We will help you to get up and running if you’re thinking
of starting a business.
Business start-up
We can advise on the best and most tax efficient business
structure for you.
If required we can then form a company for you and deal
with all the initial red tape, advising HM Revenue & Customs
of the new business, registering the business for VAT, and
if necessary appointing directors and issuing shares.
We will help you to know where your business is, where it's going and how it will get there.
Budgets and Forecasts
We can produce a budget for your business for the coming
year based on expectations and assumptions about sales and
the associated costs. We can then add a cash flow forecast
so that you can see whether you are likely to suffer cash
shortages during the year as these can be managed most
easily if they are known about in advance.
Management accounts
As the year progresses we can take your raw bookkeeping data
and produce management accounts monthly or quarterly in a
format chosen by you to ensure that the information you need
for decision making is always there when you need it. A
comparison of these figures to the budget is a great way to
identify problems so that they can be dealt with.
We will help you to keep control of who owes you money so that you get paid on time for work that you’ve carried out.
Bookkeeping
We can help you to set up an effective bookkeeping system
using spreadsheets or a software package and help you to get
started.
Alternatively, we can take over your bookkeeping to enable
you to concentrate on other aspects of your business.
We can also assist with invoicing your customers, producing
statements and helping with credit control to ensure that
you are paid for work that you have carried out.
We will make sure that you’re paying the right amount of tax
and are claiming everything that you’re entitled to.
Corporation Tax and Self Assessment Tax Returns
We will produce your Corporation Tax or Self Assessment Tax
Return annually ensuring that all allowable expenses are
claimed.
We will also let you know when there are changes to tax law
that might affect your business.
We encourage our clients to contact us whenever they are
thinking of making changes to their businesses as tax law
changes frequently. Please let us know in advance if you’re
thinking of taking on employees, buying or leasing assets
(e.g. cars, offices etc), changing the business structure or
making any other significant changes so that we can advise
on the most tax efficient solution for you.
We fix our fees so that our clients are not afraid to pick
up the phone with tax questions whenever they need to.
We will ensure that you are complying with tax and company
law so that you can concentrate on doing what you do best –
running your business.
Accounts
We will produce your sole trader, partnership or Limited
Company accounts for you annually and also provide you with
an explanation of what these tell us about the current state
of your business.
Company secretarial services
We will ensure that your accounts and Annual Return are
filed on time at Companies House.
If required we can also provide a Registered Office address
and will maintain your statutory books and file in year
changes with Companies House such as new shareholders and
directors.
VAT
We will advise on whether you need to be VAT registered and
help you with the VAT registration process, choosing the
simplest VAT scheme for you.
We can then explain how VAT works and show you how to
produce your VAT returns, or we can produce these for you.
Payroll
We can manage your weekly, fortnightly or monthly payroll,
dealing with all HM Revenue & Customs in-year and year end
reporting requirements.
If you're confused about any accounting or tax
terminology, visit our
glossary
for information