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LyttelSoft

Accountant · Lyttelton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 245 Christchurch accountants.

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Checked12 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
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LyttelSoft

Accountant · Lyttelton, Christchurch

Where you stand#72of 245 accountants
Overall health7.1/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

LyttelSoft is a small accounting firm based in Lyttelton offering bookkeeping and Xero-based accounting solutions for small to medium businesses. The team combines a highly efficient bookkeeper with an approachable accountant who explains tax compliance in plain English. They are members of relevant New Zealand bookkeeping and payroll bodies and state they keep current with tax laws and have links with Inland Revenue.

LyttelSoft is a small accounting practice located in Lyttelton that focuses on Xero-based accounting solutions for small to medium businesses. The team is described as a tight-knit group including an efficient bookkeeper and an accountant who communicates tax matters in plain English. They note membership of national bookkeeping and payroll associations.

Services centre on bookkeeping, tax compliance and broader accounting support tailored to smaller firms. The practice highlights its use of Xero and an emphasis on practical accounting solutions that work for day-to-day operations. Professional memberships listed include the Institute of Certified NZ Bookkeepers, the Accountants and Tax Agents of New Zealand, and the New Zealand Payroll Practitioners Association.

Customers tend to find the team friendly, approachable and straightforward in their explanations. Reviews describe staff as easy-going and capable of breaking self-employed accounts down into terms clients can understand. That client experience aligns with the practice description of plain-English advice and an efficient approach to keeping records and compliance in order.

Locally, LyttelSoft presents as a compact, professional option for Lyttelton businesses that want straightforward accounting support. The combination of a focused bookkeeping service, plain-language tax guidance and stated links with Inland Revenue offers a practical, community-minded choice for small to medium enterprises in the area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

LyttelSoft's Google Business Listing shows strong overall health with a score of 8.7 out of 10, indicating solid completeness and visibility. The listing has essential details present and verified, with clear contact methods. The two key findings are: the listing website link is live and the listing is claimed and open-for-business, supporting easy access for potential customers.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
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    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover this market better than the middle of the field, so you appear in most of the searches your competitors appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.8Strong
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From the business

We are a small company consisting of a highly efficient bookkeeper, and an easy to talk to accountant who uses plain English to explain tax compliance. This makes for a professional team who can cover all your accounting needs. We are members of the New Zealand Bookkeepers Association, the Accountants and Tax Agents of New Zealand, and the New Zealand Payroll Practitioners Association. We thrive on keeping up to date with tax laws. We even have a good relationship with our Inland revenue community compliance officer!

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

LyttelSoft shows solid health with room to improve in Google reviews. The overall health score sits at 5.1 out of 10, suggesting average performance within the local market and potential for growth. A standout is the high star rating, indicating strong customer satisfaction, while engagement and review volume remain areas to build on for a stronger online profile.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
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    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
5.9Room to grow
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Google reviewsChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

LyttelSoft shows a healthy Google Maps presence with a score of 7.5 out of 10, indicating solid visibility overall and in the local borough. The strongest performance comes from top ranking keywords for Lyttelton and Christchurch, including leading terms like accountant and accounting firm. There is room to further improve aggregate visibility across multiple suburbs.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Top opportunity

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
7.7Good
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1Top three for "payroll service" in 4 suburbs, seen in 8
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Lyttelton Port Company Limited4.2 ★ (165) · Accountant
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GamePlan Bookkeeping & Payroll5.0 ★ (9) · Accountant
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Get Summed Up5.0 ★ (1) · Accountant
Map positionsChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #56 for map positions
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Where customers find you

LyttelSoft shows an average health rating with room for stronger social presence. Current strengths include a recognised Facebook profile with very high trust and an up-to-date LinkedIn listing, which support local credibility and professional visibility.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
5.0Room to grow
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InstagramNo account found1
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YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.0Strong
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LyttelSoft's accounting, payroll & business solutions allow for simple & effortless daily financial management3
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☎ +64 3-328 8671✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #50 for your Facebook page
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Your website

The on-page health for LyttelSoft shows a 4.7 out of 10, indicating room for improvement. Key strengths include a relevant meta description, a clear H1 tag, a compact page size under 256KB, sufficient character count, and no use of frames. The main opportunities focus on meta description absence, improving on-page SEO score, refining the title tag, adding a favicon, and fixing mixed content issues.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.
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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
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    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

LyttelSoft shows a low overall website traffic health with several clear gaps in organic and paid traffic. The strongest signal is the need to build organic visibility and local relevance, while paid activity remains minimal. Focus should be on content quality, on-page SEO basics, and small, targeted paid tests to start capturing potential customers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
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lyttelsoft.co.nzXERO - we do accounting solutions that work for small to ...

We provide a range of accounting services for individuals, partnerships, companies and trusts. We will assist you to fulfill your tax obligations. Read more

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Google search and trafficChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #144 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

LyttelSoft's published hours align well with mid-week demand, particularly on Thursday mornings and afternoons, but miss several popular weekend windows. The firm is open during high-demand Thursday slots (9am-3pm) and records no low-demand open hours, which is efficient. However, remaining closed across multiple peak weekend hours suggests potential revenue loss from small-business clients searching on weekends.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.8Strong
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-4:30pm
Tuesday8:30am-4:30pm
Wednesday8:30am-4:30pm
Thursday8:30am-4:30pm
Friday8:30am-4:30pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#72of 245 Christchurch accountants
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Christchurch accountantsOverall · 245 businesses
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