Why getting help with your accounts makes business sense
We have been providing bookkeeping services to business owners for more than 18 years and the bookkeepers in our team work to support businesses who want to have more control over their finances to enable them to grow.
- Would you like more time to run your business?
- Would you like peace of mind knowing that your accounts are organised, up to date and accurate?
- Would you like to know how your business is doing month on month and not after your financial year is over?
- Would you like to know there is a friendly person on the end of the phone who can help you?
Our business can provide your business with all that and more.
All businesses need to keep an annual record of their income and their business expenses in order to report them to HMRC through a tax return if they are a sole trader, through partnership accounts if their business is a partnership or through statutory accounts if they are a limited company.
It is important, therefore, that businesses keep regular and accurate records of their business income and expenses so that they do not pay too much tax or perhaps put something through their business which is not allowable.
It is also important to know how your business is doing month on month so you can monitor your income and expenses regularly and make adjustments as needed. Seeing your income grow month by month encourages development and increasing your net profit means you will receive a bigger income from your business.
Outsource your accounts
If you are a small business you probably can't afford to employ someone in your business to keep track of your income and expenses. Perhaps you think you can save money on by doing it yourself. Of course it will be cheaper than paying someone else but that's only if you don't monitor the time you spend and calculate the cost based on what you could be earning. Accounts software companies may advertise that you can prepare your accounts with just a press of a button but we have been working with business owners for many years and we know that accurate accounts are not produced that simply.
Bookkeeping is an easily outsourced task and it releases your time to do more income generating work. There are also added benefits to outsourcing. Here are 6 of the key benefits we give our clients.
We give business owners back time
No more time spent on that chore of updating the accounts every day, week, month, quarter or year. It is a time consuming task if you leave it too long. We ensure accounts are kept up to date regularly be it weekly, monthly or quarterly and having a routine of knowing when it will be done makes it so much less draining on your time.
We give business owners peace of mind
Good bookkeeping is vital and we know what we are doing. We know what can be claimed and what can't so there are no concerns by the business owner about losing out on tax savings or being caught claiming something that shouldn't have been.
We save businesses money
You might think paying someone to do your bookkeeping is an expense you just can't afford. Bookkeeping is what we do so we do it efficiently and not only will it cost you less than you anticipate we may even identify costs savings for you.
We meet all deadlines
If you are VAT registered you will never have to think about that deadline again. We will remember it, we will remind you, we will submit it and we will tell you what you will have to pay and when.
We care
We build up relationships with our clients. We want our clients to feel we are part of their business, not just someone who is crunching numbers. We listen to them, we talk to them, we tell them about changes which will affect them and we advise them when we think there is something they need to do.
You will always have our support
There will always be someone in our bookkeeping team to help you. We have a team because we know our business owners want the reassurance that their accounts will be completed and their deadlines met. If their allocated bookkeeper is not available for a period of time another bookkeeper will work with them.
We work with VAT registered and non VAT registered businesses who need between 0.5 and 2 days support each month or up to 6 hours quarterly. If you don't know how much support you need we can advise you once you tell us about your business and what you would like help with.
We don't tie you in to long contracts or notice periods so if you find it doesn't work for you just have to tell us and you can carry on as before.
Find out more about how we can help you by watching our video about our bookkeeping and VAT services.