BDO Cambridge

BDO Cambridge offer the broadest range of audit, accounting, tax and advisory services delivered by locally based specialists.

BDO Cambridge

We are a team of expert accountants delivering accountancy and business support services in Cambridge and across East Anglia. We provide our clients with tax, audit, advisory services as well as outsourced services. We will invest time and effort in understanding your business and your ambitions. Our goal is to help your businesses manage growth, investment and international expansion.

We are proud of our role in supporting and advising some of the most innovative and technological local and regional businesses. We are part of the Cambridge community, working alongside private clients, founders, investors, academic institutions and global corporates. Our clients include owner-managed businesses, a private-equity-backed companies, ambitious AIM-listed businesses and international groups.
 

Cambridge's economy

The city’s economy combines world-leading innovation with established, high-value industries that anchor the wider East of England region. Together, they form a balanced and resilient business community that makes Cambridge a unique environment for growth.

We have expertise in the commercial, regulatory and funding realities facing innovation-led organisations. We provide practical advice to businesses across a range of innovative sectors;

  • Life Sciences & MedTech – including biotech, diagnostics, digital health, medical devices, robotics and TechBio (where data science and AI meet biology)
  • Technology – from semiconductors and artificial intelligence to sensors, data analytics and advanced computing
  • DeepTech – pioneering advanced materials, photonics, quantum technologies and battery innovation
  • Gaming & Interactive Media – blending creativity, engineering and digital delivery.
  • Sustainability & Environmental Technologies – driving clean energy, renewables, and circular-economy solutions
  • AgTech – covering precision agriculture, plant sciences, crop protection, robotics and food security
 

Our client base also includes the established, and economically significant, sectors in the region such as Food & Drink Production, all manufacturing, engineering and industrial production as well as Retail and Hospitality.
 

Cambridge accountants for local and international businesses

Cambridge, and the surrounding region, is one of the world’s most influential innovation centres — a place where science, technology, and entrepreneurship converge. From breakthrough academic research to globally recognised scale-ups and multinational R&D operations, Cambridge plays a defining role in the UK, European and global knowledge economy.

BDO Cambridge is one of two offices in East Anglia and 17 BDO offices across the UK. We are a key member firm of the BDO International network with accountants working in over 160 countries and in every major global business centre. Whether your accountancy needs are local, national or international we operate where you need us.
 

Our accountant services

Accountancy Support & Outsourcing

  • Outsourced finance and management reporting to free leaders to focus on innovation.
  • Payroll and salary processing for larger organisations and growing teams.
  • Scalable systems, forecasting and data dashboards to support decision-making.

Tax

  • R&D tax reliefs, Patent Box and innovation incentives.
  • SEIS, EIS and EMI share schemes for founders, investors and employees.
  • Transfer pricing and international structuring for US expansion and cross-border operations.
  • Corporate and personal tax compliance and planning aligned with growth or exit strategies.
  • Employment tax solutions for UK and internationally mobile staff.

Audit & Assurance

  • Statutory and grant audits for private, PE-backed and listed entities.
  • Internal control and governance reviews.
  • ESG and sustainability reporting assurance.

Deal Support

  • Financial and commercial due diligence for companies and investors.
  • Pre- and post-deal support, valuation and integration advice.

Consulting

  • Risk: supporting governance, controls and regulatory confidence.
  • Digital Transformation: helping businesses use technology to enhance efficiency and scalability.
  • People Advisory: aligning people strategy, culture and leadership with organisational growth.

Accountancy jobs with BDO Cambridge

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