Financial Operations & Compliance
Built to Scale, Priced to Flex.
From daily bookkeeping to boardroom insights, Actax delivers full-stack finance support, without the full-time cost.Let us handle your finance function, so you can focus on growing your business.
The Possibilities are endless with Actax
Redefine Your Financial Experience for Modern Era
- Virtual Finance Office (VFO)
- VAT Compliance Services
- Payroll Services
- Accounts and Business Tax return
- CFO as a Service
Don’t Build a Finance Team Yet.
Plug in Actax Virtual Finance Office. All without the cost or commitment of hiring in-house.
Actax Virtual Finance Office (VFO) is a fully outsourced finance function for growing businesses. We provide everything from bookkeeping and compliance to forecasting and strategic
financial support.
What we Offer
Bookkeeping & Reconciliations
Daily transaction management, bank matching, ledger accuracy, all fully automated.
Monthly Management Accounts & KPIs
Get clarity on what matters: margin trends, cash runway, burn rate, and growth metrics.
VAT Returns & Compliance
Timely, accurate VAT filings with review checkpoints and audit trails.
Cashflow Forecasting
Dynamic dashboards and scenario models to anticipate cash gaps and fund growth.
Budgeting & Scenario Planning
Plan multiple futures with flexible forecasting tied to real-time performance.
Virtual FD Support
Access to experienced financial strategists to guide funding, investment, and exit strategy.
Why it matters?
- You’re a startup or scale-up with lean ops.
- You manage multiple entities or operate globally.
- You want FD-level advice without the full-time cost.
- You’re drowning in spreadsheets and chasing receipts.
- You’re ready to automate the mundane stuff.
How Actax can help You?
We begin with a no-obligation review of your current setup, then recommend a tailored, subscription-based solution.
Did you know that 92% of clients avoid penalties and resolve disputes 3x faster with Actax expert-led defence and direct HMRC liaison
Keep Calm and VAT On.
Stay Fully Compliant, Avoid Penalties,
and Simplify the Complex.
From VAT returns to digital filing and HMRC enquiries, Elixir helps you stay accurate, efficient, and audit-ready, every step of the way.
financial support.
What we Offer
VAT Returns (Domestic & Cross-Border)
We prepare and file accurate VAT returns tailored to your business model—zero surprises, full compliance.
VAT Registration & Deregistration
Guidance through thresholds, timing, and optimal registration routes (including for groups and partial exemption cases).
Optimised VAT Schemes
We advise and manage scheme selection to reduce admin and increase cash flow flexibility. Flat Rate. Cash Accounting. Annual. Industry-Specific.
Making Tax Digital (MTD) Compliance
We set up and manage MTD-ready software, ensure digital recordkeeping, and integrate with tools like Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage.
VAT Health Check
Proactive diagnostics to catch issues early, flag under/over claims, and reduce risk during HMRC reviews.
VAT Enquiries & Disputes
Navigate transitions smoothly,
optimise tax positions and support succession planning.
Is This Right for You?
- You manage international or high-volume transactions
- You want to switch from handling to proactive planning
- You’re worried about overpayments/future HMRC audits
- You just want VAT off your plate, accurately, forever
- You sell across borders & need clarity on VAT treatment
How Actax can help You?
Contact us today to discuss how we can simplify your VAT compliance and ensure your business remains fully compliant and efficient.
Did you know that 92% of clients avoid penalties and resolve disputes 3x faster with Elixir’s expert-led defence and direct HMRC liaison
Payroll That Just Works, Across Every Sector
Get reliable, regulation-ready payroll so
you never miss a beat.
From schools to startups, charities to construction, we run smooth payroll cycles, stay HMRC-compliant, and empower your workforce without the admin drag.
What we Offer
Cloud Payroll Management
GDPR-compliant, HMRC-integrated, and built for scale, real-time RTI submissions, self-serve portals, and seamless approvals in one secure platform.
Auto-Enrolment Pension Compliance
We manage pension duties end-to-end—setup, contribution filings, and strategic cost planning to stay ahead of evolving requirements.
Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)
We advise and manage scheme selection to reduce admin and increase cash flow flexibility. Flat Rate. Cash Accounting. Annual. Industry-Specific.
Payrolling Benefits-in-Kind (BIK)
No more P11Ds. We simplify benefits taxation by embedding values directly into payroll, saving time and reducing errors.
Employee Incentive Schemes (EMI)
Retain and reward top talent with EMI share option schemes—designed for tax efficiency and long-term engagement.
Is This Right for You?
- You spend too much time fixing payroll errors
- You’re expanding teams or hiring contractors
- You need to simplify pension & benefits admin
- You manage high headcount or multiple pay schedules
- You want expert support without building a in-house team
How Actax can help You?
Our payroll specialists deliver stress-free, reliable payroll management at competitive costs, allowing your business to thrive.
Did you know that 92% of clients avoid penalties and resolve disputes 3x faster with Actax expert-led defence and direct HMRC liaison
Numbers That Power Strategy.
From year-end accounts to corporate tax returns, we turn accounting into a forward-looking tool.
Elixir helps you stay compliant, make smarter financial moves, and prepare for growth without getting lost in the numbers.
What we Offer
Year-End Accounts
Accurate, timely accounts for sole traders, limited companies, and corporates, delivered early to fuel strategic planning.
Consolidated Financials
Clear group-level visibility with fully compliant consolidated accounts across all entities, so you can make better decisions at scale.
Accounting Software
Whether transitioning to new software, or customising existing systems, we ensure your accounting technology evolves alongside your growing business needs.
Making Tax Digital (MTD) Compliance
Our dedicated MTD service ensures your digital records are accurate, compliant, and audit-ready, significantly simplifying tax submissions and ongoing compliance management.
Corporate Tax Planning
From R&D relief to optimal extraction methods—we minimise your tax liabilities while maintaining full HMRC compliance.
Partnership & LLP Tax Advisory
Assisting with the disclosure of foreigWe help your business minimise tax liabilities, manage the complexities of partnership changes, and stay compliant with evolving tax legislation.
n income and gains.
Is This Right for You?
- You want early financial clarity post year-end
- You manage multiple entities and need consolidation
- You’re switching accounting software or going digital
- You need tax advice tailored for your structure (LLP/Ltd)
- You’re looking to grow, raise funds, or exit efficiently
How Actax can help You?
Partner with Actax today for expert accounting, software and tax advisory services that empower your business growth.
Did you know that 92% of clients avoid penalties and resolve disputes 3x faster with Actax expert-led defence and direct HMRC liaison
Strategic Financial Leadership for Growing Businesses
Get board-level thinking, commercial insight, and financial control on demand. A modern CFO is a strategic partner—future-focused, commercially astute, and a catalyst for sustainable growth.
Our CFO as a Service offering provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with access to experienced CFOs and financial controllers who bring clarity, rigour, and insight—without the overheads of a full-time hire.
What we Offer
Board-Level Strategic Input
Partner with an experienced CFO who brings clarity to business planning, funding readiness, and commercial growth.
Rolling Forecasts & Scenario Modelling
We build flexible models that adapt to change, stress-test assumptions, and support better decisions.
Governance & Risk Management
Build financial resilience. From audit prep to internal controls, we embed strong guardrails that scale with your business.
Lean Reporting & Month-End Close
Simplify your finance function. Get clean reports, faster closes, and actionable insights without spreadsheet sprawl.
Finance Systems & Smart Automation
Embed the right tools—from accounting platforms to BI dashboards and make your finance ops future-ready.
Team Development
We provide Leadership and mentoring for your finance team. We coach your existing team, help recruit smart hires, and align everyone to your long-term goals.
Is This Right for You?
- You’re scaling and need sharper financial planning
- You want board-level advice without the hiring risk
- You’re preparing for funding, audit, or exit
- You want better dashboards, reports, and controls
- Your finance team has gaps in capability/ bandwidth/ clarity
How Actax can help You?
