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A chartered practice that does the whole job, and tells you what it means.

Sharp Accountax Ltd is an ICAEW-regulated firm of chartered accountants and tax advisers in London. We act for owner-managed businesses, groups, contractors, landlords and overseas owners, and we do the work ourselves: the person on your first call leads every file that follows.

ICAEWRegulated, with practice assurance and PII
ICAEW Authorised Training EmployerWe train chartered accountants
Since 2022Sharp Accountax Ltd, company 14346794
London128 City Road, EC1V 2NX
The people

Named, because you should know who is doing the work.

Every set of accounts, every tax computation and every piece of advice is reviewed and signed off by a chartered accountant before it leaves the practice.

Bilal Haider

Director

ACA, FCCA, LLB (Hons)

Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) · Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) · Bachelor of Laws

Bilal founded Sharp Accountax and leads every client relationship in the practice. He is an ICAEW chartered accountant and a fellow of the ACCA, and holds a law degree from the University of London, which shows in how he approaches HMRC disputes and the technical positions sitting behind a set of accounts.

He has worked in accounting and tax since 2012, across the UK, United States, Canada and Pakistan, in sectors from oil and gas and financial services to technology, charity and ecommerce. That range is why the firm takes on group structures, cross-border questions and multi-currency work that practices of this size usually refer out.

He built the practice around a straightforward principle: the person who reviews your file should be the person who answers the phone.

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Haris Mirza

Haris Mirza

Business Development Manager

MSc (LSE), BA (Hons) Business, Finance and Administration

Master of Science, London School of Economics · Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Business, Finance and Administration, University of Westminster

Haris Mirza

Haris Mirza

Business Development Manager

MSc (LSE), BA (Hons) Business, Finance and Administration

  • Master of Science, London School of Economics
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Business, Finance and Administration, University of Westminster

Haris looks after new client relationships and is usually the first person a prospective client speaks to. His job is to work out what a business needs before anyone quotes for it.

He joins the firm from the operating side rather than the accounting side. Over the past two decades he has run and rebuilt businesses in media, telecoms and advertising. He led a national triple-play network rollout, founded one of the first large-scale digital out-of-home advertising companies in his market, and served as Chief Operating Officer of a national newspaper, where he reworked its production workflows, financial controls and cost base.

He has sat on the client's side of the table and knows what owners want from their finance information. He read Business, Finance and Administration at the University of Westminster and holds an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Asim Khan

Consultant, Accounting and Management Reporting

ACCA

Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)

Asim Khan

Consultant, Accounting and Management Reporting

ACCA

  • Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)

Asim leads the firm's management reporting work. That covers the monthly and quarterly numbers a business runs on, and the year-end reporting that has to stand up to outside scrutiny.

He has spent more than fourteen years in external audit and accounting advisory, most of it with Big Four firms. He was an Assistant Manager in pension funds audit at EY in Manchester and a senior auditor at PwC. Earlier in his career he ran accounting compliance and reporting engagements for telecoms clients from EY's Islamabad office. He works under both IFRS and local GAAP and is ACCA qualified.

Having spent most of his career auditing other people's accounts, he knows what a reviewer looks for. He joined Sharp Accountax in January 2026.

Umair Shehzad

Umair Shehzad

International Tax and Compliance Advisor

LLM (BPP University London), LLB

Master of Laws in International Business, Trade and Tax Law, BPP University London · Bachelor of Laws, International Islamic University, Islamabad

Umair Shehzad

Umair Shehzad

International Tax and Compliance Advisor

LLM (BPP University London), LLB

  • Master of Laws in International Business, Trade and Tax Law, BPP University London
  • Bachelor of Laws, International Islamic University, Islamabad

Umair handles the firm's international tax and compliance work. These are the cases where a business, or its owner, has obligations in more than one country and needs the position established properly.

He came to tax through law rather than accountancy. He holds a Master of Laws in International Business, Trade and Tax Law from BPP University London and a Bachelor of Laws from the International Islamic University, Islamabad. He spent two years as associate legal counsel before moving into international tax and compliance.

