Book a consultation
Welcome to 55.financial
Accountants, Business Consultants and Financial Managers
Strong processes buy time, which is as precious as money
Welcome to 55.financial
Accountants, Business Consultants and Financial Managers
You have one life that encompasses all you set out to achieve
Our Services
5 services, 55 elements
Financial Management
Systems implementation
Systems implementation
Switching to Xero is easy with us. We’ll migrate all your business data from Sage or QuickBooks, ensuring everything is converted accurately and reliably.
Process improvement
Process improvement
We’ll help you discover new ways of working and introduce you to applications that can boost the efficiency of your financial and administrative processes.
Transaction Processing
Transaction Processing
We’ll keep your Xero system running smoothly by adding purchase bills, processing journal adjustments, maintaining a fixed asset register, accounting for loans and leases, and handling bank reconciliations. While we usually recommend showing you how to process sales transactions efficiently in Xero, we’re happy to take care of that for you too if you prefer.
Payments management
Payments management
We prepare payment batches for your approval to improve control over your payments, help you plan for cash outgoings, and minimise the time you spend processing bank transactions. This also reduces costs by cutting down on the number of payments you need to make.
Management accounts
Management accounts
We’re here to give you a clear picture of your business performance with a range of useful data, insights, and analysis. We use a mix of tools like Xero, Xero Analytics, and Syft to keep you up-to-date. This way, you can stay on top of your progress and make well-informed decisions when it matters most. If anything needs your attention, we’ll help you spot it and take action swiftly.
Payroll
Payroll
We’ve set up a streamlined system for handling employee payments that’s designed to make things as easy as possible for you. This means fewer pay queries and a hassle-free online experience for your team to access their payslips and P60s. Plus, you’ll have a handy portal where you can approve payroll and review various reports—all in one place.
Cost efficiency
Cost efficiency
We’ll include detailed information about specific costs in your management reports, making it simple for you to keep track of them. This way, you can easily review your overheads and spot opportunities to save money.
Cash collection
Cash collection
We’ll help you speed up cash collection by setting up a direct debit system and sending regular payment reminders. This way, you can reduce the time spent chasing payments and keep your cash flow consistent.
Forecasting
Forecasting
We’ll prepare forecasts for your cash flow, profit and loss, balance sheet, and key ratios. This will help you validate your business plans, create budgets to track performance, and provide essential information to lenders and investors.
Stakeholder reporting
Stakeholder reporting
We’ll make sure you stay on top of your commitments to banks, investors, lenders, and grant bodies by helping you provide timely management information regularly. This way, you can meet all your obligations without the stress.
Document management
Document management
We’ll keep your personal tax and company documents in a secure portal, so you can easily access them whenever you need to.
- Systems implementation
- Process improvement
- Transaction Processing
- Payments management
- Management accounts
- Payroll
- Cost efficiency
- Cash collection
- Forecasting
- Stakeholder reporting
- Document management
Systems implementation
Switching to Xero is easy with us. We’ll migrate all your business data from Sage or QuickBooks, ensuring everything is converted accurately and reliably.
Process improvement
We’ll help you discover new ways of working and introduce you to applications that can boost the efficiency of your financial and administrative processes.
Transaction Processing
We’ll keep your Xero system running smoothly by adding purchase bills, processing journal adjustments, maintaining a fixed asset register, accounting for loans and leases, and handling bank reconciliations. While we usually recommend showing you how to process sales transactions efficiently in Xero, we’re happy to take care of that for you too if you prefer.
Payments management
We prepare payment batches for your approval to improve control over your payments, help you plan for cash outgoings, and minimise the time you spend processing bank transactions. This also reduces costs by cutting down on the number of payments you need to make.
Management accounts
We’re here to give you a clear picture of your business performance with a range of useful data, insights, and analysis. We use a mix of tools like Xero, Xero Analytics, and Syft to keep you up-to-date. This way, you can stay on top of your progress and make well-informed decisions when it matters most. If anything needs your attention, we’ll help you spot it and take action swiftly.
