About us

DTL was set up in 2002. Since then, it has been an interesting and exciting journey, building relationships with new clients and growing with them. We are pleased to say that, in spite of the economic challenges of our time, we are continuing to attract a steady stream of new clients to our practice.

Our real expertise is working with the directors and shareholders of small and medium-sized limited companies. The team have, individually, spent decades working with these sorts of firms. We have experience of working with businesses at all stages of development – helping them to start up, grow and mature, before planning for their tax-efficient transfer to the next generation, or their external sale.

As a result, we can anticipate the problems facing and opportunities available to small businesses. We help our clients to avoid making many of the mistakes made by other small businesses. We feel that this gives our clients a competitive advantage over other existing and new businesses in their sector.

It is accepted that 80% of businesses fail in the first 5 years, even in a buoyant economy. We strive to ensure our clients are in the 20%, which succeed and flourish.

Business Types

DTL can provide you with all the support you need, whether you are a:

• Start-up
• Sole trader
• Partnership or Limited liability partnership
• Limited company
• Personal tax client

We act for a vast range of small and medium-sized businesses, up to about £5m turnover and 100 staff.

Business Sectors

DTL clients come from a wide variety of business sectors, including the following:

• Construction (inc. sub-contractors)
• Electrical and plumbing services
• Nursery and pre-school education
• IT and management consultancy
• Marketing
• Cleaning
• Online sales
• Fitness clubs
• Gardening
• Property maintenance
• Import/export
• Manufacturing
• Mobile phone services
• Healthcare
• Lawyers
• Architects
• Environmental services

Supporting the Local Community

We prepare annual accounts for a local charity, through the local church, which supports a Tanzanian hospital.