That grounding shows in how he works. He starts with what the legislation and the treaty say, rather than with what is usually done. He looks after cross-border structures, treaty positions, withholding tax and multi-jurisdictional reporting, and joined the firm in April 2026.

Fawad Ali

Fawad Ali

Tax Consultant and Client Manager

ACCA

Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)

Fawad Ali

Fawad Ali

Tax Consultant and Client Manager

ACCA

  • Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)

Fawad works across tax and client management. For many clients he is the person who picks up the phone, and the one who either answers a question or finds the person who can.

He joined Sharp Accountax in its early days and has grown with it, moving from business development into tax and client management as the firm's work has become more technical. His day-to-day covers personal tax planning, tax preparation, bookkeeping and small business tax, for clients across a range of industries.

He is ACCA qualified and holds a master's degree from the University of Sargodha.

Amelia Jones

Senior Bookkeeper

CA (Inter) ICAP, MBA Finance, Certified Financial Modeler

CA Intermediate, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan · MBA in Finance · Certified Financial Modeler

Amelia Jones

Senior Bookkeeper

CA (Inter) ICAP, MBA Finance, Certified Financial Modeler

  • CA Intermediate, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan
  • MBA in Finance
  • Certified Financial Modeler

Amelia looks after bookkeeping, payroll and management reporting across a large part of the client base. For many clients she is the person whose work they see most often.

She has spent several years working on UK client files. That includes end-to-end accounting cycles under IFRS and UK statutory requirements, bookkeeping and financial reporting for multiple UK businesses across Xero and QuickBooks Online, and payroll processing alongside it. She completed CA (Inter) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and an MBA in finance, and holds a Certified Financial Modeler qualification.

She also writes on technical subjects, including a practical guide to the Construction Industry Scheme for contractors and subcontractors.

Bilal Qayum

Bilal Qayum

Senior Bookkeeper

ACCA

Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)

Bilal Qayum

Bilal Qayum

Senior Bookkeeper

ACCA

  • Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)

Bilal handles senior bookkeeping work across client files. The ones that come to him are usually complex, or behind, or have to be reconciled to a system sitting outside the accounting software.

He is ACCA qualified and spent most of his career in financial control rather than bookkeeping, which is why the harder work goes to him. He has been a group financial controller for a UK accountancy practice in Sheffield, preparing monthly and quarterly management accounts. Before that he was a finance business partner at AT Medics, part of the Operose Health Group, reporting to the group financial controller and CFO in London across one of the country's largest GP services operations.

He is a certified advisor in both QuickBooks and Xero.

Muhammad Ali

Manager, Admin and Operations

CEng, MIMechE, MSc (Imperial College London)

Chartered Engineer · Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers · Master of Science in Aeronautics, Imperial College London

Muhammad Ali

Manager, Admin and Operations

CEng, MIMechE, MSc (Imperial College London)

  • Chartered Engineer
  • Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
  • Master of Science in Aeronautics, Imperial College London

Ali runs administration and operations at Sharp Accountax. That means workflow, capacity, deadlines and the internal systems that decide whether work moves or stalls.

He completed the MBA Essentials programme at the London School of Economics, which informs how he approaches process design, resource planning and internal reporting in a professional practice. He is also a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and holds an MSc in Aeronautics from Imperial College London.

His background is in engineering rather than accountancy. Over fourteen years at Ford Motor Company he moved from analyst roles into leading vehicle safety and electric vehicle energy integrity work. In that field a process either holds under scrutiny or it does not, and he applies the same standard to how this firm runs.

Qualifications

Qualified people, not just a qualified firm.

Regulation tells you about the practice. Qualifications tell you about the people doing the work. Everyone who touches a file here is qualified or working towards a qualification with one of the UK's professional accountancy bodies, and every file is reviewed by a chartered accountant before it leaves.

How this works

What happens when you enquire

That is the file. Four documents, one fixed fee.

Everything after that is the work itself, led by the chartered accountant you first spoke to.

