Accountants in Hammersmith

An office centre with a neighbourhood wrapped around it

Hammersmith is the administrative centre of the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and it has two very different sides. Around the Broadway, Hammersmith Grove and Hammersmith Road you find large company offices, serviced office floors and coworking spaces, all sitting on top of the bus station and two Underground stations. International names have their UK offices here, and a lot of smaller firms rent desks nearby to be close to them.

Walk west along King Street and the feel changes. Shops, cafés and restaurants line the road past Livat Hammersmith, the Town Hall and the Lyric, and the side streets lead down to the river at Lower Mall and Furnival Gardens. Behind all of this are the terraced streets of Brackenbury, Ravenscourt Park and Brook Green, where many of our W6 clients live. Our accountants are based around Fulham, which borders Hammersmith to the south, so this is very much part of our patch.

Small companies and contractors around the Broadway

The serviced offices and coworking spaces around Hammersmith Grove and Beadon Road suit consultancies, agencies and one or two person limited companies. A company like this has to file annual accounts at Companies House within 9 months of its year end and pay corporation tax 9 months and 1 day after it. We prepare the accounts and the CT600 return, run a simple payroll for the director, and keep a record of dividends so the paperwork matches what was actually paid out.

Many people working in Hammersmith offices are not employees at all. They are contractors placed with the bigger firms, invoicing through their own company. For them the big question is IR35, the rules that decide whether a contractor is taxed like an employee. We look at the contract and how the work is really done, explain the likely outcome in plain words, and set up pay and dividends in a way that fits the answer.

King Street shops, restaurants and evening trade

King Street is Hammersmith's main shopping street, running west from the Broadway. Independent cafés, restaurants and takeaways sit between the chains, and Brackenbury Road has its own cluster of family run shops. Evening trade comes from the Lyric, the Eventim Apollo and Riverside Studios, while the riverside pubs near Furnival Gardens get busy on weekends and around the Boat Race.

Food and drink businesses here usually come to us for help with staff payroll, tips, card and cash takings, and VAT. Registration becomes compulsory once taxable turnover passes £90,000 in a rolling 12 months, which a busy restaurant can reach quickly. We set up cloud bookkeeping so daily sales flow in automatically, file VAT returns through Making Tax Digital software, and run payroll with auto enrolment pensions. Eligible employers can also claim the Employment Allowance, worth up to £10,500 off their employer National Insurance bill.

Landlords with flats in Brackenbury, Brook Green and Ravenscourt Park

Much of Hammersmith is Victorian and Edwardian terraced housing, and a good share of it has been converted into flats. Plenty are let to people who work at the Broadway offices or at Charing Cross Hospital on Fulham Palace Road. Most landlords we hear from in W6 own one or two flats rather than a large portfolio, often a former home they kept when they moved.

We prepare the rental figures for your self assessment return and explain how Section 24 works, where mortgage interest gives a basic rate tax credit instead of being deducted from rent. If you are thinking of buying another flat, we can compare owning it personally with owning it through a limited company. When you sell, capital gains tax on UK residential property has to be reported and paid within 60 days of completion, so it pays to talk to us before the sale completes rather than after.

From 6/4/2026 landlords and sole traders with qualifying income over £50,000 must keep digital records and send quarterly updates to HMRC under Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. The threshold drops to £30,000 from 6/4/2027. We can choose the software with you and handle the quarterly updates.

Theatre, music and broadcasting freelancers

Hammersmith has a long history with performance and television. The BBC made programmes at Riverside Studios for two decades, the Lyric still produces its own plays and musicals, and the media businesses of Shepherd's Bush and White City are a short walk north. That brings a lot of freelance actors, crew, writers, designers and producers to live in W6.

Creative income rarely arrives in neat monthly amounts. One year might include a long run in a show, some voiceover work and a royalty cheque from abroad. We help you record expenses properly, plan for payments on account so the 31/7 bill is not a shock, and decide whether trading as a sole trader or through a limited company suits you better as your income grows.

Working with us from Hammersmith

Hammersmith is served by the District, Piccadilly, Circle and Hammersmith and City lines, but most clients never need to travel to see us. You will usually work with your accountant online, by email and video, with documents shared through secure cloud software and meetings arranged when needed.

Fees are fixed and agreed before any work starts, after a free review of what you need. To get going, send us an enquiry through the free quote form with a few details about your business or tax position, and an ACCA qualified accountant will come back to you.

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