Accountants for Restaurants in London: Companies Guide (2026)
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Acumon Chartered Accountants·13 min read
Restaurants in London often need accounting support that goes beyond year-end accounts and tax returns. Depending on the firm, services can include bookkeeping, management reporting, VAT, payroll, tronc schemes, cash flow forecasting, audit and advice for new sites or multi-site growth. This guide provides a practical overview of London accountancy firms that work with restaurants and hospitality operators rather than ranking them.
Acumon
Acumon is a UK firm of chartered accountants providing accounting, tax and financial support to restaurants, cafes, pubs, bars and other hospitality businesses. Its dedicated Hospitality & Restaurants service covers weekly flash reporting, EPOS-linked accounting, management accounts, tronc and payroll, VAT across eat-in and takeaway sales, margin reporting and cash flow forecasting.
The firm works with organisations ranging from growing owner-managed businesses and charities through to larger corporate groups and regulated entities. Audit engagements are delivered in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) and supported by a structured risk-based audit methodology.
Acumon holds a Public Interest Entity (PIE) audit licence, allowing the firm to audit listed companies and other entities subject to enhanced regulatory oversight in the United Kingdom. PIE audits are subject to additional regulatory supervision and quality requirements, and only a limited number of firms are authorised to undertake this type of work.
In addition to its UK audit registration, Acumon also holds audit licences in several international financial centres, including the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Jersey and Isle of Man. These licences enable the firm to support international corporate groups where entities are located across multiple jurisdictions.
International group structures frequently involve a combination of UK operating companies and offshore holding entities, particularly in sectors such as investment management, technology, energy and international trade. Coordinating audit and assurance work across these structures requires familiarity with cross-border financial reporting, group consolidation processes, governance arrangements and internal control environments.
For restaurant clients, the wider practice means sector accounting can sit alongside VAT, payroll, tronc, tax, audit and advisory work. This can be relevant to independent operators, growing restaurant groups and multi-site businesses that need regular management figures, better visibility of food and labour costs or more formal reporting as their activities become more complex.
Restaurant Accounting Capabilities
Acumon provides restaurant accounting services across a wide range of organisational structures and sectors.
These include:
UK limited companies and corporate groups
Public Interest Entities (PIEs) and regulated organisations
offshore holding companies and investment vehicles
Restaurant accounting engagements are typically led by senior professionals with direct involvement throughout the engagement.
Regulatory Licences and Registrations
Acumon holds several audit registrations that enable it to support organisations operating across multiple jurisdictions.
These include:
UK statutory audit registration
Public Interest Entity (PIE) audit licence
Jersey audit licence
Isle of Man audit licence
Cayman Islands audit licence
British Virgin Islands audit licence
These registrations allow the firm to provide audit services to groups that include entities in both the UK and key international financial centres.
Core Services
Acumon provides a range of services that support financial reporting and governance.
These include:
statutory external audit
group and subsidiary audits
Public Interest Entity (PIE) audits
charity and not-for-profit audit
audit of international group structures
internal audit and governance reviews
risk management and compliance support
Audit work is often delivered alongside discussions with management and boards regarding financial reporting processes and governance frameworks.
Many organisations initially encounter statutory audit requirements as they grow and exceed the audit exemption thresholds set out in the Companies Act.
Acumon works with businesses that are:
approaching their first statutory audit
preparing for external investment
expanding into international markets
operating within corporate group structures
Early engagement with an audit firm can help ensure that financial reporting systems and documentation are aligned with statutory audit requirements.
Address: 1-2 Craven Road, Ealing, London, W5 2UA, UK
HaysMac
HaysMac has a dedicated hospitality team working with restaurants, pubs, bars, hotels and leisure businesses. Its client base ranges from family-run operations to larger listed and private equity-backed organisations, giving the practice experience with different ownership structures and reporting requirements.
Restaurant and hospitality services include audit, outsourced accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and tax, together with VAT, employment tax, capital allowances and transaction support. The firm can also assist with financial and tax due diligence where restaurant groups are acquiring sites, raising investment or completing wider transactions.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Established restaurant groups, growing hospitality businesses and investor-backed operators
Moore Kingston Smith has a specialist hospitality and leisure practice serving businesses that include pubs, bars, casual dining operators and fine dining restaurants. The firm provides accounting and financial management alongside audit, tax and business advisory services.