Payroll
We’ve set up a streamlined system for handling employee payments that’s designed to make things as easy as possible for you. This means fewer pay queries and a hassle-free online experience for your team to access their payslips and P60s. Plus, you’ll have a handy portal where you can approve payroll and review various reports—all in one place.
Cost efficiency
We’ll include detailed information about specific costs in your management reports, making it simple for you to keep track of them. This way, you can easily review your overheads and spot opportunities to save money.
Cash collection
We’ll help you speed up cash collection by setting up a direct debit system and sending regular payment reminders. This way, you can reduce the time spent chasing payments and keep your cash flow consistent.
Forecasting
We’ll prepare forecasts for your cash flow, profit and loss, balance sheet, and key ratios. This will help you validate your business plans, create budgets to track performance, and provide essential information to lenders and investors.
Stakeholder reporting
We’ll make sure you stay on top of your commitments to banks, investors, lenders, and grant bodies by helping you provide timely management information regularly. This way, you can meet all your obligations without the stress.
Document management
We’ll keep your personal tax and company documents in a secure portal, so you can easily access them whenever you need to.
Accountancy & Compliance
Financial statements
Financial statements
We’ll prepare and submit your statutory accounts to Companies House, working to a deadline that suits you and we make the review and approval process as easy as possible by using modern electronic tools. Plus, you can easily access all your documents anytime through our portal.
Corporation tax
Corporation tax
CT600 corporation tax returns will be prepared for each period, including claiming deductions for qualifying expenses, applying for available reliefs, and submitting the returns to HMRC along with your financial statements.
Company Secretarial
Company Secretarial
We’ll maintain an electronic register of your statutory books, prepare your confirmation statements, submit notifications to Companies House and handle all your dividend documentation.
HMRC enquiry cover
HMRC enquiry cover
Any HMRC enquiries about your company’s tax affairs, from VAT to corporation tax, will be handled by us at no extra cost to you as we’ll even claim our fees from our insurance provider.
Audit
Audit
We’ll make your audit process smoother by working closely with auditors to quickly and efficiently address their questions and information requests saving you time dealing with them.
Self-assessment
Self-assessment
Make your self-assessment easy with our help. We’ll prompt you for income and gains details, gather everything electronically, show you draft returns for your approval and remind you when it’s time to make payments to HMRC.
VAT
VAT
We’ll take care of preparing, reviewing, and submitting your VAT returns. If any HMRC enquiries come up, we’ll handle them for you and get specialist VAT advice if needed.
P11D
P11D
Your annual return of staff benefits will be prepared, Class 1A National Insurance calculated, and everything submitted to HMRC by the due date. We’ll also remind you of the payment due date.
CIS
CIS
Assistance will be provided with sub-contractor verifications, calculating deductions, handling monthly returns to HMRC and managing statements and deductions for sub-contractors.
Auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment
Support will be provided to ensure you meet your obligations by corresponding with your employees and submitting declarations of compliance to the Pensions Regulator.
PAYE settlements
PAYE settlements
Settlement agreement applications will be prepared for you to HMRC when you’ve provided certain benefits to your employees and want to cover the tax and national insurance costs.
Employment Related Securities
Employment Related Securities
We’ll help ensure your EMI option scheme remains effective by submitting your annual return to HMRC on time.
Accountants report
Accountants report
We can complete lender fact finds, provide the necessary documents and coordinate with your mortgage broker if you’d like us to.
Employment Law
Employment Law
We’ll assist with legal matters by providing a helpline for you whenever employment-related issues come up.
- Financial statements
- Corporation tax
- Company Secretarial
- HMRC enquiry cover
- Audit
- Self-assessment
- VAT
- P11D
- CIS
- Auto-enrolment
- PAYE settlements
- Employment Related Securities
- Accountants report
- Employment Law
Financial statements
We’ll prepare and submit your statutory accounts to Companies House, working to a deadline that suits you and we make the review and approval process as easy as possible by using modern electronic tools. Plus, you can easily access all your documents anytime through our portal.
