Accounts, compliance and company admin for businesses that don't sit still.
Pinchstone is a Lincolnshire accounting practice. We look after UK limited companies and their directors: the filings, the figures and the paperwork that banks and payment providers ask for.
Replies the same working day. Calls by appointment on +44 7490 300609.
Turnarounds assume we have your records. Statutory deadlines always come first.
What we do
Everything a small UK company needs to stay filed, paid and compliant — and the specialist work most practices send away.
Accounts and bookkeeping
Statutory accounts, corporation tax, management figures when you want them. Xero, QuickBooks or a shoebox — we'll meet you where you are.
VAT
Registration, quarterly returns, reclaiming on pre-registration costs, and advice on schemes if the standard method isn't the best fit.
Payroll
Directors' salaries, staff, contractors. RTI filings, auto-enrolment, P11Ds, and payslips that banks and lenders will accept.
Company secretarial
Formations, confirmation statements, share transfers, changes of officers and registered office, dormant filings, strike-offs.
FX and payments onboarding
Getting your company approved by FX brokers, payment institutions and EMIs. The compliance pack, the questions, the follow-up — handled.
Director support
Salary and dividend planning, self-assessment returns, and a point of contact who knows the company and keeps the record straight.
Getting approved by FX and payment providers
Opening a multi-currency or FX account is now a full compliance review. Providers want to understand the business, the people behind it and where the money comes from — and they'll stall the moment something is missing.
We prepare the onboarding pack, answer the provider's questions in their language, and keep the thread moving until the account is live. Most delays are paperwork delays, not decisions.
We've taken clients through onboarding with specialist brokers and payment institutions in the UK, and work alongside introducers who need their clients' files to land cleanly first time.
Typical clients: property and lettings companies, consultancies, and e-commerce and trading businesses paying overseas suppliers.
- Business overview and purpose of accountWho you pay, who pays you, currencies and expected volumes
- Ownership structure and beneficial ownersShare register, PSC details, group chart if there is one
- Source of funds and source of wealthBank statements, invoices, contracts that explain the money
- AML, KYC and financial-crime policiesProportionate to your size — not a 60-page template
- Financial crime and risk questionnairesAnswered accurately and consistently with everything else in the file
- Board resolution and authorised signatoriesWho can open and operate the account
- Director ID and proof of addressCertified where required, in the format the provider accepts
Who we work with
UK companies with between one and twenty people, and a director who would rather be running the business than chasing HMRC.
- Owner-managed companiesDirectors who want the compliance handled properly and a straight answer when they ask a question.
- Property and lettings businessesManagement companies, landlords with a portfolio, service-charge accounting.
- Consultancies and agenciesProject billing, contractors, VAT across borders, directors' pay planning.
- Trading and e-commerceSupplier payments abroad, multi-currency accounts, import VAT.
- New companiesSet up properly from day one: VAT, PAYE, bank and payment-provider ready.
- Introducers and advisersFormation agents, FX brokers and consultants who need their clients' compliance files done well.
How it works
No onboarding call you have to sit through. One conversation, a clear scope, and then we get on with it.
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Tell us what you need
WhatsApp or email with the company name and what's on your plate. We'll pull the Companies House record and come back with a scope and a fixed fee.
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Send what you have
Bank feeds, statements, previous accounts, whatever exists. We'll tell you exactly what's missing and chase nothing you've already given us.
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We file, you approve
Everything goes to you for sign-off before it's submitted. You get the filed copies and a short note of what's due next and when.
About Pinchstone
Pinchstone Accounting Services Ltd is run by Michael Sofianos from Pinchbeck, near Spalding in Lincolnshire. The practice was set up in 2023 for owner-managed companies that want one person who knows the whole picture — the accounts, the filings and the banking paperwork.
We work with a small number of clients deliberately, so that when you message, the person replying already knows your company.
- CompanyPinchstone Accounting Services Ltd, registered in England and Wales, no. 14638897
- Registered office35 Independence Drive, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE11 3TR
- DirectorMichael Sofianos
Start with a message
Tell us the company name and what you need. You'll get a straight answer and a fee, not a sales call.
- WhatsApp+44 7490 300609Fastest. Usually answered within the hour on working days.
- Emailhello@pinchstone.co.ukFor documents and anything you want on record.
- Phone+44 7490 300609Calls by appointment — message first and we'll fix a time.
35 Independence Drive
Pinchbeck, Spalding
Lincolnshire PE11 3TR
United Kingdom
Meetings in person by arrangement in Spalding, Peterborough or London; otherwise by video.