Its hospitality expertise also covers tronc and service charge arrangements, an area with particular relevance to restaurants employing front-of-house and kitchen teams. Support can extend to capital allowances, financial management and broader business planning, allowing restaurant operators to combine recurring compliance work with advice as their sites and workforce grow.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Independent and multi-site restaurant businesses requiring accounting and tronc support
Core services: Accounting, audit, tax, financial management, tronc and capital allowances
Restaurant focus: Casual dining, fine dining, pubs, bars and hospitality groups
Fusion Accountants provides restaurant and hospitality accounting from its London practice, working with restaurants, bars, pubs, hotels and catering businesses. Its services cover both routine compliance and day-to-day finance administration, with cloud accounting forming an important part of the delivery model.
The firm handles bookkeeping, payroll, VAT and outsourced finance requirements and works with platforms including Xero, QuickBooks and FreeAgent. This approach can suit smaller and growing restaurant businesses that want their bookkeeping, payroll and tax obligations managed within the same accountancy relationship.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Independent restaurants and hospitality SMEs using cloud accounting
Core services: Bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, tax compliance and outsourced finance
Restaurant focus: Restaurants, bars, pubs, hotels and catering businesses
UHY Hacker Young works with restaurant businesses ranging from independent operators to casual dining chains and branded restaurant groups. Its restaurant sector offering combines recurring financial reporting with audit, tax and corporate advisory services.
Published services include management accounts and outsourced cloud accounting, audit and business assurance, corporate tax, VAT, PAYE, capital allowances and tronc advice. The firm can also support fundraising, due diligence, restructuring and wider corporate finance matters, making its service range relevant when a restaurant group is expanding, bringing in investors or considering a transaction.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Independent restaurants, branded chains and restaurant groups with more complex reporting needs
Address: Quadrant House, 4 Thomas More Square, London, E1W 1YW
Phone: 020 7216 4600
Streets
Streets has a hospitality and leisure practice working with restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars. Its accounting support includes statutory accounts, regular management reporting, forecasting, cash flow planning and KPI monitoring, alongside a virtual finance office for businesses wanting to outsource more of their finance function.
Restaurant-related advice also covers VAT treatment for food and alcohol, payroll, tips, gratuities and tronc arrangements. The firm addresses operational areas such as margins, stock management, site openings and franchising, which can be important as an independent restaurant develops into a larger group.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Restaurants and hospitality businesses needing outsourced finance and management reporting
Menzies works with hospitality businesses including high-end restaurants, restaurant chains and local bars. Its hospitality and leisure team combines accounting, tax and assurance services with outsourced finance and strategic advisory work.
For restaurant operators, the firm’s sector expertise includes payroll, supplier relationships, operational costs, franchising and expansion planning. This broader financial perspective can be useful where management needs more than annual compliance and wants support with budgeting, cash flow, business structure or decisions around additional locations.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Independent restaurants, multi-site groups and hospitality businesses planning expansion
Perrys provides specialist accounting services to restaurants, takeaways, pubs and bars through its London and Kent offices. Its restaurant work addresses common sector requirements such as VAT, payroll, stock management and regular financial reporting.
Services include tax and accounts planning, statutory accounts, payroll, VAT advice covering different types of food and drink sales, stocktakes, forecasting, budgeting and KPI monitoring. Audit and company secretarial support are also available, giving restaurant businesses access to both routine accounting and additional compliance services as they develop.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Independent restaurants, takeaways, pubs and bars
Xeinadin provides accounting and advisory services for restaurants and other hospitality businesses, including pubs, bars, cafes, coffee shops, hotels and takeaway operators. Its restaurant accounting work covers both ongoing financial administration and reporting requirements.
Published capabilities include bookkeeping, payroll, tax, VAT, financial reporting and audit, together with support around inventory and wider financial management. Its network structure also gives businesses access to a broader range of specialist accounting and advisory services when their requirements extend beyond day-to-day restaurant bookkeeping and compliance.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Restaurant companies seeking accounting support across day-to-day finance and formal reporting
Core services: Bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, tax, financial reporting and audit
Restaurant focus: Restaurants, cafes, pubs, bars, takeaways and hospitality groups
Address: Level 5A, Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF
Phone: 020 7383 3200
RSBC
RSBC provides accounting services to restaurants, hotels and bars from its London practice. Its hospitality work focuses heavily on the recurring financial responsibilities that independent operators and growing businesses need to manage throughout the year.