Our team helps you stay on top of the numbers, make informed decisions, and lead with confidence.
Did you know that 92% of clients avoid penalties and resolve disputes 3x faster with Actax expert-led defence and direct HMRC liaison
Our Advisory in Action
From Strategy to Impact
How We Help You Achieve It ?
1
Tailored Diagnostics
We start with a deep-dive assessment of your tax landscape.
2
Strategy Blueprint
Based on current & future goals, we draft a tax roadmap.
3
Compliance by Default
We manage paperwork, filings, deadlines, and speak to HMRC so you don’t have to.
4
Ongoing Optimisation
Quarterly check-ins to adapt strategy as laws and your situation evolve.
Don’t Just Take Our Word for It
Actax clients uncover 28% more savings, on average.
Frequently Answered Queries
1. How is Actax different from a “normal” accountant?
Most small firms keep you compliant. We keep you compliant, strategic, and ahead. With Chartered Accountants, Chartered Tax Advisers, CFOs, and data scientists on one team, we don’t just file forms; we help you make sharper decisions, save tax, and scale with confidence.
2. Why should I choose Actax over a local practice?
Because you don’t just need bookkeeping, you need a partner in growth. Most traditional firms can get stuck in reactive mode, while we’re digital-first, proactive, and built for modern entrepreneurs. We bring the tech, strategy, and expertise they usually can’t.
3. What do I get from Actax that I won’t get elsewhere?
Think of us as your Finance and Tax Partner. Most small firms are compliance accountants, doing bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, accounts, and often turn down your ideas. We offer compliance, advisory, dashboard insight, and complex tax planning all under one roof. Instead of juggling multiple providers, you get a single team that seamlessly covers compliance and strategy at an affordable price.
4. Is Actax only for big businesses?
Not at all. Individuals, startups, scale-ups, and global investors trust us. Whether you need a tax return or a CFO on speed dial, our services flex with your needs. Over 600 clients stay with us throughout their entire personal and business lifecycle, from setup to exit (income tax to inheritance tax).
5. How do you make tax planning different?
We don’t wait until the deadline to react; we plan. From startup to when you need hand-holding, growth when your processes and systems no longer work, tax planning with an end goal in mind, our Chartered Tax Advisers proactively design strategies that save money legally and align with your life or business goals.
6. Isn’t a digital accountant less personal?
Not with us. Every client gets a 1:1 onboarding call, a dedicated expert, and regular strategy check-ins. Additionally, you have 24/7 access to your records through our secure portal. That’s more personal and more responsive than the “once-a-year meeting” many smaller firms offer.
7. How does Actax support Making Tax Digital (MTD)?
We have partnered with Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, and FreeAgent. We set you up with HMRC-compliant digital tools, automate reminders, integrate record-keeping with software, and keep you future-ready ahead of the April 2026 MTD rollout.
8. How much does it cost?
Our prices are transparent, with fixed fees, and plans start at £20/month, providing total fee clarity. No surprise invoices, no creeping hourly charges. And because we combine compliance with strategy, most clients find the savings, efficiencies, and peace of mind more than pay for themselves.
9. Can Actax help me save money on taxes?
Yes. We have detailed questionnaires and checklists which we complete for each assignment. This helps our client comply with authorities and provides opportunities to save on taxes. Clients uncover up to 28% more savings on average through proactive planning, reliefs, and scenario-based tax optimisation.
10. Is Actax only for UK-based clients?
Primarily UK-focused, we also support international clients with their UK tax affairs, including cross-border compliance for VAT, income tax, corporation tax, tax residency, and OECD and tax treaty double-tax relief.
1. How is Elixir different from a “normal” accountant?
Most small firms keep you compliant. We keep you compliant, strategic, and ahead. With Chartered Accountants, Chartered Tax Advisers, CFOs, and data scientists on one team, we don’t just file forms; we help you make sharper decisions, save tax, and scale with confidence.
2. Why should I choose Elixir over a local practice?
Because you don’t just need bookkeeping, you need a partner in growth. Most traditional firms can get stuck in reactive mode, while we’re digital-first, proactive, and built for modern entrepreneurs. We bring the tech, strategy, and expertise they usually can’t.