Corporation tax
CT600 corporation tax returns will be prepared for each period, including claiming deductions for qualifying expenses, applying for available reliefs, and submitting the returns to HMRC along with your financial statements.
Company Secretarial
We’ll maintain an electronic register of your statutory books, prepare your confirmation statements, submit notifications to Companies House and handle all your dividend documentation.
HMRC enquiry cover
Any HMRC enquiries about your company’s tax affairs, from VAT to corporation tax, will be handled by us at no extra cost to you as we’ll even claim our fees from our insurance provider.
Audit
We’ll make your audit process smoother by working closely with auditors to quickly and efficiently address their questions and information requests saving you time dealing with them.
Self-assessment
Make your self-assessment easy with our help. We’ll prompt you for income and gains details, gather everything electronically, show you draft returns for your approval and remind you when it’s time to make payments to HMRC.
VAT
We’ll take care of preparing, reviewing, and submitting your VAT returns. If any HMRC enquiries come up, we’ll handle them for you and get specialist VAT advice if needed.
P11D
Your annual return of staff benefits will be prepared, Class 1A National Insurance calculated, and everything submitted to HMRC by the due date. We’ll also remind you of the payment due date.
CIS
Assistance will be provided with sub-contractor verifications, calculating deductions, handling monthly returns to HMRC and managing statements and deductions for sub-contractors.
Auto-enrolment
Support will be provided to ensure you meet your obligations by corresponding with your employees and submitting declarations of compliance to the Pensions Regulator.
PAYE settlements
Settlement agreement applications will be prepared for you to HMRC when you’ve provided certain benefits to your employees and want to cover the tax and national insurance costs.
Employment Related Securities
We’ll help ensure your EMI option scheme remains effective by submitting your annual return to HMRC on time.
Accountants report
We can complete lender fact finds, provide the necessary documents and coordinate with your mortgage broker if you’d like us to.
Employment Law
We’ll assist with legal matters by providing a helpline for you whenever employment-related issues come up.
Tax Planning
Cash extraction
Cash extraction
We’ll help you extract funds from your company tax efficiently through a blend of salary, dividends, loan interest, repayment of loans and benefits like pensions, life insurance, company cars, mobile phones and trivial benefits.
Spouse income
Spouse income
Enhance your family’s net income by transferring shares to your spouse for dividends and paying them a suitable salary for their role in the business.
Incorporation relief
Incorporation relief
Usually, incorporation relief is automatic for trading businesses, but it can be more complicated for property or investment activities. We’ll help you plan carefully to avoid any unexpected capital gains and stamp duty costs.
Capital allowances
Capital allowances
We’ll make sure that you claim your annual investment allowance and writing down allowances at the right rates. Plus, we can connect you with specialists for any building-related claims and integral features you need help with.
R&D tax credits
R&D tax credits
Specialists can be introduced to help identify and take full advantage of valuable reliefs and tax credits.
Benefit in kind
Benefit in kind
Get advice on the tax and national insurance costs for benefits like private health insurance, group policies, electric cars, business mileage and mobile phones.
Expenses
Expenses
We’ll help you claim tax relief for running your business from home, traveling for work or using your personal car for business purposes.
Capital gains tax
Capital gains tax
Minimise your capital gains tax when selling or transferring chargeable assets by using reliefs like gift hold-over relief, business asset disposal relief and incorporation relief, or by setting up an employee ownership trust.
Corporate restructure
Corporate restructure
Get guidance on restructuring your organisation, whether it’s transferring assets to a separate company, buying back shares, forming a group or demerging business units.
Share options
Share options
Receive advice on setting up an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI), an HMRC-approved share options scheme that allows key employees to benefit from your company’s long-term growth.
