Alexander Ene

Chartered certified accountants in Finchley

This practice sits in Finchley, north London, and describes itself as a firm of chartered certified accountants with decades of experience. It serves individuals and small businesses, including start-ups, growing companies and established ones, and its older material names contractors, sole traders, partnerships and limited companies as its core clients. Its older copy says it has looked after small businesses in the surrounding districts for more than a decade, naming Golders Green, Barnet, Hampstead, Camden Town and Islington among others.

Business advice and local knowledge

The site presents the firm as local accountants who understand the pressures on owners, from managing cash flow to keeping up with changing tax rules, and who aim to make the accounting side simple and free of stress. It says it serves nearly every market segment and that its practical financial solutions are tailored to what each client needs, whether a start-up, a growing company or a long-established business.

Deadlines, penalties and filing on time

The firm explains its approach in terms of the filing regime. With deadlines and penalties constantly in view, it says accounts and tax returns must reach Companies House and HM Revenue and Customs before their due dates, and it aims to have the capacity to do so. Its stated objective is to help clients run their business smoothly while supplying figures that help raise net income.

Tax planning and compliance

The tax work covers business and corporate tax planning intended to keep a liability as low as the law allows, personal tax and self-assessment returns, and VAT returns on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. It also lists capital gains tax and inheritance tax planning and calculations, corporation tax returns, and payroll including the Construction Industry Scheme.

Accounts, bookkeeping and planning

For sole traders, partnerships and companies it prepares and files accounts electronically with Companies House and HMRC. Further services named are bookkeeping and data processing, management accounts and budgeting, and cash flow statements and business plans. The firm adds that it works on a fixed fee structure and offers an initial consultation by telephone.

Alexander Ene is a practice of chartered certified accountants in Finchley, north London. It handles accounts, tax and business advice for individuals, the self-employed and small companies, with an emphasis on meeting filing deadlines and avoiding penalties.

What Alexander Ene does

• Business and corporate tax planning: keeping company tax within the law and as low as possible.
• Personal tax and self assessment: returns for individuals and sole traders.
• VAT and HMRC compliance: VAT returns and dealings with HMRC.
• Payroll and CIS: running payroll and handling CIS for construction work.
• Capital gains and inheritance tax: advice on these personal taxes.
• Accounts and business planning: small business accounts and advice on running the business.

Customers and markets

Start-ups, growing companies, contractors, sole traders and established firms, mainly in nearby areas such as Barnet, Hendon, Hampstead, Islington and Camden Town, and elsewhere in London.

Key facts

• Based in: Finchley, north London, UK
• Experience: more than a decade serving local businesses