Accounting

Locum Accountants · West London

Locum accountants in Pembridge

GP locums, hospital doctors doing extra sessions, dental associates and locum pharmacists in Pembridge 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 West London, 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 Pembridge

Locum and sessional clinicians in Pembridge: 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 Pembridge, step by step

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

Why Pembridge businesses file with IGI

The price for locum accountants is published on this page and is what a client in Pembridge 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 Pembridge client and chased before they arrive.

Online only, UK based. There is no office in Pembridge 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 Pembridge business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.

Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Pembridge comes with a short explanation of what the figures mean and what, if anything, you should do about them.

You stay in control of locum accountants: drafts go to Pembridge clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.

Local facts

About Pembridge

Pembridge is in West London, within Kensington and Chelsea, in the W11 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.

Nearby places we also serve for locum accountants
PlaceDistanceDirection
Notting Hill Gate0.2 miSE
Notting Hill0.3 miW
Colville0.4 miNW
Campden0.5 miSE
Bayswater0.5 miE
Norland0.5 miW
Portobello, Kensington and Chelsea0.5 miNW
Lancaster Gate0.6 miE

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Employer National Insurance

Employers pay National Insurance at 15% on each employee's earnings above the £5,000 secondary threshold, following the April 2025 changes. The Employment Allowance offsets up to £10,500 of this for eligible employers, which for a small team often removes the liability entirely, but companies where the director is the only employee do not qualify.

Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment

Workplace pension compliance is part of payroll, not separate from it. Each pay period the payroll assesses who is eligible, calculates employer and employee contributions on qualifying earnings between the lower and upper thresholds, and sends the contribution file to the scheme. The minimum total is 8%, and many employers choose to contribute more as a recruitment advantage.

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.

The trading and property allowances

The first £1,000 of trading income and, separately, the first £1,000 of property income each year is tax free under the trading and property allowances. Below those figures no return is needed for that income. Above them you can deduct the £1,000 allowance instead of actual expenses if that is better, which suits side businesses and single-room lets with few costs.

Crypto records and reporting

Most crypto holders have taxable events they do not recognise, because every swap is a disposal even when no pounds change hands. The computation requires the complete transaction history from every exchange and wallet, pooled by asset with HMRC's matching rules applied. Exchange-generated tax reports are frequently wrong because they cannot see transfers between a user's own wallets.

The 60-day property CGT return

Selling UK residential property that was not your main home for the whole period of ownership triggers a separate Capital Gains Tax return, due within 60 days of completion along with payment of the tax. This is in addition to the annual Self Assessment. The gain is taxed at 18% or 24% depending on your income band, after the £3,000 annual exempt amount.

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.

Questions

Locum Accountants questions from Pembridge

Should a locum work through a limited company?

It depends on the work. GP locum income is pensionable in the NHS scheme only when earned as an individual, so incorporating loses pension accrual on that income. Private work and some agency work suit a company better. Off-payroll rules apply to engagements with NHS bodies through your company. We run the comparison for your mix of work.

How does the NHS pension work for a GP locum?

Locum GPs pension their income through Locum Forms A and B, submitted to the pensions agency within ten weeks of the work, with employee contributions deducted and employer contributions paid by the practice or ICB. A Type 2 certificate reconciles the year. Missing the ten-week window loses the pension on that income. We track it.

What does the £69 sole trader locum package include?

Monthly bookkeeping of all engagement income and expenses, reconciliation of pay statements and remittance advices, NHS pension contribution tracking, a monthly summary with the tax accruing, your Self Assessment with the self-employment and any employment pages prepared and filed, and payments on account calculated.

What does the £95 company package include?

Monthly bookkeeping, director payroll with RTI submissions, dividend paperwork, statutory accounts and CT600 filed, the confirmation statement filed (Companies House £50 fee separate), and deadline tracking. Your personal Self Assessment is added at the published £129 where needed, often necessary because of NHS employment income.

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.

Do you have an office in Pembridge?

No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Pembridge 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 Pembridge as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.

Is locum accountants in Pembridge really the same price as elsewhere?

Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Pembridge 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.

Let us take the deadlines off your plate in Pembridge

Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.

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