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Hosting, DevOps & Cloud Services

For managed hosting providers, DevOps teams and cloud service companies charging retainers, SLAs and usage-based fees via a UK limited company.

We make sense of recurring retainers, usage spikes and pass-through cloud costs.

Who is this for?

  • Managed hosting and infrastructure providers
  • DevOps and SRE consultancies on retainers
  • Cloud cost optimisation and management services
  • Companies reselling cloud services with a margin

What’s included

  • Company accounts and Corporation Tax (CT600) filing
  • Companies House accounts submission
  • 1 × director Self Assessment tax return
  • Schedules separating your margin from pass-through cloud spend
  • Basic guidance on revenue recognition for retainers & usage
Many cloud businesses are part reseller, part consultancy. We help you show your true margin, not just the large cloud bill passing through your bank account.

Typical expenses for hosting & DevOps companies

  • Cloud platform costs (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
  • Monitoring, logging and security tools
  • Engineering, SRE and support staff costs
  • Third-party licences and support contracts
  • Insurance and incident response retainers
  • Sales, account management and pre-sales engineers

Frequently asked questions

We rebill cloud costs to clients. Is that turnover?
Often the answer is “partly”. We’ll understand your contracts and whether you are principal or agent, then adopt a consistent approach which clearly shows your margin on each service line.
How do you treat retainers vs. project work?
We’ll agree a sensible approach to revenue recognition that matches how work is actually delivered — for example splitting ongoing SLA retainers from one-off build or migration projects.
We have 24/7 support obligations. Does that change anything?
It mainly affects how we explain your cost base and margins. We’ll show staff, on-call costs and tools clearly so that lenders and buyers understand the value you provide.

Hosting & DevOps package

For recurring cloud, infrastructure and DevOps service providers.

£105 + VAT / month
Company revenue up to £600k per year.
  • Company accounts & CT600
  • Companies House filing
  • 1 × director Self Assessment
  • Cloud margin & pass-through mapping

Larger or more complex setups (multiple data centres, entities, currencies) are priced individually.

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Useful add-ons:

  • Client-by-client margin analysis Add-on
  • Quarterly service line profitability review Add-on
  • Support with lender / lease finance packs Add-on