Services include bookkeeping, payroll, statutory accounts, VAT management, cash flow forecasting and tax support. For restaurants, this combination covers areas such as payroll administration, VAT reporting and maintaining sufficiently current financial information to monitor operating performance and prepare for upcoming tax liabilities.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Independent restaurants and small to mid-sized hospitality businesses
Address: 11 Approach Road, Raynes Park, London, SW20 8BA
Phone: 020 8544 9355
Goodman Jones
Goodman Jones works with leisure and hospitality businesses including restaurants, hotels, gyms and entertainment venues. Its hospitality accounting work covers both routine reporting and financial issues that arise when an operator is opening, acquiring, refinancing or disposing of sites.
Services relevant to restaurants include management reporting, cash flow forecasting, payroll, VAT, audit and accounts. The firm also advises on business performance, capital allowances, site acquisitions and disposals, refinancing and international expansion, giving growing operators access to support around both restaurant finances and wider corporate decisions.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Growing restaurant and hospitality groups dealing with new sites, financing or expansion
Core services: Accounts, audit, management reporting, payroll, VAT, cash flow forecasting and business advisory
Restaurant focus: Restaurant profitability, site growth, financing and financial reporting
Address: 1st Floor, Arthur Stanley House, 40-50 Tottenham Street, London, W1T 4RN
Phone: 020 7388 2444
RSM UK
RSM UK’s leisure and hospitality practice works across restaurants, casual dining, pubs, bars and other consumer-facing hospitality businesses. Its sector team includes London-based audit specialists with experience of multi-site casual dining and international hospitality groups.
The firm’s broader offering covers audit, tax and advisory work, making it more relevant to restaurant businesses with formal audit requirements, multiple entities or investor involvement than operators seeking bookkeeping alone. Transaction, reporting and business advisory capabilities can also support groups going through expansion, financing or structural change.
Accounts and Legal provides online accounting services to restaurants, bars, hotels and other hospitality businesses. Its hospitality work addresses areas including VAT, payroll, tips and tronc arrangements as well as the routine bookkeeping needed to keep financial records current.
The firm has a strong cloud accounting focus and works with Xero, while its outsourced processes can cover bookkeeping, invoice processing and supplier payments. This model can suit smaller and growing restaurants that want to move finance administration away from spreadsheets and bring bookkeeping, payroll and tax compliance into a more integrated system.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Small and growing restaurants moving to outsourced or cloud-based accounting
Core services: Online accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, tronc support and tax compliance
Restaurant focus: Restaurants, bars and hospitality businesses using cloud accounting
Contact Information:
Website: accountsandlegal.co.uk
Address: The Hop Exchange, 24 Southwark Street, South Bank, London, SE1 1TY
Phone: 020 7043 4000
Forvis Mazars
Forvis Mazars works across the food and beverage sector, including restaurant businesses, through a combination of accounting, audit, tax and advisory services. Its offering can cover both recurring financial reporting and more complex requirements associated with financing, transactions and business change.
Services include accounting and outsourcing, payroll, audit, tax compliance, management information and finance function support. The firm also provides due diligence, M&A and strategic advisory services, making its scope particularly relevant to established restaurant groups that require corporate-level reporting or advice around investment and transactions.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Established restaurant and food businesses requiring accounting alongside audit or corporate advisory
Core services: Accounting, outsourcing, payroll, audit, tax, due diligence and advisory
Restaurant focus: Food and beverage businesses, restaurant groups and finance function support
Gravita’s hospitality work includes audit and technical accounting support for restaurant businesses, including multi-site and private equity-backed groups. Its published restaurant-focused guidance addresses areas such as lease accounting under FRS 102, an important consideration for operators with substantial site portfolios.
The wider practice provides audit, tax, managed business services and advisory work. For restaurant groups with formal reporting requirements, its expertise can extend to lease accounting readiness, audit support, covenant assessments and technical financial reporting rather than being limited to routine year-end compliance.
Key Facts
Ideal for: Multi-site and investor-backed restaurant groups with audit or technical reporting requirements
Core services: Audit, technical accounting, tax, managed business services and advisory
Restaurant focus: Restaurant groups with leases, formal reporting and more complex accounting requirements
Accountants for restaurants in London differ in both the type of hospitality clients they serve and the depth of their services. Some practices concentrate on bookkeeping, payroll, VAT and year-end accounts for independent operators, while others provide management reporting, tronc support, audit, transaction services and finance function outsourcing for larger or multi-site groups.
The appropriate choice depends on the restaurant’s size, number of locations, reporting requirements and internal finance resources. Operators may also need to consider whether they require specialist support with areas such as tronc schemes, food and drink VAT, stock and margin reporting, cash flow forecasting, leases, funding or expansion into additional sites.
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Written by the Acumon team
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