“David walked us through an EMI scheme rollout and the R&D claim alongside it. Both done inside one engagement.”
Lichfield · Chartered accountants
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Office
14 Bird Street
Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6PR
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What we do
Five things, all under one roof.
01
Filing tax. Without surprises.
Corporation tax, self-assessment, VAT — filed on time, with the planning conversation that comes weeks before each year-end.
Tax & compliance
02
Audits, signed by the partner who planned them.
Statutory audits, charity SORP, pension scheme, grant audits. ICAEW audit-registered. Same engagement partner end-to-end.
Audit & assurance
03
Bookkeeping that doesn't need chasing.
Cloud bookkeeping on Xero or QuickBooks. A real bookkeeper assigned, not a queue. Monthly accounts in your inbox by the 10th.
Bookkeeping
04
The conversations that don't sit on a tax return.
R&D claims, EIS / SEIS / EMI, succession, sale-readiness, group restructures.
Advisory & planning
05
Payroll, weekly or monthly, since 2014.
Full PAYE: payslips, pension auto-enrolment, RTI, P60s and P11Ds.
Payroll
Sectors we serve
We’ve filed in every one of these.
Construction
CIS, retentions, JV accounts
38 firms across the East Midlands
Property
Landlords, developers, ATED
£180m of portfolios under our books
Healthcare
GP partnerships, dental practices, vets
22 GP partnerships and dental practices
Hospitality
Tronc schemes, stocktakes, VAT
14 pubs, restaurants, and country inns
Manufacturing
Capital allowances, CT600L
£2.4m of R&D claims approved last year
In their own words
“Sarah caught an HMRC enquiry in our first quarterly review — saved us about £12,000 of penalties before it ever became a letter. We'd had two from the previous firm in three years.”— Director, West Midlands logistics company (240 employees)
“Priya rebuilt our books off Sage onto Xero in a single afternoon, then trained both bookkeepers the following week.”
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Trustpilot4.8 / 5 · 31 reviews
The partners
You’ll always speak to one of us.
Sarah Ashcombe FCCA
Co-founding partner · Tax & compliance
Twenty-two years in practice, the last twelve at Ashcombe & Hart. Sarah leads our tax team and oversees payroll.
James Hart ACA
Co-founding partner · Audit & assurance
Eighteen years in practice, audit-registered with the ICAEW. James leads every audit engagement personally.
Priya Patel ACCA
Partner · Bookkeeping & cloud
Joined as a graduate in 2016, made partner in 2022. Priya runs the cloud-bookkeeping practice.
Talk to a partner before year-end.
A free 30-minute conversation about what’s coming up — tax planning, an exit conversation, a deal you’re sizing. No deck, no pitch.