About
A modern firm, classically qualified.
Holloway Davies is an ICAEW chartered accountancy practice for UK business owners. We cover the four trading structures (limited company, sole trader, contractor, partnership) across every sector, with the depth a specialist firm would bring and the responsiveness an in-house team would expect.
What we believe
Four operating principles.
- 01
Compliance is table stakes.
Filing year-end accounts on time is the floor, not the ceiling. The work that pays for itself is the advisory that sits on top: pay structures, scheme selection, capital allowances, R&D claims, succession planning, exit timing. We bill for that work, not for filing.
- 02
Credentials matter, plainly.
We operate to ICAEW chartered accountancy standards. That’s a deliberate technical floor. Many UK firms employ AAT-qualified bookkeepers and trade as accountants; the work doesn’t always read the same.
- 03
One named accountant.
You speak to the same accountant every time. No call-centre routing, no junior handoffs. Fixed fees agreed up front in writing, no surprises, no hourly billing on questions.
- 04
Cloud-first, country-wide.
Xero, FreeAgent or QuickBooks depending on what you already use. Everything else runs on email and scheduled calls. Local presence has stopped mattering for accounting; competence and responsiveness haven’t.
Who
Limited company directors, contractors and freelancers, sole traders, and partnerships across every UK sector.
Where
Nationwide. Cloud-first delivery means London, Leeds, Glasgow and Bristol clients get the same response time.
How
Annual cycle of bookkeeping handover, quarterly VAT where relevant, monthly payroll, year-end, plus a planning conversation that sits outside the compliance cycle.
Why
Most UK firms compete on price. The ones worth hiring compete on the cost of the advice you didn’t get.
Editorial
On what you read here.
Every figure on this site uses 2025/26 UK tax rates and is traceable to a primary source: HMRC, Companies House, ICAEW guidance, or the relevant statute. Where rates are scheduled to change, we say so and date the change.
Articles on this site are editorial, not advice. They explain mechanics; they don’t apply them to your specific circumstances. For advice that fits, book a call. There’s no pitch and no obligation; if we’re not a fit we’ll say so quickly.
Found a mistake, an out-of-date figure or an unclear paragraph? Email the editorial team and we’ll fix it.
Next step
Have a short call with an accountant.
Tell us where the business sits today. We’ll come back with a plain note on what the engagement would look like and what it would cost.