Locum Accountants · North East
Locum accountants in Stockton-on-Tees
GP locums, hospital doctors doing extra sessions, dental associates and locum pharmacists in Stockton-on-Tees 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 North East, 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 Stockton-on-Tees
Locum and sessional clinicians in Stockton-on-Tees: 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 Stockton-on-Tees, 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 Stockton-on-Tees
One fixed fee for locum accountants in Stockton-on-Tees, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.
Nothing for Stockton-on-Tees is left to the last week. Each deadline relevant to locum accountants is tracked from the day you join, with the next four shown on every page we send you.
No appointments, no travel across North East, no parking. Everything for locum accountants in Stockton-on-Tees happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.
You get one contact for locum accountants, not a queue. Stockton-on-Tees clients message the same person throughout and get an answer in working hours, usually within a few hours.
We explain locum accountants in the words Stockton-on-Tees business owners use, not in accountant's shorthand, and we show our working so you can check it.
Nothing is filed for Stockton-on-Tees until you have reviewed and approved it. You see the draft, you ask questions, you sign off, then we submit and send you the receipt.
Local facts
About Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is in North East, in the TS18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| East Hartburn | 0.4 mi | N |
| Hartburn, East | 0.4 mi | N |
| Hartburn | 0.5 mi | E |
| Lyric Lodge | 1.0 mi | N |
| Fairfield, Stockton on Tees | 1 mi | N |
| Stockton Grange | 1 mi | NE |
| Oxbridge, Stockton on Tees | 1 mi | NE |
| Grangefield | 1 mi | NE |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this 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
Every employer must assess its workers for automatic enrolment from the first employee's start date. Those aged 22 to State Pension age earning over £10,000 a year must be enrolled into a qualifying pension with minimum contributions of 8% of qualifying earnings, at least 3% from the employer, and a declaration of compliance made to the Pensions Regulator within five months.
Dormant companies
Companies formed to protect a name or hold a future business are dormant but not exempt: Companies House still expects dormant accounts within nine months of the year end and a confirmation statement annually with its £50 fee, and HMRC must be told the company is dormant or it will demand Corporation Tax returns. The filings are short, but the penalties for missing them are the same as for a trading company.
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
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
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 Stockton-on-Tees
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 Stockton-on-Tees?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Stockton-on-Tees 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 Stockton-on-Tees as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is locum accountants in Stockton-on-Tees really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Stockton-on-Tees 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 Stockton-on-Tees
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.