Priya Raval FCA
Founder and principal
ICAEW 8841027
Eight years in corporate tax at a top ten firm, then four watching founders get billed by the hour for asking a question. Started Northline to price the answer instead.
About
Built for people who did not want another hourly bill.
Priya Raval started Northline Accounting in 2016 after eight years in corporate tax, on the simple view that a founder should be able to ask a question without watching a clock start.
How we work
One price, one named accountant, no clock.
We do not run timesheets. Your fee is agreed before we start and it does not move because you emailed twice in a week. That changes what people tell us, and finding out about a problem in March instead of the following January is worth more than any billable hour.
340businesses on a monthly plan
99.6%of filings made before the deadline
1 dayaverage first reply, measured
£0charged for asking a question
The team
Four people. You will know which one is yours.
Your accountant is named on the engagement letter and answers your messages. Everything filed is reviewed by a second qualified pair of eyes before it goes.
Callum Byrne ACCA
Client accountant, limited companies
ACCA 3391204
Runs the year end pipeline. Reviews every set of accounts that leaves the building and explains the tax figure in plain English before you sign.
Rosa Nkemelu ACA
Client accountant, scaling
ICAEW 9012773
Former finance lead at a Manchester marketplace. Builds the management pack and the cash forecast, and says so when the runway is shorter than the plan.
Tom Brackley
Payroll and bookkeeping manager
CIPP member
Runs 90 payrolls a month without a late submission. Chases the receipts you forgot so the VAT return is right the first time.
Joining us
What the first fortnight looks like.
1
Pick a plan
Choose Sole trader, Limited or Scaling. No sales call first unless you want one.
2 min2
Sign the letter of engagement
It arrives by email. Read it, sign it on your phone. It says what we do, what it costs and how either side ends it.
3 min3
Give us read access
Invite us to Xero or QuickBooks and authorise us at HMRC. We send the exact clicks, in order.
4 min4
We write to your old accountant
Professional clearance and the handover request go out the same day. You do not need to have that conversation.
1 minRegulation
Who we answer to.
ICAEW firm 0C412887. AML supervised by ICAEW. ICO ZA774120. Xero Platinum partner. Client money is not held. Professional indemnity cover of £2m sits behind every engagement, and the certificate is on the shared drive from day one.
days left
Corporation tax payment, 31 December year end
Companies with a December year end
Due 1 October 2026
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Paper self assessment return
Anyone still filing on paper
Due 31 October 2026
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VAT return, quarter to 30 September
Quarterly VAT registered businesses
Due 7 November 2026
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Online self assessment and balancing payment
Directors, sole traders, landlords
Due 31 January 2027
Come and look at the numbers with us.
Twenty minutes, no slides, and an honest answer on whether we are the right size for you.