What this company is
A UK accounting and tax advisory company, registered in England and Wales, whose nature of business is recorded as accounting and auditing activities (SIC 69201).
About the company
An accounting and tax advisory company built around records, evidence and deadlines
Dalton & Holland Accounting Ltd supports individuals and businesses across Devon and the wider UK with the accounting work that makes tax decisions possible — and with the honesty to say when a position is not supportable.
- Registered in England and Wales
- Company number 17434455
- SIC 69201
Registered details
- Dalton & Holland Accounting Ltd
- Company number 17434455
- Director: Ian Mark Baker
- [email protected]
Who we are
A compliance-led accounting practice
Dalton & Holland Accounting Ltd is a UK accounting and tax advisory company supporting individuals, directors, landlords, sole traders, self-employed professionals, limited companies, SMEs, and growing businesses with accounting, tax returns, bookkeeping, VAT, payroll, corporation tax, tax credits, reliefs, allowable expense review, offset planning, strategic accounting, and compliance-led financial organisation.
The company’s approach is built around understanding records, income, expenses, allowances, reliefs, credits, business structure, filing deadlines, accounting periods, HMRC requirements, Companies House responsibilities, evidence quality, client objectives, and agreed advisory scope before confirming accounting or tax support.
That sequence matters more than it sounds. It is the difference between a return that reflects your actual position and one that reflects whatever happened to be in the folder. It is also the difference between identifying a legitimate opportunity and claiming something that cannot be evidenced if questioned.
What it does not claim
No chartered status, no professional-body membership, no audit registration, no HMRC approval and no regulated financial, investment, pension or legal advice permissions are claimed on this website.
What it will not do
No aggressive avoidance, no contrived arrangements, no disclosable schemes, and no promises about refunds, savings, credit awards or HMRC decisions.
How the work is approached
Premium accounting means fewer surprises, not louder promises
Strategic accounting shaped around evidence, eligibility, rules, deadlines, and agreed advisory scope.
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Understand before advising
Records, income, expenses, business structure, accounting period and prior filings are established first. Advice given before that is guesswork with better vocabulary.
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Evidence over assertion
A treatment is only worth taking if the documentation behind it would hold up. Where the evidence is thin, that is said plainly rather than papered over.
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Deadlines drive the plan
Filing and payment dates are fixed points. Work is scheduled backwards from them so the timetable is realistic rather than optimistic.
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Opportunities, honestly framed
Legitimate allowances, reliefs, credits, expenses and offsets are reviewed carefully. None of them are promised, priced or predicted before eligibility is established.
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Boundaries written down
Scope, responsibilities, evidence requirements and the limits of the advice are recorded, including where a specialist should be instructed instead.
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Improvement as an outcome
The most useful result of an engagement is often that next year is easier: better records, earlier decisions, fewer surprises.
Returns optimisation
Maximising returns, defined properly
Careful review, not unsupported promises
Returns optimisation means carefully reviewing legitimate allowances, reliefs, credits, expenses, offsets, evidence, timing, and filing details — not making unsupported promises about refunds or tax outcomes.
Plenty of firms will tell you they maximise every return. Very few will tell you what happens when the evidence does not support the claim, which is the only part of the sentence that actually matters. A well-optimised return is one where every figure can be traced to a record, every allowance has a reason, and every judgement has been written down.
That approach tends to produce a better result over time than an aggressive one, because it survives scrutiny. It also produces a clearer picture of the business, which is usually worth more than the tax question that prompted the enquiry.
- Legitimate allowances and reliefs reviewed against eligibility
- Allowable expenses tested against business purpose and records
- Offsets considered where documentation genuinely supports them
- Timing and treatment examined before a return is filed
- Risk and evidence gaps reported rather than absorbed
Company information
Registered details and responsibilities
Only verified company information is published here. Nothing on this website should be read as a claim to status, membership or accreditation that has not been confirmed.
- Registered company name
- Dalton & Holland Accounting Ltd
- Company number
- 17434455
- Director
- Ian Mark Baker
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
- [email protected]
- Registered office / business address
- 35, Little Close, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, TQ12 3YZ, United Kingdom
- Areas served
- Newton Abbot · Kingsteignton · Torbay · Exeter · Devon · Wider UK (remote)
Status and permissions
Dalton & Holland Accounting Ltd does not hold itself out as a chartered accountancy practice, a registered auditor, an HMRC-approved service, or a member of ICAEW, ACCA, AAT, CIOT or ATT. It does not provide regulated investment, pension, mortgage, insurance or legal advice. Where a matter requires any of those, it is referred to an appropriately qualified specialist.
Records and accuracy
Client responsibility includes providing accurate income details, expense records, receipts, bank statements, payroll records, VAT records, business information, deadlines, prior filings, notices, approvals, and timely communication.
Accounts, computations, returns and advice are prepared from the records and information supplied. Where records are incomplete, inconsistent or unavailable, that is identified and discussed before work continues rather than estimated over.
No guaranteed outcomes
Tax refunds, tax savings, tax-credit outcomes, relief eligibility, HMRC acceptance, filing outcomes, audit outcomes, penalty avoidance, cash-flow improvements, and commercial results are not guaranteed.
Standards
Accounting, Tax & Compliance Responsibility
Dalton & Holland Accounting Ltd handles accounting and tax enquiries around records, income, expenses, allowances, reliefs, credits, offsets, filing deadlines, evidence requirements, HMRC rules, Companies House responsibilities, and agreed advisory scope.
Record Accuracy
Figures come from records, not from convenience. Where a record is missing, inconsistent or unreadable, it is raised and resolved rather than estimated around.
- Reconciled source records
- Gaps listed openly
- No invented figures
Legitimate Relief Review
Reliefs, credits, allowances and offsets are tested against eligibility, business purpose and applicable rules before they are described as available.
- Eligibility first
- Evidence-led
- No claim language without qualification
Filing & Deadline Awareness
Accounting periods, tax years, filing dates and payment dates are mapped at the outset so work runs backwards from the deadline that matters.
- Deadlines mapped early
- Approvals before submission
- Realistic timing
Strategic Tax Planning
Planning happens while decisions can still be made, within legitimate treatment and applicable rules — never through artificial or contrived arrangements.
- Before year-end where possible
- Timing and treatment
- No aggressive avoidance
HMRC & Third-Party Transparency
HMRC, Companies House, software providers, banks and other third parties set their own rules, costs and timescales. Those dependencies are named, not glossed over.
- External rules acknowledged
- Processing times outside our control
- Independent of HMRC
Client Transparency
Scope, responsibilities, evidence requirements, risk notes and advisory boundaries are written down. You should always know what is being done and what is not.
- Written scope
- Risk notes included
- Clear boundaries
Accounting enquiry
Start with the position you are actually in.
Dalton & Holland Accounting Ltd supports accounting and tax enquiries shaped around records, income, expenses, allowances, reliefs, credits, deadlines, evidence requirements, HMRC rules, and agreed advisory scope.
Please do not send UTRs, National Insurance numbers, HMRC Government Gateway credentials, bank logins, payroll passwords or tax identifiers through this website. Sensitive documents are shared through a secure agreed channel after initial contact.