About

BlockBooks is a firm of Chartered Accountants specialising in UK cryptocurrency tax for individuals and accounting practices nationwide.

BlockBooks turns complex wallet and exchange histories into clear capital gains calculations, crypto income summaries and supporting tax reports. Its work covers everything from straightforward investing to high-volume trading, DeFi, staking, liquidity pools, bridging and NFTs.

The service combines detailed transaction reconciliation with experienced accountant review, clear explanations and transparent pricing. BlockBooks also works alongside other accountants, providing specialist crypto tax calculations and working papers while they retain the wider client relationship.

Experience and qualifications

BlockBooks is led by Tim Whitehouse, a Chartered Accountant who qualified with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) in 2008. He has over 20 years’ experience in accountancy and business finance.

Tim trained at EY, starting in audit before progressing to Manager in Transaction Support. His experience includes acquisition due diligence, restructurings and stock market transactions. He subsequently built and sold a cloud accounting practice serving more than 300 clients.

He brings this background in financial investigation, accounting systems and tax compliance to complex cryptocurrency records. His approach emphasises careful reconciliation, documented professional judgement and clear reporting.

BlockBooks Accounting Ltd is regulated by ICAS and works to professional standards of integrity, objectivity, competence and confidentiality.

Client focus

BlockBooks primarily serves UK individual cryptocurrency investors, active traders and people with complex DeFi or NFT activity. Clients range from those with a small number of investments to those with multiple wallets, exchanges and substantial transaction histories spanning several tax years.

The firm also provides specialist crypto tax support to accounting practices across the UK.

Service offerings

BlockBooks can assist with:

  • UK cryptocurrency Capital Gains Tax calculations and reports

  • Crypto income calculations and summaries

  • Wallet and exchange transaction reconciliation

  • Missing transaction and cost-basis investigation

  • High-volume and multi-year crypto transaction histories

  • DeFi, decentralised exchange trading and token swaps

  • Staking, lending, yield farming and liquidity pools

  • Cross-chain bridging and wrapped tokens

  • NFTs, mining, airdrops and token rewards

  • Section 104 pooling, same-day and 30-day matching

  • SA108 capital gains schedules and Self Assessment working papers

  • Specialist outsourced crypto tax support for accounting firms

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