Personal Finances

Taxing and opting out of Winter Fuel Payments -

14 August 2025

Spotlight on -
Changes to Tax from April 2025

We need your accounts records and personal tax information.

Yesterday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Spring Statement. We have sifted through the details and hope the following review, which we feel will be the most significant to our clients, will be helpful.

Further information has been released by the Government on the increase in the trading allowance rate and when this will come into effect, but beware; the £3,000 is not a tax relief increase, only an administrative increase.

If you are a taxpayer and you are concerned that you cannot pay your tax bill on time, you have the option to set up an online “time to pay” arrangement with HMRC.  This means you can spread the cost of you tax bill over a period of 6-12 months, helping improve cash flow.

Our pocket guide to 2025/26 tax rates will help you make sense of all the different areas of tax and how they might affect you. This useful guide outlines the tax rates for the next financial year.

2025 has been a mixed year, so far. The winners of 2023 and 2024 are not currently faring so well, with US stocks lagging behind Europe and the UK as the “Magnificent 7” technology companies decline in value.

It is widely anticipated that HMRC enquiry levels will start to increase in the coming months as the new Government continue to face budgetary pressures.  Therefore, if you do not currently have cover, we suggest you give this service some consideration.

4 March 2025

A Rollercoaster Start to the Year -
2025 has begun with the market’s focus flipping between different topics at a lightning pace. Firstly, government bond yields spiked higher and created alarm about budget deficits. However, lower inflation data made those fears subside and led to a strong rally...