Direct Assist Accountants

Direct Assist Accountants is a chartered certified accountancy practice working from Slough in Berkshire. It has operated from the same local office since 2014 and looks after sole traders, partnerships, landlords, contractors and owner-managed limited companies across Slough and the surrounding county.

What Direct Assist Accountants offers

• Bookkeeping and year-end accounts — day-to-day record keeping and statutory annual accounts for small firms.
• Tax returns — Self Assessment for individuals and corporation tax for companies.
• Payroll and VAT — running payroll and handling VAT returns.
• Company formation — in-house Companies House identity checks and new company set-up as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider.
• Start-up and visa support — accounts work linked to start-up and innovator visa applications and settlement cases.

Who it works with

The practice focuses on start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses, including contractors and freelancers structuring their affairs for the first time. It names firms on Slough Trading Estate, High Street shops and buy-to-let landlords among the local businesses it supports, and each client is given one named accountant.

Key facts

• Based in: Slough, Berkshire
• Operating since: 2014
• Regulation: ACCA regulated; registered Companies House ACSP
• Leadership: led by Sohail with an ACCA qualified team