BCD Chartered Accountants

What BCD Chartered Accountants does

BCD Chartered Accountants is a Birmingham-based chartered accountancy firm founded by Steven Bosley in 2015. It delivers a broad range of professional services including audit, accountancy, taxation, management accounts, bookkeeping, payroll, financial planning, and company formations and closures, alongside specialist advisory work such as R&D tax credit claims, forensic accounting, and management buyouts. Delivery is supported by mainstream industry software platforms — SAGE, Xero, and Iris — with no proprietary technology or AI tooling indicated in the available information.

The firm serves a diversified UK client base comprising small and medium-sized businesses, sole proprietors, partnerships, individuals, and not-for-profit organisations. While headquartered in Birmingham, BCD operates across the Midlands, London, and the wider UK, suggesting a remote-plus-occasional-onsite delivery model rather than a single-location practice. The firm holds both ICAEW and ACCA accreditations, with ICAEW registration enabling it to perform statutory audit work and the dual accreditation supporting internal training of junior accountants.

BCD operates as a private limited company with a five-person team and follows a traditional professional services fee-for-engagement model, with charges varying by service line, complexity, and client type. No revenue, funding, ownership structure, or external investor information has been disclosed. Headcount has expanded gradually since 2023, with three additions (Sophia Tariq in January 2023, Amanda Giles in May 2024, and Amillia Baker in November 2024) pointing to measured organic growth rather than rapid scaling.

Name

BCD Chartered Accountants

Legal name

BCD Accountants Limited

Website

https://bcdaccountants.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BCD Chartered Accountants is a Birmingham-based chartered accountancy firm founded in 2015 that delivers audit, tax, bookkeeping, payroll, and advisory services to UK small and medium-sized businesses, partnerships, individuals, and not-for-profit organisations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Accountancy Services: Ongoing professional services including audit and accountancy, taxation services, management accounts, bookkeeping and payroll. Services are delivered to small to medium-sized businesses and individuals on a recurring client relationship basis.
2. Company Formations and Closures: Company set-ups completed within 24 hours at a competitive price. Covers Limited Companies by shares, Limited Companies by guarantee and Limited Liability Partnerships, as well as dissolutions and liquidations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

BCD Chartered Accountants is a Birmingham-based chartered accountancy practice that provides audit, accountancy, taxation, bookkeeping, payroll, and financial planning services to small and medium-sized owner-managed businesses, sole proprietors, partnerships, personal clients, and not-for-profit organisations. Services span statutory audits, accounts preparation, tax returns and tax planning (Income Tax, Corporation Tax, VAT, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax), management accounts, bookkeeping, payroll under Real Time Information, company formations and closures, registered office services, and broader commercial advisory such as business valuations, cash flow forecasts, and borrowing arrangement support.

Product overview

BCD Chartered Accountants offers a suite of professional accountancy and business advisory services organized into four core service lines: Audit and Accountancy Services, Taxation Services, Management Accounts/Bookkeeping/Payroll Services, and Financial Planning Services. Additionally, they provide Specialist Services including trusts administration, forensic accounting, expatriate taxation, overseas taxation, and R&D tax relief. The firm delivers these services to small to medium-sized owner managed businesses, sole proprietors, partnerships, personal clients, and not-for-profit organisations. The practice is accredited by both ICAEW and ACCA, and utilizes accounting software platforms including SAGE, Xero, and Iris to deliver services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audit and Accountancy Services Comprehensive audit and accountancy services covering statutory audits, accounts preparation, company secretarial services, company formations and closures, and registered office services for Limited Companies, LLPs, partnerships, sole traders and charities.
• Taxation Services Full range of taxation services including tax returns for individuals, partnerships and companies; tax planning and advice on Income Tax and Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax, VAT returns, P11d benefits in kind, iXBRL tagging for Corporation Tax Returns, and tax investigation advice.
• Management Accounts, Bookkeeping and Payroll Services Financial management services including periodic management accounts and reports, bookkeeping services using SAGE, Xero or Excel, payroll processing under Real Time Information (weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly or monthly), and pension auto-enrolment set-up, processing and advice.
• Financial Planning Services Strategic financial planning services including business plan preparation, cash flow and profit forecasts, professional business valuations, borrowing arrangement implementation, and management buy-out and buy-in advice, with support on funding sources such as loans, mezzanine finance or capital injection.
• Specialist Services Additional specialist services including trusts administration and advice, forensic accounting, expatriate taxation advice, overseas taxation work (Income Tax and VAT), and research and development corporation tax relief.
• Company Formations and Closures One-off company set-ups completed within 24 hours covering Limited Companies by shares, Limited Companies by guarantee, and Limited Liability Partnerships, plus dissolutions and liquidations, offered at a competitive price point.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Banking Sector ConnectionsminorOthersBCD maintains close connections with the banking sector to advise clients on different types of finance options to meet their specific borrowing needs. Financial arrangements are also available outside the banking sector, with the firm working closely with financial advisors to obtain competitive borrowing arrangements for clients.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PKF Smith Cooper: Midlands-based chartered accountancy firm offering audit, tax, bookkeeping, payroll and business advisory to SMEs and owner-managed businesses; directly comparable given overlapping geography and service lines.
• Dains Accountants: UK regional firm focused on owner-managed businesses, SMEs and not-for-profits with audit, tax, payroll and advisory services; similar scale and horizontal segmentation approach to BCD.
• Moore Kingston Smith: London and South East chartered accountancy firm serving SMEs, charities and owner-managed businesses across audit, tax, payroll and advisory—comparable in service breadth and mid-market positioning.
• Bishop Fleming: UK regional chartered accountancy firm serving SMBs, owner-managed businesses and not-for-profits across the South West and Midlands with audit, tax and advisory services—closely comparable in service mix and target segments to BCD.
• Larking Gowen: East of England regional chartered accountancy firm offering the same core stack—audit, tax, bookkeeping, payroll and business advice—to SMBs, individuals and charities.

Broad incumbents

• Azets: UK and Nordic accounting, tax, payroll and advisory group with strong SME and owner-managed business practice; a larger incumbent that competes for the same horizontal segments.
• Crowe UK: Large UK accounting and advisory network providing audit, tax and consulting to mid-market and SME clients; overlaps with BCD's full service line but at materially larger scale and brand.
• RSM UK: Mid-tier international accounting firm serving SMEs through to large corporates with audit, tax and consulting; broader portfolio than BCD but overlaps on owner-managed business advisory.
• BDO UK: Top-10 UK chartered accountancy firm offering audit, tax and advisory to SMEs and mid-market clients; broader and larger but operates in the same horizontal SMB space as BCD.
• MHA MacIntyre Hudson: Top-20 UK chartered accountancy network serving owner-managed businesses, corporates and not-for-profits; competes with BCD at the larger SME end while also operating in adjacent mid-market segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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