Eliciq Watch — for UK accounting practices

Know which clients to act on.
Have the letter ready.

Eliciq Watch monitors UK regulatory change continuously and tells your practice which specific clients are affected — then prepares the client communication, file note, and billable engagement scope, queued for your approval each Monday morning.

Three regulatory niches monitored — Employment Law, HMRC & MTD, Companies House & AML
Portfolio-aware briefings — not what changed, but which of your clients it affects
Action queue ready before 07:00 every Monday. Nothing sends without your approval.
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regulatory bodies monitored continuously across three UK accounting niches
£0
to start — free tier includes one niche, one briefing per month, no card required
07:00
every Monday morning — briefing in your inbox before your first client call
How it works

Intelligence. Then action.

Most intelligence tools stop at the briefing. Eliciq Watch closes the gap between knowing about a regulatory change and billing a client for acting on it.

Layer 1 — available now
Regulatory intelligence

Three-agent pipeline monitors HMRC, ACAS, Companies House, ICAEW, ACCA, CIOT, FCA, NCA, and HM Treasury continuously. Every Monday it tells you not just what changed — but which of your specific clients it affects and by when.

  • Employment Law, HMRC & MTD, Companies House & AML — all three niches in one briefing
  • Industry lenses for agricultural, construction, and hospitality client bases (Partner tier)
  • Peer-validated signals — community annotation shows what other practices found most relevant
  • Primary source only — gov.uk, hmrc.gov.uk, acas.org.uk, legislation.gov.uk
Layer 2 — design partner programme
Action engine

For each affected client, the system prepares the client communication in your practice voice, the compliance file note, and the suggested billable engagement scope — queued for one-click approval. The workflow between knowing about a change and billing for acting on it disappears.

  • Client communications drafted in your practice voice and branding
  • Compliance file notes auto-generated per affected client
  • Suggested billable engagement scope and fee for partner review
  • Nothing sends without approval — every item reviewed before it leaves

The action engine is being built with a small cohort of design partner practices. Ten places available. See below.

The Monday morning dashboard
Three minutes. Every engagement actioned.

Your partner opens the dashboard Monday morning. Three regulatory changes from the past week. Fourteen clients affected. Fourteen client communications drafted. Fourteen file notes ready. £6,200 in billable engagements queued. One click approves and sends. That is the session.

Approve all or review individually — your call every time
Edit any communication before it sends
Nothing leaves without your sign-off
Every approved action logged to your compliance record
Watch queue — Meridian Accounting
⚡ Employment Rights Act 2025 — Day-one paternity rights now live 7 clients affected
Blackthorn Construction Ltd Tier 1 — action required

Hi David, the Employment Rights Act 2025 introduced day-one paternity and parental leave rights from 6 April. Your employment contracts will need updating — we'd recommend a brief review engagement to ensure compliance before your next new hire. We've set out the scope below.

Est. engagement: £350–450
Hargreaves Catering Group Tier 1 — action required

Hi Sarah, day-one rights under the Employment Rights Act 2025 are now live. Given your workforce profile — predominantly zero-hours and part-time — this change has immediate implications for your contracts and onboarding process.

Est. engagement: £280–380
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In queue this week
£6,200
Billable scope queued
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Regulatory changes

Buttons are illustrative — action engine launching with design partners

This week's intelligence

What your practice received this Monday.

Three niches. Three briefings. Delivered before 07:00 every Monday. Read them here — no sign-up required.

⚡ This week's priority signal Week of 9 June 2026

As of April 6 2026, UK employees now have day-one rights to paternity leave and unpaid parental leave under the Employment Rights Act 2025. Employers must ensure compliance by updating onboarding procedures and employment contracts immediately.

February 2026 — Industrial action law changes under ERA 2025 extend mandates' validity to 12 months. Affects risk management for businesses facing trade union negotiations.

April 6 2026 — Formation of the Fair Work Agency centralises UK labour market enforcement under the Department for Business and Trade. Heightened compliance scrutiny expected on NMW and statutory entitlements.

April 2026 — Updated sponsor licence record-keeping (Appendix D) now requires proof that sponsored workers are informed of employment rights. Non-compliance is grounds for licence revocation.

April 2026 — Statutory Sick Pay reforms now require payroll/HR system alignment with updated rates.

Flexible Working Enforcement — Fair Work Agency building capacity; escalation likely if non-compliance reports rise
Trade Union Relations — Further updates scheduled by July 2026; watch DBT announcements
Pay Gap Reporting — Ethnicity and disability reporting legislation under consultation; drafting signalled Q3 2026
1. Revise all employment contracts to include day-one paternity/parental leave rights using CIPD/ERA 2025 wording
2. Audit sponsored worker documentation — ensure explicit written evidence of rights communicated (gov.uk Appendix D guidance)
3. Prepare Fair Work Agency evidence pack — NMW records, SSP alignment, flexible working compliance
⚡ This week's priority signal Week of 9 June 2026

From April 6 2026, MTD for Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) begins mandatory enforcement for sole traders and landlords with gross combined income exceeding £50,000. Quarterly updates replace the annual tax return. Penalties are deferred for late submissions in Year 1, but software compliance and record-keeping are required now.

April 6 2026 — Phase 1 of MTD ITSA commences. Sole traders and landlords over the £50k threshold must report quarterly via MTD-compatible software, with a final declaration post year-end.

