Start-ups & Scale Up

Accountants For Ambitious Founders & Fast-Growing Businesses

From your first Companies House registration to your Series A and beyond. We support founders through every stage of the startup journey with the financial foundations, tax relief claims and strategic advice.

Our Expertise

Your finance partner that scales with you

The first few years of a startup shape everything that follows. Get the financial foundations right and you're in a position to raise capital, hire strategically and scale confidently. Get them wrong and every future funding round becomes harder, every HMRC enquiry becomes stressful, and every growth decision is made on incomplete information.

BC&A works with founders from day one through to Series A and beyond. We understand SEIS and EIS funding, R&D tax credits, share option schemes, investor reporting, and the specific financial structures that VC-backed businesses need. We also know when a startup doesn't need all of that yet, and we scale our service to match where you actually are.

Every Stage Covered

Supporting Founders From Launch To Exit

Practical financial and strategic support for founders, from incorporation through to scale-up and exit.

  • Company formation, share structure advice and SEIS/EIS advance assurance
  • R&D tax credit claims for software, engineering and product development
  • EMI share option schemes and employee equity planning
  • Investor-ready management accounts and board reporting
  • Cloud accounting setup with Xero, integrations and automation
  • Exit planning, due diligence support and tax-efficient sale structuring
FAQs

Frequent Questions From Founders

Can't find what you're looking for? Our team is always happy to have a no-obligation conversation.

Can my startup claim R&D tax credits?
If you're developing new products, software, processes or technical solutions, almost certainly yes. Even loss-making startups can receive cash from HMRC through the R&D scheme. We handle the claim from technical narrative through to submission.
SEIS and EIS are UK tax schemes that give investors significant tax relief for investing in qualifying startups. Advance assurance is an HMRC pre-approval that makes fundraising much easier. We handle the application and ongoing compliance.
EMI is the most tax-efficient way to give employees equity in a UK startup. It's widely used by VC-backed companies and works well when designed properly. We advise on whether it's right for you and handle the setup, valuation and HMRC notifications.
Yes. In fact many of our most valuable clients were pre-revenue when we started working together. We scale our fees and service to where you are, not where we want you to be.
Yes. We provide due diligence support, tax structuring advice for the sale, Business Asset Disposal Relief planning, and coordination with legal advisers and investors through the transaction.
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Our approach is tailored, not generic — focused on understanding your objectives and helping you improve resilience, efficiency and decision-making with confidence.

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