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  1. A 30-minute call

    You talk, we listen. What you run, what is not working, what you want the numbers to do for you. With a chartered accountant, not a sales team.

    You bring
    Nothing
    Takes
    30 minutes
  2. We review what you have

    Last filings, current books, the software in use and any letters from HMRC. We tell you plainly what is in order and what is not.

    You bring
    Last filings and logins
    Takes
    2 to 5 days
  3. Fixed scope and fee, agreed in advance

    A written scope of exactly what we will do and what it costs, before any work starts. Monthly where the work is ongoing, one-off where it is not.

    You get
    Written scope and fee
    Changes
    Discussed first, never invoiced after
  4. Handover and onboarding

    If you are switching, we write to your existing accountant for professional clearance and collect the records. You do not need to chase anyone.

    You do
    Nothing
    Takes
    Most clients live in two to three days
Working with us

Fixed fees, one point of contact, and a calendar you can see.

You will always know what a piece of work costs before it starts, who is doing it, and when it is due. If a scope changes, the fee is discussed with you first.

Who you speak to

Bilal on the first call and on every call after it. Day-to-day questions go to the client manager on your file, and both are reachable by phone and email.

Response times

We reply to every enquiry within one working day. During a filing season or an HMRC deadline we tell you in advance how we are prioritising.

Onboarding

Engagement letter, professional clearance where you are switching, records collected, deadlines calendared. Most clients are fully onboarded within two to three days.

Regulation and credentials

What the badges actually mean

These are the firm's real registrations and the status it holds. Each one can be checked with the body that issued it.

Regulated by

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Regulation by ICAEW means the firm is subject to its practice assurance, ethical standards and complaints process, and holds professional indemnity insurance.

  • Practice assurance
  • Ethical standards
  • Complaints process
  • Professional indemnity insurance
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ICAEW Authorised Training Employer

Training

ICAEW Authorised Training Employer

Authorised by ICAEW to train chartered accountants. A firm that trains has to document how it works and have that work inspected.

Software

Xero Partner

The firm is a Xero Partner and works in Xero daily across client bookkeeping, VAT and reporting. Partner status reflects the volume of client work we run on the platform and the certification our team holds.

Sharp Accountax Ltd is registered with HMRC as a tax agent. Once you authorise us as your agent, we can file your returns, see your tax records and deal with HMRC correspondence directly, so you are not the one chasing a helpline. Agent registration is an administrative status that allows a firm to act for clients; it is not an approval or endorsement by HMRC.

Our approach

Accounts are a record of the past. The reason to prepare them properly is what they let you see about the future.

A set of statutory accounts, filed correctly and on time, is the minimum a practice owes you. It is also the richest source of information most owners have about their own business, and most practices never open it again after it is filed.

We read it. Where the margin went by division. Which entity in the group is carrying which risk. What the profit extraction actually cost. Whether the R&D claim will hold up. What HMRC will see when they look. That reading is where the advisory work starts, and it is why the same person handles both.

We act for clients across care homes, healthcare & supported living, construction, trades & property services, property investors, landlords & developers, ecommerce, online retail & marketplaces, technology, saas & ai, manufacturing, installation & fit-out, wholesale, distribution, import & export, professional services, creative & events, financial services, trading & asset leasing and crypto, digital assets & web3.

Clients

In their words

We run four homes and several companies within the group, and before Sharp Accountax the bookkeeping was never in the same state twice. They took on all of it, the ledgers across every site, the payroll, the VAT, and it has been current ever since. Payroll in care is not simple: starters and leavers every month, statutory pay, agency invoices to reconcile against the rota. Bilal's team handle it without me chasing. Our statutory accounts are still filed elsewhere and Sharp Accountax work alongside that arrangement without friction. For anyone running homes across more than one site, having the day-to-day finance genuinely under control is worth a great deal.

Dr Shashi BalainCCH Group
Training and careers

An ICAEW Authorised Training Employer

We train chartered accountants. If you are starting your ACA and want to work on real files with real clients from the first month, write to us.

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