Accounting for Consultants and High Earners

New business owners can spend hours researching company structures, filing returns, managing payroll, and more, when their time would be better spent doing what they do best.

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Accounting challenges for high earners

For many high earners, top billers, and consultants, the natural career progression often involves setting up a limited company. You’ve already proven that you’re exceptional at what you do, so now you want to go it alone and build something around your skills and experience.

As all business owners learn, however, running your own business isn’t just about delivering a great service or creating a great product. It brings accounting, tax, compliance, and admin responsibilities with it.

The top 10% of UK income taxpayers contribute over 60% of all income tax receipts, showing how crucial effective tax planning is for high-earning individuals.

It can be a real time sink, especially if you go it alone. This is why it’s important to remember that, while you are going it alone, that doesn’t mean you need to do it all alone!

A complete accounting solution for consultants and high earners

At Gravitate, we’ve designed a unique package specifically tailored to consultants and high earners who want the freedom of running their own limited company, but without the stress of financial admin, compliance and reporting.

Getting you set up

You will pay an initial one-off fee of £417+VAT

  • This covers your company set up, ensuring you have the correct structure for you and your family.
  • We’ll also take care of your PAYE registration
  • If required, we will also get you registered and set up for MTD compliant VAT

Delivering long-term value

Then there will be a recurring monthly fee of £387+VAT.

This is where the real value lies. For less than the cost of one day of your billable time a month, we’ll manage the entire finance function of your business.

Service Area What You Get
Advisory meetings (6 per year)
  • Quarterly catchups to review performance, plan for upcoming taxes, and answer questions
  • A remuneration planning session to optimise how you extract money from your company
  • A pre-year-end tax planning session to ensure you make the best decisions before the year closes
Accounting and Compliance
  • Year-end accounts
  • Corporation tax returns
  • VAT returns
  • Personal tax returns
  • Company secretarial work
Payroll
  • Linked to your remuneration planning, ensuring you’re paid the most tax-efficient amount
Bookkeeping
  • Fully managed, remote bookkeeping using the latest technology, designed to be simple and painless

What does it really cost?

We understand that, as a fledgling business, cash flow is critically important, and any investment needs to deliver real value, both now and in the longer term. So we want to make sure you understand where your fees go and the value you get in return.

Here's an example:

  • Annual turnover is £200,000
  • Recurring annual cost: £4,644
  • That’s 2.3% of your turnover spent on your entire finance function

Why it’s cheaper to do it yourself (and why you probably shouldn’t!)

Let’s compare the above with the time and risk of managing everything yourself.

  • Research shows an average business owner spends between 2–12 hours a week on accounting tasks.
  • Even at the low end (2 hours per week), that’s over 5% of your working time spent on something outside your expertise.
  • Now imagine redirecting that 5% of time into revenue-generating work. At £200,000 turnover, an extra 5% is worth £10,000.


See what we mean?

Of course, a cheaper compliance-only accountant is an option; this will mean a lower fee. But the service you receive will reflect the minimum statutory requirements they are obligated to meet for you. That means no advisory meetings, no access to real-time accounting insights, and little to no tax optimisation.

Tax challenges for higher earners

Over 7 million UK taxpayers are projected to be in the higher 40% tax band by 2025–26*, up significantly due to frozen thresholds, meaning more consultants and high earners face complex tax planning challenges. Gravitate's dedicated tax planning services will help you ensure your tax position is optimised both right now and for the future.

*Source: GOV.UK Income Tax Liabilities Statistics

Why Gravitate?

Because you didn’t set up your own business to spend time on tax codes, filing deadlines, or VAT returns. You set it up to do what you’re great at and grow your business.

We’ll give you the structure, support, and technology to run your business smoothly while helping you optimise your tax position and free up more of your most valuable resource: time.

Going it alone doesn’t mean doing it alone.

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Client Testimonials

"I genuinely feel like the team is on our side, trying to save us money and help us make better decisions year on year. What we save far outweighs what we spend on the service, and it feels like a real investment."
Sarah Busceddu
Owner / Director
"It's been brilliant... [Gravitate] know what’s going on, so I don’t have to explain everything every time. We can just get straight to the point and make decisions quickly. That’s how I like to work."
Ash Young
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"Gravitate understand precisely what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, the structure of the business, and the relationship with overseas entities, making it all flow under one roof. That level of trust gives me freedom to focus on the things I really like, product, marketing, and getting our brands out there, without being bogged down by accountancy!"
Managing Director
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Managing Director
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Managing Director
"Gravitate played a key role in strengthening our internal finance function and recruiting top-tier senior finance support. Their Outsourced Finance Director service provided us with the expertise we needed to scale from £15million to £45 million in revenue.

"The Gravitate team have been more than just advisers. They’ve been true partners in our growth journey."
Managing Director
"With Gravitate's expertise, we grew our turnover from £4m to £29m, secured £2m in funding to fuel our growth, and achieved a remarkable 10x EBITDA exit.

"Their strategic guidance and hands-on approach were instrumental in achieving these results. We cannot recommend their services highly enough."
CEO (former)
"I'm so pleased that Gravitate are my accountant, especially with two businesses (sole-trader and Ltd) I always have that peace of mind that my tax returns, VAT etc. are in check. They explain everything thoroughly, help me understand what I can/can't claim, tax etc. (as it really is a minefield to me), and look to help me grow. Can't thank the team enough!"
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