3. What do I get from Elixir that I won’t get elsewhere?
Think of us as your Finance and Tax Partner. Most small firms are compliance accountants, doing bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, accounts, and often turn down your ideas. We offer compliance, advisory, dashboard insight, and complex tax planning all under one roof. Instead of juggling multiple providers, you get a single team that seamlessly covers compliance and strategy at an affordable price.
4. Is Elixir only for big businesses?
Not at all. Individuals, startups, scale-ups, and global investors trust us. Whether you need a tax return or a CFO on speed dial, our services flex with your needs. Over 600 clients stay with us throughout their entire personal and business lifecycle, from setup to exit (income tax to inheritance tax).
5. How do you make tax planning different?
We don’t wait until the deadline to react; we plan. From startup to when you need hand-holding, growth when your processes and systems no longer work, tax planning with an end goal in mind, our Chartered Tax Advisers proactively design strategies that save money legally and align with your life or business goals.
6. Isn’t a digital accountant less personal?
Not with us. Every client gets a 1:1 onboarding call, a dedicated expert, and regular strategy check-ins. Additionally, you have 24/7 access to your records through our secure portal. That’s more personal and more responsive than the “once-a-year meeting” many smaller firms offer.
7. How does Elixir support Making Tax Digital (MTD)?
We have partnered with Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, and FreeAgent. We set you up with HMRC-compliant digital tools, automate reminders, integrate record-keeping with software, and keep you future-ready ahead of the April 2026 MTD rollout.
8. How much does it cost?
Our prices are transparent, with fixed fees, and plans start at £20/month, providing total fee clarity. No surprise invoices, no creeping hourly charges. And because we combine compliance with strategy, most clients find the savings, efficiencies, and peace of mind more than pay for themselves.
9. Can Elixir help me save money on taxes?
Yes. We have detailed questionnaires and checklists which we complete for each assignment. This helps our client comply with authorities and provides opportunities to save on taxes. Clients uncover up to 28% more savings on average through proactive planning, reliefs, and scenario-based tax optimisation.
10. Is Elixir only for UK-based clients?
Primarily UK-focused, we also support international clients with their UK tax affairs, including cross-border compliance for VAT, income tax, corporation tax, tax residency, and OECD and tax treaty double-tax relief.
1. How is Elixir different from a “normal” accountant?
Most small firms keep you compliant. We keep you compliant, strategic, and ahead. With Chartered Accountants, Chartered Tax Advisers, CFOs, and data scientists on one team, we don’t just file forms; we help you make sharper decisions, save tax, and scale with confidence.
2. Why should I choose Elixir over a local practice?
Because you don’t just need bookkeeping, you need a partner in growth. Most traditional firms can get stuck in reactive mode, while we’re digital-first, proactive, and built for modern entrepreneurs. We bring the tech, strategy, and expertise they usually can’t.
3. What do I get from Elixir that I won’t get elsewhere?
Think of us as your Finance and Tax Partner. Most small firms are compliance accountants, doing bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, accounts, and often turn down your ideas. We offer compliance, advisory, dashboard insight, and complex tax planning all under one roof. Instead of juggling multiple providers, you get a single team that seamlessly covers compliance and strategy at an affordable price.
4. Is Elixir only for big businesses?
Not at all. Individuals, startups, scale-ups, and global investors trust us. Whether you need a tax return or a CFO on speed dial, our services flex with your needs. Over 600 clients stay with us throughout their entire personal and business lifecycle, from setup to exit (income tax to inheritance tax).
5. How do you make tax planning different?
We don’t wait until the deadline to react; we plan. From startup to when you need hand-holding, growth when your processes and systems no longer work, tax planning with an end goal in mind, our Chartered Tax Advisers proactively design strategies that save money legally and align with your life or business goals.
