Do you claim the household-costs share for childminders?

Yes, worked out on your actual hours. It is the recognised HMRC approach for childminders and a common area where a generalist under-claims, so we make sure it is complete and defensible.

I have never claimed my expenses properly. Can you help?

Yes, and it is where childminders lose the most. We make sure the household share, food, equipment, mileage and training are all claimed, which lowers the profit you are taxed on.

Can you sort my first year as a childminder?

Yes. We register you with HMRC, set up simple records, and file your first return with the full expense claim, so you start on a sound footing.

How much do you charge?

A fixed fee agreed before any work starts, scaled to your situation. Tell us how you childmind and we will give you a firm price and a deadline.

Accountants for Childminders

Written and reviewed by the Childcare Accountants editorial team. Last reviewed 29 July 2026.

We act for registered childminders: the tax return, the bookkeeping, and the household-costs and food claims most childminders under-use. One firm that understands how childminding is actually taxed.

Everything is a fixed fee, agreed in writing before any work starts. No hourly billing, no charge for a question, and nothing taken until you approve the quote.

What We Handle

Registration with HMRC if you are just starting, your Self Assessment return, and the bookkeeping behind it. We work out the household-costs share on your real hours, claim the food, equipment, mileage and training, and get your profit and your tax right.

We also handle Making Tax Digital as it reaches you, and where relevant the question of whether a limited company would suit a larger childminding setup.

Where a Childminder's Tax Is Different

Childminding is taxed from home, which brings the household-costs method a generalist rarely applies well, and it is food-and-equipment heavy in a way ordinary self-employment is not. Those two things are where childminders overpay, by claiming too little.

Because this is the work here, the return is built around how childminding actually works, so the claim is complete and defensible rather than cautious and thin.

How It Runs

You send your income records and receipts, or a simple log where receipts are impractical, in one go. We do the work, show you the numbers before anything is filed, and submit once you are happy. Anti-money-laundering identity checks come first, as at any UK firm.

Take just the annual return, or year-round bookkeeping too, which keeps the household and food claims straight and makes Making Tax Digital a non-event when it lands.

What It Costs

A fixed fee, quoted before we begin, based on what your situation needs. A single childminder's return is at the lower end, and we tell you the price before you commit, with nothing charged until you approve it.

To get a price, tell us how you childmind and we will come back with a fixed quote and a deadline.