Employee ownership trust
Employee ownership trust
Learn about the benefits of setting up a trust, which can provide your employees with tax-free bonuses and a chance to share in your company’s long-term value growth.
Inheritance tax
Inheritance tax
Explore ways to reduce your family’s inheritance tax exposure by investing in or keeping assets that qualify for business relief, making lifetime gifts, donating to charity and transferring assets into a trust.
Family succession
Family succession
Discover how to reduce capital gains and inheritance tax by using freezer and growth shares, which can help transfer future increases in share value to your family.
- Cash extraction
- Spouse income
- Incorporation relief
- Capital allowances
- R&D tax credits
- Benefit in kind
- Expenses
- Capital gains tax
- Corporate restructure
- Share options
- Employee ownership trust
- Inheritance tax
- Family succession
Cash extraction
We’ll help you extract funds from your company tax efficiently through a blend of salary, dividends, loan interest, repayment of loans and benefits like pensions, life insurance, company cars, mobile phones and trivial benefits.
Spouse income
Enhance your family’s net income by transferring shares to your spouse for dividends and paying them a suitable salary for their role in the business.
Incorporation relief
Usually, incorporation relief is automatic for trading businesses, but it can be more complicated for property or investment activities. We’ll help you plan carefully to avoid any unexpected capital gains and stamp duty costs.
Capital allowances
We’ll make sure that you claim your annual investment allowance and writing down allowances at the right rates. Plus, we can connect you with specialists for any building-related claims and integral features you need help with.
R&D tax credits
Specialists can be introduced to help identify and take full advantage of valuable reliefs and tax credits.
Benefit in kind
Get advice on the tax and national insurance costs for benefits like private health insurance, group policies, electric cars, business mileage and mobile phones.
Expenses
We’ll help you claim tax relief for running your business from home, traveling for work or using your personal car for business purposes.
Capital gains tax
Minimise your capital gains tax when selling or transferring chargeable assets by using reliefs like gift hold-over relief, business asset disposal relief and incorporation relief, or by setting up an employee ownership trust.
Corporate restructure
Get guidance on restructuring your organisation, whether it’s transferring assets to a separate company, buying back shares, forming a group or demerging business units.
Share options
Receive advice on setting up an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI), an HMRC-approved share options scheme that allows key employees to benefit from your company’s long-term growth.
Employee ownership trust
Learn about the benefits of setting up a trust, which can provide your employees with tax-free bonuses and a chance to share in your company’s long-term value growth.
Inheritance tax
Explore ways to reduce your family’s inheritance tax exposure by investing in or keeping assets that qualify for business relief, making lifetime gifts, donating to charity and transferring assets into a trust.
Family succession
Discover how to reduce capital gains and inheritance tax by using freezer and growth shares, which can help transfer future increases in share value to your family.
Advisory & Consulting
Finance director
Finance director
You’ll have access to a financial professional whenever you need them saving you the significant cost of hiring in-house resources. Our service includes regular meetings to review your management information, strategy, challenges, outlook and plans.
Business development
Business development
We’ll help you identify activities and initiatives to grow and expand your business, including lead generation, prospecting, relationship building, networking, strategic partnerships and sales through service. We’ll also assist with continuous improvement of your products and services and set up key performance indicators to monitor your progress.
Decision support
Decision support
Gain access to a financial professional who knows you and your business inside and out. They’ll help speed up and enhance the effectiveness of your decision-making by acting as a trusted sounding board and providing insights on tax and compliance considerations.
Funding solutions
Funding solutions
We’ll work with your broker or lender to support your investment, grant or loan application. If you don’t have a preferred broker, we can introduce one to ensure you have a range of funding options to explore.
Business transformation
Business transformation
Receive oversight to ensure proposed business changes align with your vision and strategy. Support for your leadership team in how they lead, communicate and guide the team through the change, plus guidance on understanding the impact and effectiveness of the change before and after implementation.