July 21 2025 — Revised rollout schedule confirmed. Threshold drops to £30k in April 2027 and £20k in April 2028. Advisory scope expands significantly at each stage.

Penalties — HMRC confirms no penalties for late quarterly submissions in 2026/27. Late payment penalty evolution continues alongside compliance rollout.

Q1 submission deadlines for 2026/27: Q1 (Apr–Jul) due 7 August 2026 · Q2 (Jul–Oct) due 7 November 2026 · End-of-Period Statement due after 5 April 2027.

Software & bridging tool compatibility — HMRC's approved software list published, but compatibility for older accounting systems unresolved. Watch gov.uk MTD ITSA guidance ahead of the August 7 first deadline
Exemption criteria for £30k threshold — HM Treasury analysing deferral cases; no final criteria published. SME legal challenges possible
Partnerships — excluded from Phase 1 but HMRC signals future inclusion post-2028. No consultation published yet
1. Review client portfolios by income threshold — identify every sole trader and landlord above £50k gross income; confirm software readiness and bridging tool compatibility now, before the August 7 Q1 deadline
2. Build quarterly update infrastructure — set up recurring calendar blocks for Q1–Q4 submission windows; confirm your practice management software submits via MTD-compatible API not bridging spreadsheets
3. Client communications on Year 1 penalty waiver — write to affected clients now clarifying that penalties are deferred but records and software must be compliant from April 6; avoid clients assuming "no penalty = no urgency"
⚡ This week's priority signal Week of 9 June 2026

April 20 2026 — Companies House has fully phased out WebFiling and paper submissions under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2024. All filings now require commercial software. Practices not yet migrated face operational delays and potential compliance exposure.

March 26 2026 — Draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 published. Strengthens AML controls on cryptoassets and introduces a changes-in-control regime. Practices advising crypto-related firms must update onboarding and CDD procedures now.

April 1 2026 — HMRC closed its Companies House filing services. Manual filings or outdated platforms risk rejection. Confirm all tools meet current HMRC-recognised criteria.

November 18 2025 — Mandatory identity verification for all company presenters at Companies House implemented. Enforcement is intensifying through 2026. Client education is critical — non-compliance by presenters creates practice-level exposure.

April 20 2026 — WebFiling and paper submission service fully retired. Full digital transition now in force.

Companies House ID verification enforcement — Fines for non-compliance expected to intensify in Q3 2026 as grace period ends. Watch Companies House announcements weekly
Digital filing mandate expansion — From April 2027, all paper submissions fully replaced. Practices with legacy workflows need migration plans now
Crypto AML enforcement — Draft 2026 Regulations signal wider enforcement on cryptoasset advisory; further guidance expected via Parliament publications. Watch gov.uk consultations
1. Audit draft 2026 AML Regulations against your CDD procedures — download the March 26 draft from gov.uk and cross-reference your cryptoasset client onboarding steps and changes-in-control processes; flag gaps to your MLRO
2. Verify all filing software is HMRC-recognised — confirm your practice's Companies House submission tools passed the April 1 transition; contact vendors directly if uncertain; do not wait for a rejected filing to find out
3. Write to all presenter clients on identity verification — proactively confirm they have completed Companies House identity verification; document the communication; enforcement is sharpening in Q4 and a client's failure can reflect on the practice's AML record

This is what Practice tier subscribers receive every Monday across all three niches.

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Industry lenses

Your client mix, in your briefing.

Partner tier subscribers choose up to two industry lenses. Each lens adds a specialist briefing layer covering the regulatory issues specific to clients in that sector — built for practices with concentrated sector exposure.

Partner tier
Farming & agriculture

Agricultural property relief, BPS to SFI transition, inheritance tax changes for farming estates, and rural business PAYE implications.

Partner tier
Construction & housebuilding

CIS compliance, VAT reverse charge, building safety legislation, IR35 for subcontractors, and housebuilding planning reform updates.

Partner tier
Hospitality & leisure

Tips and gratuities legislation, business rates relief, National Living Wage impact modelling, and VAT treatment for hospitality services.

Industry lenses available on Partner tier (£149/month). More lenses in development — suggest a sector →

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Common questions

Quick answers.

How is this different from just asking ChatGPT?

A generic AI prompt tells you what changed in employment law. Eliciq Watch tells you which of your specific clients it affects, by when, and what you should do about it this week. That requires knowing your client base — which a general-purpose chatbot doesn't.

What sources does it actually monitor?

Primary sources only — gov.uk, hmrc.gov.uk, acas.org.uk, legislation.gov.uk, Companies House announcements, ICAEW, ACCA, CIOT, FCA, NCA, and HM Treasury. No aggregators, no second-hand summaries.

How does portfolio awareness work?

You configure your client profile during onboarding — sector mix, size, key regulatory exposures. The system maps each regulatory change against that profile and surfaces only the changes that affect clients in your book.

What is the annotation flywheel?

Every briefing item can be annotated — relevant, not relevant, or unsure — by subscribers. When five or more practices annotate the same item, community signals appear alongside it. Over time, the briefings improve based on what the practice community finds most useful.

Is the free tier really free forever?

Yes. One niche, one briefing per month, no card required. It is not a trial — it does not expire. Upgrade when the value is clear to you.

What is the design partner programme?

Ten accounting practices working directly with us to build the action engine — the layer that prepares client communications and billable engagement scopes for approval. Design partners get three months of full access free in exchange for honest feedback and one short call per month.

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