UK Accountants for European and Overseas Businesses
Work with a firm of qualified accountants trusted by businesses for over 15 years. The same accountant every time, managing your UK accounting, tax, and compliance, working to your reporting timetable.
Braant, your international accountant for UK business
Managing a UK company from another country isn’t necessarily complicated, but it does mean working across two sets of priorities. Your UK entity has its own accounting obligations, while your head office has deadlines, systems, and processes of its own.
At Braant, we support international groups whose UK company is just one part of a much larger organisation. Whether you’re running a UK trading subsidiary or sales office, managing a holding company, or preparing to enter the UK market for the first time, we’ll handle your UK accounting and compliance obligations around your wider group requirements.
What does this look like for you? If your overseas finance team needs figures by a fixed monthly reporting date, we’ll work to that timetable rather than expecting your group to work around ours.
You’ll have a sole, UK-based accountant who gets to know your business and takes ownership of your UK requirements. You’ll have specialist tax expertise when you need it from a highly skilled accounting firm that’s supported over 1,000 businesses in and out of the UK and a team of accountants trained at the top four UK accounting firms: Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG.
Our specialist UK accounting services for overseas companies
Discover our tax and accounting services designed especially for overseas companies entering or already within the UK market. Our services help you remain compliant while giving your wider group the financial information it needs.
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Statutory accounts, corporation tax, and Companies House
Your UK company has its own filing calendar, even when your finance team is based overseas. We prepare your statutory accounts, corporation tax return, and confirmation statement, keeping you ahead of deadlines and notifying you of what needs paying and when. We’ll also handle routine HMRC and Companies House correspondence on your behalf, giving your overseas team one less task to deal with.
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UK VAT registration and returns
VAT becomes more complicated when you’re selling to UK customers, holding stock, or buying services from elsewhere in your group. We establish your VAT position, handle registration, and liaise with HMRC where questions arise. Once registered, we’ll manage your VAT returns and Making Tax Digital requirements so you stay on top of your obligations as your UK activity develops.
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Imports, exports, and customs
If your UK business moves goods across borders, we’ll set up systems that prevent delays, keeping your goods moving and cash flow balanced. We’ll make sure you’re registered for a UK EORI number and check the right entity holds it. We’ll also set up postponed VAT accounting and work alongside your freight forwarder to keep everything aligned and make recovering import VAT smoother.
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UK payroll for overseas employers
Even with a small team in the UK, you’ll need to follow payroll and employment obligations. We’ll register your business for PAYE, run payroll, send information to HMRC, handle workplace pension auto-enrolment, and complete year-end reports. We’ll always provide payroll information in the format your group’s finance or HR team needs and make sure your UK payroll fits into your wider processes.
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Bookkeeping and management reporting
No more waiting until year-end to find out how your UK company is performing. We keep your records accurate throughout the year and produce regular management accounts as needed, giving your overseas team a current view of the UK entity. With cloud-based accounting software, your team can access the figures wherever they’re based and use them for group reporting and decision-making.
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Group reporting and consolidated accounts
Your UK company must meet local statutory requirements, while your parent company may need the same figures in a different format. We combine international financial statements and translate currencies into group reporting packs delivered to your month-end and year-end deadlines. If audits are required, we’ll work directly with all auditors to ensure the correct information reaches them without delay.
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Specialist international tax advice
UK tax considerations are necessary when making changes in your group, whether that’s a restructure, moving money, acquiring UK property, or increasing your activity here. Our tax specialists can advise on double taxation agreements, withholding tax, transfer pricing, permanent establishment, and other cross-border taxation so your team can make informed decisions and meet international tax obligations.
Why international businesses choose Braant
Our international clients come to us to remove the pressure of managing their UK accounting from overseas. We take ownership of the UK side so you can focus on international business, and when something more complex comes up, the right specialist is already here.
Qualified accountants
With decades of specialist expertise
One dedicated accountant
Who knows your UK entity and handles every aspect
International experience
Supporting businesses in and outside the UK
London-based, UK expertise
Local knowledge where your obligations sit
Reporting on time
That works to your group’s deadlines
All in one place
Your UK finance requirements handled together
Our small business has been working with Braant for over 4 years now and hope and intend to do so for many more. From payroll, to complex monthly returns to our US-based owner, to support through our annual audit, the team have been professional, diligent and supportive throughout. Highly recommended.
Discuss your UK requirements with Braant
Whether you’re establishing a UK company, taking over responsibility for an existing entity, or looking for a new UK accountant, our trusted, qualified accountants make the transition smooth. Contact us to tell us what you need from your UK finance function, and we’ll give you a clear route forward.
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