Callan Accountancy

About Callan Accountancy

Working from its main accounts office in Glasgow, with further offices in Lanarkshire, Edinburgh and Fort William, this practice serves small and medium-sized businesses across Scotland. Its client list spans start-ups, contractors, sole traders and established companies in sectors such as construction, hospitality, property, retail, engineering and technology. The team positions itself as offering the depth of a larger practice at the fees of a small one, and works with cloud accounting platforms and Making Tax Digital requirements. Beyond routine accounts and returns, it incorporates limited companies, acts as company secretary, restores struck-off companies, and has a financial planning and wealth management arm. Its published material is aimed at Scottish domestic clients; no particular foreign-client focus or additional languages are stated. Stephen Ward is named as the accountancy partner.

Services

Annual accounts, corporation tax and self assessment returns, VAT returns under Making Tax Digital, monthly or quarterly bookkeeping and management accounts, and payroll with CIS returns for businesses of two to two hundred staff. Company formation is completed within a day and the firm can also handle statutory returns, minutes, share registers and company law queries as company secretary. Further offerings include business start-up planning, company restoration, R&D tax credit claims, trusts and estates work, tax investigation insurance and financial planning.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✓ Accounting and bookkeeping: offered
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✓ VAT: offered
• ✓ Payroll: offered
• ✕ Audit: not listed
• ✕ Bank account assistance: not listed
• ✕ Residency and visas: not listed
• ✓ Corporate secretarial: offered
• ✕ Virtual office: not listed

Published prices

• Company formation from GBP 99 plus VAT (free with first-year accounts)
• Sole trader tax return packages from GBP 300 plus VAT
• Statutory accounts from GBP 400 plus VAT
• Payroll from GBP 3 to GBP 4 per person per run

As published by the firm. Prices change; the firm's quote is what counts.