Empowering Your Business and Family:
Tailored Advice from Trusted Accountants
Chartered Accountants in Banbury, Birmingham, Kettering and London
At Ellacotts we realise that accounting, tax and business advice is different for everyone. We are committed to working with our clients to develop solutions tailored to their specific circumstances and designed to enable their success. Ranging from owner-managed businesses looking to start out or grow, individual’s planning their family’s future, to multinational organisations with audit needs, our clients each have very specific requirements. Our specialist accounting, tax and financial advice teams in Banbury, Birmingham, Kettering and London are dedicated to helping them achieve their objectives at every stage in their journey.
Delivering Solutions | Enabling Success
Whether you are an individual, a large firm, a small business or you want to start a business, get in touch to find out how we can help you.
Online accounting
Our online accounting solutions will transform the way you run your business, from automating time-consuming tasks, having access to your finances 24/7, to in depth reporting to empower you to make informed business decisions.
You & your family
Whatever stage of life you are at, we can provide tailored financial advice to your circumstances. Ellacotts can help you plan for the future and enable you to make the best decisions for you and your family.
Business services
We can provide specialist accounting, taxation, assurance and business advice amongst other business services to enable your company to grow and maximise its potential.
Who we help
Ellacotts provides a full range of high quality services across the board. However, over the years we have developed particular expertise in a number of specialist sectors.
Academies
Farming & agriculture
International
Professional & consultancy
Building & construction
Charities
Equine & bloodstock
Healthcare
Property & development
Research and Development (R&D) Tax Reliefs – The New Merged Scheme
R&D tax relief is a government incentive providing companies with tax breaks to encourage investment in innovative projects in the field of science and technology.
News
Pension Death Benefits – remaining in pension
Since 2015, more clients have been using pensions as tools for passing money down the generations. It is generally assumed that because the money is in a pension, it can pass down and remain within the pension wrapper, but this is not always the case. Too often, it is...
Capital Gains Tax – In the news
There continue to be significant changes to the already complex Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rules. Capital Gains Tax explained CGT applies where you dispose of particular capital assets at a profit. The rates charged depend on your level of income and the type of...
Trade and Customs: Commodity Codes
A figure of Captain America (think Marvel comic books), the Tin Man, some Norse gods and Grey Worm from ‘Game of Thrones’ all came before the tax tribunal recently. It was a case about commodity codes, and the dispute turned on whether they were dolls representing...
What employers need to know
In England, Scotland and Wales, new rules impact the following areas: Holiday pay and entitlement: irregular hours and part-year workers Almost everyone classed as a ‘worker’ — a definition going wider than just employees — is legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’ paid...
HMRC eyes potentially underdeclared dividend income
HMRC is using its data analytic powers to contact taxpayers where it thinks there’s a chance that income has been overlooked. What it’s interested in is income from distributions or dividends. It has been looking at company accounts, and where it has identified a...
Budget Surprises
If they weren’t exactly rabbits out of the hat, Spring Budget 2024 still sprang its share of surprises. VAT registration limit Having been frozen at £85,000 since 2017, the VAT registration threshold wasn’t expected to change until at least March 2026. The Chancellor...
Our team
Our people are our most important asset and we place great importance on professional and personal development. We therefore have highly qualified teams of specialists providing only the highest level of advice and service.
Charlotte Toemaes (née Houghton)
Partner
Banbury
Chris Slatter
Wealth Planning Director
Banbury
Giles Nunn
Head of People and Innovation
Banbury
Events
We run a number of informative seminars throughout the year as well as attending and sponsoring many different shows. Take a look at what is coming up.
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Our accreditations
We are proud to be a Top 100 Accountancy firm as ranked by the Accountancy Age 2019 survey. We are active members of AGN and the UK200Group and hold Investors In People Silver. We are a Xero Platinum Partner and are committed to helping our clients in the transition to Making Tax Digital.
