Accountants who make a dramatic difference

Every successful business feeds off regular management information. It’s a vital component that helps you manage and control the business. We work closely with you to get to know your business so we can make suggestions to help improve profits and achieve quantifiable business development and growth. We can prepare your monthly or quarterly management accounts to ensure you always have reliable and accurate information on which to base your business decisions.

Business planning is essential for any firm to know where it's going. We’ll help you set the targets for your business – then keep you on track, month after month. And if your business is growing, chances are that at some stage you’ll need more finance to support that business growth. And that’s when you’ll need a meaningful and robust business plan to show the bank or other financial institutions. We’ll work with you to create a business plan, cash-flow and financial forecasts to support your presentation.

Our management consultancy service can review your credit control, stock control, budgeting and financial reporting systems and allow you to take full control of these key areas of your business. We can also help you address specific problem areas in your business such as gross profit, cost control and stock valuation. Effective management consultancy will allow you to seize opportunities when they arise or identify problems quickly so you can take effective corrective action.

80% of new businesses fail within 5 years. 80% of the remainder go bust within the next 5 years. That’s why it’s essential for any new business start-up to take on a top accountant at the earliest possible opportunity. You may have a good business proposition and the enterprise and commitment to see it through, but your chances of survival will be dramatically improved if you have a savvy accountant looking over your shoulder.

And that’s what we do best! Think of us as a safe pair of hands. Bring us your business ideas and we will help you make them a reality.

We will help you to:

• decide on the most suitable structure for your business - sole trader, partnership, limited liability partnership or limited company
• prepare a business plan, cashflow projections, budgets, and trading forecasts
• assess the finance requirements; advise on the best sources of finance and draw up the necessary proposals
• establish a good working relationship with your bank
• complete any registration procedures with Companies House and HM Revenue & Customs
• deal with all the company secretarial issues
• set up a recording system for your internal use and for complying with statutory requirements
• decide on what accountancy software to buy and help with the installation
• keep on top of bookkeeping, VAT, payroll and other accounting requirements and
• help with all aspects of business compliance and administration.

If you are unfortunate enough to be the subject of a tax investigation by HM Revenue & Customs, it can be a stressful and worrying experience. Since personal and corporate self-assessment, Revenue staff can now review cases on a 'sample basis'; consequently, tax investigations have become more frequent. We have a wealth of experience in dealing with HM Revenue & Customs investigations, whether they are enquiries into an individual’s Tax Return under the Self Assessment regime, or more detailed enquiries or employer-related investigations into PAYE and P11d compliance. If you are about to be the subject of an investigation, we can provide expert help and support.