online, fixed fees.
from £69/mo · fixed, per month
Next deadlines
- PAYE and National Insurance for last month paid to HMRC (electronic)
- PAYE and National Insurance for last month paid to HMRC (electronic)
- PAYE and National Insurance for last month paid to HMRC (electronic)
- Online Self Assessment filing deadline and balancing payment due
Who this is for
Locum Accountants for Dorchester
Locum and sessional clinicians in Dorchester: GP locums and salaried GPs with extra sessions, hospital doctors with private practice or agency shifts, dental associates and locum dentists, locum pharmacists and optometrists, vets, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals, whether trading as sole traders, through a limited company or both.
What is included
Everything inside the fixed fee
- Income from every practice, agency, trust and private engagement reconciled, including statements of earnings and remittances
- Expense review for locums: professional indemnity, GMC/GDC/GPhC fees, exams, courses, equipment, travel between placements
- NHS pension contributions, Type 2 certificates and superannuation reconciled to pay statements
- Sole trader Self Assessment, or limited company accounts, CT600 and payroll, depending on structure
- Annual allowance and tapered annual allowance checks for higher-earning clinicians
- IR35 and off-payroll status considered for engagements through your own company
How it works
Locum Accountants from Dorchester, step by step
Tell us your situation
A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.
Fixed fee in writing
You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.
Send records, review the draft
Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.
We file, you get the receipts
Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.
Why IGI
What you get in Dorchester
The price for locum accountants is published on this page and is what a client in Dorchester pays. We confirm it in writing first, and the invoice matches the quote.
Deadline-first: the dates that matter for locum accountants are shown at the top of this page, diarised for every Dorchester client and chased before they arrive.
Online only, UK based. There is no office in Dorchester to pay for, which is why the fee is the same here as anywhere in England; the work is done by people in the UK who answer the same day.
Continuity matters in locum accountants: the person who prepared last year's work for your Dorchester business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.
The output for Dorchester clients is never just a form. It is the form, a one-page summary of what it says, and a note of the decisions it points to for locum accountants.
Approval before filing is a rule, not a courtesy. For locum accountants in Dorchester, every submission to HMRC or Companies House follows your written go-ahead.
Local facts
About Dorchester
Dorchester is in South West, in the DT1 postcode district, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Fordington | 0.3 mi | E |
| Northernhay, South West | 0.4 mi | NW |
| Coker's Frome | 0.6 mi | NE |
| Frome Whitfield | 0.8 mi | N |
| Poundbury | 0.8 mi | NW |
| Burton, Dorset | 0.9 mi | NW |
| Victoria Park, Dorset | 1.0 mi | W |
| Stinsford | 1 mi | NE |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Crypto records and reporting
HMRC treats cryptoassets as property. Swapping one token for another, spending crypto or gifting it are all disposals for Capital Gains Tax, and staking and lending rewards are income. Gains are computed under pooling rules with same-day and 30-day matching. From 2026 HMRC receives data from exchanges worldwide under the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, so unreported activity is increasingly visible.
The 60-day property CGT return
Since April 2020 a gain on UK residential property must be reported and the tax paid within 60 days of completion through HMRC's dedicated service, separately from the annual return. Non-residents must report all UK land disposals in the same window whether or not tax is due. Getting the computation right first time matters because the figure is then carried into the Self Assessment.
Record keeping
Record keeping is a legal obligation with a penalty of up to £3,000 for failure, but its real value is in making every other filing cheaper and more defensible. Keep invoices, receipts, bank statements, mileage logs and any HMRC correspondence, digitally if you like, for five years after the relevant filing deadline for individuals and six years for companies and VAT.
Allowable expenses
The expenses sole traders most often miss are home working costs, claimed by actual proportion or HMRC's flat rate, the business share of phone and internet, mileage at 45p for the first 10,000 business miles, and training that maintains existing skills. The ones most often claimed wrongly are commuting, entertaining customers and clothes that could be worn outside work.
Employer National Insurance
Since April 2025 employer National Insurance has been 15% on earnings above a £5,000 secondary threshold, a substantial increase for small employers. The Employment Allowance rose to £10,500 at the same time to soften it for the smallest businesses. Directors deciding their own salary weigh this cost against the Corporation Tax deduction a salary provides.
Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment duties begin the day you take on your first employee, not when the Pensions Regulator writes to you. Eligible staff must be enrolled, contributions paid every pay period and re-enrolment carried out every three years. Director-only companies without employment contracts are usually exempt. Fines for non-compliance are fixed and escalating.
Dormant companies
A dormant company is one with no significant accounting transactions in the year, where the only permitted entries are the payment for shares on incorporation, Companies House fees and penalties. It still files a confirmation statement and simplified dormant accounts every year. A bank charge or an accountant's fee paid from the company ends dormancy and requires full accounts.
Questions
Locum Accountants questions from Dorchester
Can you handle the NHS pension estimate of earnings and the Type 2 form?
Yes. The estimate of pensionable earnings submitted at the start of each year sets your contribution rate; the Type 2 certificate reconciles the actual figures after the year end and is due by the end of February. Both are prepared from the records we keep and submitted on your behalf.
I do private work alongside NHS sessions. How is that treated?
Private practice income is self-employment, not pensionable in the NHS scheme, and taxed with your other self-employed income. If the private work is substantial it may suit a limited company while the NHS locum work stays as a sole trader, and we advise on running both structures together.
Is travel between practices claimable?
For a locum working at many different sites, travel from home to each temporary place of work is generally allowable because there is no permanent workplace. For a regular session at the same practice over a long period, that site may become a permanent workplace and the travel ordinary commuting. We assess each engagement pattern.
How do you handle a mix of NHS employment and locum work?
Employment income is taxed through PAYE and shown on the employment pages; locum income is self-employment on the self-employment pages. The return brings them together and your marginal rate applies to the combined figure. Payments on account are often triggered by locum income on top of employment. We reconcile all sources.
What is the annual allowance and does it affect me?
The annual allowance limits tax-relieved pension growth to £60,000 a year, tapering down to £10,000 for those with adjusted income over £260,000 and threshold income over £200,000. NHS pension growth is measured on the increase in the promised pension, which can be large in a high-earning year. We check it and report any charge or scheme pays election.
What expenses can locums claim?
Professional indemnity insurance, registration fees to the GMC, GDC, GPhC or equivalent, exam fees and courses that maintain skills, medical equipment, professional subscriptions and journals, travel between placements (not ordinary commuting to a regular workplace), a proportion of home costs for administration, and accountancy. We review each category.
Do you have an office in Dorchester?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Dorchester and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for locum accountants is the same in Dorchester as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is locum accountants in Dorchester really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Dorchester pays and what a client in any other part of England pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.
One message from Dorchester, one fixed price
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.