Filing company accounts shouldn't cost £400.
There are around 5 million micro-entities registered in the UK. Most pay an accountant several hundred pounds for a job that is, for straightforward companies, largely data entry. We built the software to change that.
What we built
SimpleReturns handles the full FRS 105 pipeline: transaction categorisation, statutory accounts preparation, CT600 computation, and dual filing to HMRC and Companies House, for a flat fee with no annual subscription.
From the founder
Hi, I’m Lee, the founder of Simple Returns.I spent the first part of my career as a Royal Signals soldier in the British Army, serving in Bosnia and Iraq. A little later I became an Officer in the Reserves. For the latter 20 years of my working life, I’ve been operating as a Linux Kernel Engineer (essentially a fancy Software Engineer), for well known Linux-centric software companies like Canonical (Ubuntu), Linaro and Google. In case you didn’t know, Linux is the operating system that runs everything from Android phones to most of the internet. I’m also the maintainer of three kernel subsystems, was the kernel’s single most active contributor across several v5.x releases, and I’m one of the three engineers who run the kernel’s security (CVE) authority. For the last 7 years I’ve been working at Google and I’m presently responsible for Android kernel security. In my spare time, I enjoy flying and climbing. I’m a proud husband and father of one little girl.Simple Returns was built out of necessity. I’d put my faith in one particular accountancy firm over the past decade. Year after year I saw my fees increase from £350 to nearly £500, which even though I always thought was expensive for the submission of a form, I didn’t think twice about it. Until last year when they surprised me with a bill for £1,150. I nearly fell off my chair!I built Simple Returns as the platform I’d been searching for: software that does the hard part of a Corporation Tax return, shows you every figure in plain English, and files to both HMRC and Companies House. I’m not an accountant and the product is honest about when you need one, but if you’re one of the millions of UK micro-entity directors and your accounts, be it a spreadsheet, bank accounts or some other form of accountancy software, are in order, for a small fee Simple Returns can help you submit them safely, securely and correctly.
Where the responsibility sits
The legal responsibility for the accuracy of any filing remains with the company director. Our job is to make the process as clear and straightforward as possible, surface anything that looks unusual, and never let you submit something we can't reconcile.
Who it's for
UK limited companies that qualify as micro-entities under FRS 105. You qualify if you meet at least two of these three: turnover no more than £1 million, a balance sheet total no more than £500,000, and 10 employees or fewer on average. Those money limits apply to accounting years starting on or after 6 April 2025; years that started before then use the older, lower limits of £632,000 and £316,000, and we work out which set applies from your dates. If you’re a director of one of those companies, the wizard does the job in 30 to 45 minutes. Not sure? Read the guide: Am I a micro-entity? →