Keepmore of what you've built.
Accounts, reporting, a fractional CFO and tax advice for companies and founders across the UK and Europe.
- Fellow of the ICAEW (UK)
- Big Four trained
- Twenty years in investment banking and asset management
- Lisbon, Portugal
What we do.
Fixed fees, agreed before we start. Every engagement opens with a free 15-minute scoping call.
Reporting & Accounts
The numbers your business runs on, every month, in English.
- Monthly reporting packfrom €450 / month
- Reporting pack Plusfrom €750 / month
- Group reporting to a foreign parentpriced per group
- UK company accounts and corporation taxfrom £1,500 / year
Fractional CFO
Partner-level finance leadership, without a full-time hire.
- CFO Corefrom €4,500 / month
- CFO Growthfrom €9,000 / month
- CFO Strategicby quote
Tax & Advisory
Clear answers on the questions that cost money when they go wrong.
- DAC8 Exposure Reportfrom €850
- Digital asset tax position reportfrom €1,500
- IFICI / NHR positioningfrom €1,500
- Founder tax-defence audit€2,500
Foreign-owned companies
Subsidiaries in Portugal and Europe that need monthly numbers and parent reporting in English.
Founders who have relocated
Company owners in Portugal, Spain and beyond who want one practice that sees the whole picture.
UK companies run from abroad
UK accounts, corporation tax and self assessment, handled by a UK chartered accountant.
Two kinds of coverage.
Accounts, tax and reporting
UK, Portugal, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus and Switzerland.
Reporting and fractional CFO
Germany, Italy, Greece, Malta and France. Your statutory books stay with your local accountant; we work alongside them.
Every line checked. Every output signed.
AI reconciles and cross-checks every line. A chartered accountant reviews and signs every output.
AI tooling reconciles and cross-checks every line.
Every number ties to the document that proves it.
Reviewed and signed by a chartered accountant.
The work is filed and stays current for when the question comes.
An accountancy practice in Lisbon.
Keepstone was founded by Ben Taylor FCA. Big Four trained, then twenty years in investment banking, asset management and finance transformation, including senior roles at ABN AMRO, RBS and Citco. We moved to Portugal and dealt with the cross-border maze ourselves. Keepstone is the practice we wanted as clients.
Prices exclude VAT. Every fee is fixed before we start. No lock-in on monthly work.
Ask for a fixed quoteStraight answers.
Yes, in the UK, Portugal, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus and Switzerland. In Portugal your certified accountant (contabilista certificado) signs and files; we prepare the numbers and the English reporting around them. Elsewhere in Europe we provide reporting and CFO support alongside your local accountant.
Usually, yes. Your local accountant keeps the statutory books and filings. We give you the monthly reporting, the analysis and the senior finance support they do not offer.
Monthly reporting from €450, fractional CFO from €4,500 a month, UK company accounts from £1,500 a year. Every fee is fixed after a free 15-minute scoping call. Ask us for a fixed quote.
No. Monthly work rolls month to month.
A Fellow of the ICAEW reviews and signs every output.
Portuguese clients pay Portuguese VAT. Business clients elsewhere in the EU account for VAT themselves under the reverse charge. UK and Swiss clients pay no Portuguese VAT.
Start with a 15-minute call.
Book a free scoping call