Merlin Accountancy Services Ltd

08/04/2026

A well-paid doorman might seem inefficient. Their job includes greeting guests, helping with luggage and hailing taxis. A manager might conclude that guests are perfectly capable of doing these things themselves. So why pay someone to do it?

Our next blog explores this in something called the "Doorman Fallacy" and what you can learn from it.

Let’s imagine you’re in London for a weekend. You’ll see elegant hotels - perhaps you’ll be lucky enough to stay in one. You’ll sense the quiet prestige of

18/02/2026

She's done it again, Karen's written another blog. This time its all about Gift Aid and how charities are missing out on valuable funds, from people not ticking the Gift Aid box when making donations.

.....by ticking the Gift Aid box when making donations to charities.

22/12/2025

Friday saw us put down our pens and calculators, and instead we documented our Christmas lunch and calculated the calories of roast potatoes.
We hope you all have a great Christmas and New Year, and we'll see you in January.

19/12/2025

Can you guess whose jumper belongs to whom?

08/12/2025

What another exciting and busy year this has been!

We would just like to wish all our clients, their families and our followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Please note that the office is closed from 4:30pm on Friday 19th December and opens again fully on Monday 5th January.

Our emails won't be monitored during this time and the office mobile will be having a rest too. All messages will be answered when we return in the New Year.

31/10/2025

Today we celebrate 20 years of Merlin Accountancy Services Ltd.

Named in memory of Merlin, the much-loved family flat-coated retriever, we like to think he would approve of the steady paws and calm heads we've brought to supporting clients over the years.

If you spot a wagging tail in our anniversary image, that’s why.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey. We’ve shared a short blog with some fond memories and milestones.

02/10/2025

The Angela Rayner story last month got us thinking. Where do our clients get their tax advice from? When's a good time - or a bad time - to get the views of that bloke down the pub? The answer is in our next blog.

Last month, Angela Rayner resigned her plumb job as deputy prime minister. She’ll also need to make good on the £40,000 she underpaid in stamp duty on a