6. Isn’t a digital accountant less personal?
Not with us. Every client gets a 1:1 onboarding call, a dedicated expert, and regular strategy check-ins. Additionally, you have 24/7 access to your records through our secure portal. That’s more personal and more responsive than the “once-a-year meeting” many smaller firms offer.
7. How does Elixir support Making Tax Digital (MTD)?
We have partnered with Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, and FreeAgent. We set you up with HMRC-compliant digital tools, automate reminders, integrate record-keeping with software, and keep you future-ready ahead of the April 2026 MTD rollout.
8. How much does it cost?
Our prices are transparent, with fixed fees, and plans start at £20/month, providing total fee clarity. No surprise invoices, no creeping hourly charges. And because we combine compliance with strategy, most clients find the savings, efficiencies, and peace of mind more than pay for themselves.
9. Can Elixir help me save money on taxes?
Yes. We have detailed questionnaires and checklists which we complete for each assignment. This helps our client comply with authorities and provides opportunities to save on taxes. Clients uncover up to 28% more savings on average through proactive planning, reliefs, and scenario-based tax optimisation.
10. Is Elixir only for UK-based clients?
Primarily UK-focused, we also support international clients with their UK tax affairs, including cross-border compliance for VAT, income tax, corporation tax, tax residency, and OECD and tax treaty double-tax relief.
1. How is Elixir different from a “normal” accountant?
Most small firms keep you compliant. We keep you compliant, strategic, and ahead. With Chartered Accountants, Chartered Tax Advisers, CFOs, and data scientists on one team, we don’t just file forms; we help you make sharper decisions, save tax, and scale with confidence.
2. Why should I choose Elixir over a local practice?
Because you don’t just need bookkeeping, you need a partner in growth. Most traditional firms can get stuck in reactive mode, while we’re digital-first, proactive, and built for modern entrepreneurs. We bring the tech, strategy, and expertise they usually can’t.
3. What do I get from Elixir that I won’t get elsewhere?
Think of us as your Finance and Tax Partner. Most small firms are compliance accountants, doing bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, accounts, and often turn down your ideas. We offer compliance, advisory, dashboard insight, and complex tax planning all under one roof. Instead of juggling multiple providers, you get a single team that seamlessly covers compliance and strategy at an affordable price.
4. Is Elixir only for big businesses?
Not at all. Individuals, startups, scale-ups, and global investors trust us. Whether you need a tax return or a CFO on speed dial, our services flex with your needs. Over 600 clients stay with us throughout their entire personal and business lifecycle, from setup to exit (income tax to inheritance tax).
5. How do you make tax planning different?
We don’t wait until the deadline to react; we plan. From startup to when you need hand-holding, growth when your processes and systems no longer work, tax planning with an end goal in mind, our Chartered Tax Advisers proactively design strategies that save money legally and align with your life or business goals.
6. Isn’t a digital accountant less personal?
Not with us. Every client gets a 1:1 onboarding call, a dedicated expert, and regular strategy check-ins. Additionally, you have 24/7 access to your records through our secure portal. That’s more personal and more responsive than the “once-a-year meeting” many smaller firms offer.
7. How does Elixir support Making Tax Digital (MTD)?
We have partnered with Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, and FreeAgent. We set you up with HMRC-compliant digital tools, automate reminders, integrate record-keeping with software, and keep you future-ready ahead of the April 2026 MTD rollout.
8. How much does it cost?
Our prices are transparent, with fixed fees, and plans start at £20/month, providing total fee clarity. No surprise invoices, no creeping hourly charges. And because we combine compliance with strategy, most clients find the savings, efficiencies, and peace of mind more than pay for themselves.
9. Can Elixir help me save money on taxes?
Yes. We have detailed questionnaires and checklists which we complete for each assignment. This helps our client comply with authorities and provides opportunities to save on taxes. Clients uncover up to 28% more savings on average through proactive planning, reliefs, and scenario-based tax optimisation.
10. Is Elixir only for UK-based clients?
Primarily UK-focused, we also support international clients with their UK tax affairs, including cross-border compliance for VAT, income tax, corporation tax, tax residency, and OECD and tax treaty double-tax relief.
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