Risk management
Risk management
We’ll help you spot potential risks so you can make informed decisions on how to address and manage them. We’ll also guide you on monitoring your risk management and help you plan for business continuity to ensure you’re ready to respond to any crises or emergencies.
Exit planning
Exit planning
If you expect to sell or transfer your business at some point, it’s never too early to plan for it. Getting your financials in shape, embedding solid systems, building a strong management team, organising legal documents and managing costs can really boost business value. We’re here to help you get ready for an exit and can connect you with experts when you need them.
- Finance director
- Business development
- Decision support
- Funding solutions
- Business transformation
- Risk management
- Exit planning
Finance director
You’ll have access to a financial professional whenever you need them saving you the significant cost of hiring in-house resources. Our service includes regular meetings to review your management information, strategy, challenges, outlook and plans.
Business development
We’ll help you identify activities and initiatives to grow and expand your business, including lead generation, prospecting, relationship building, networking, strategic partnerships and sales through service. We’ll also assist with continuous improvement of your products and services and set up key performance indicators to monitor your progress.
Decision support
Gain access to a financial professional who knows you and your business inside and out. They’ll help speed up and enhance the effectiveness of your decision-making by acting as a trusted sounding board and providing insights on tax and compliance considerations.
Funding solutions
We’ll work with your broker or lender to support your investment, grant or loan application. If you don’t have a preferred broker, we can introduce one to ensure you have a range of funding options to explore.
Business transformation
Receive oversight to ensure proposed business changes align with your vision and strategy. Support for your leadership team in how they lead, communicate and guide the team through the change, plus guidance on understanding the impact and effectiveness of the change before and after implementation.
Risk management
We’ll help you spot potential risks so you can make informed decisions on how to address and manage them. We’ll also guide you on monitoring your risk management and help you plan for business continuity to ensure you’re ready to respond to any crises or emergencies.
Exit planning
If you expect to sell or transfer your business at some point, it’s never too early to plan for it. Getting your financials in shape, embedding solid systems, building a strong management team, organising legal documents and managing costs can really boost business value. We’re here to help you get ready for an exit and can connect you with experts when you need them.
Coaching & Mentoring
Vision
Vision
We’ll help you create a clear and inspiring vision for both your personal and business goals. By understanding your values and focusing on the outcomes you want, we’ll guide you in defining the results you’re aiming to achieve.
Goal setting
Goal setting
We’ll assist you in identifying your specific objectives, setting key milestones to measure progress and outlining the steps you need to take. We’ll also help you agree on regular reviews and reflection time to keep track of your progress.
Strategy
Strategy
Aligned with your vision and goals, we’ll help you assess your current situation, understand your challenges, and identify opportunities to reach your objectives. Together, we’ll create a plan with timelines and performance measures, track your progress and make adjustments as needed to keep everything on track.
Mindset
Mindset
We’ll support you in developing a growth mindset by reviewing your habits and behaviours. You’ll start to see challenges as opportunities, learn from setbacks and understand that effort and hard work are crucial to achieving success.
Leadership
Leadership
You’ll get support on how to communicate, inspire and motivate your team effectively. We’ll help you provide clear direction, delegate responsibilities and empower your team. We’re also here to guide you through tough conversations, resolve conflicts and promote collaboration. Plus, we’ll encourage you to be open to feedback for continuous improvement.
Culture and environment
Culture and environment
Get support in building an inclusive culture and environment by focusing on your values. We’ll help promote psychological safety, foster collaboration and open communication. We’ll work on establishing trust and respect and ensure that feedback and recognition are central to your team’s culture.
Leadership development
Leadership development
Enhance the skills, knowledge, and abilities of your team leaders with our mentoring and coaching. We offer guidance and delivery to help them grow and use a structured group process as a supportive way to tackle problem-solving challenges together.
Performance management
Performance management
We’ll help you set clear behaviour expectations for your team, spot any performance issues and evaluate how well they’re doing. We’ll also guide you on coaching, giving feedback, recognising good performance and where improvement is needed.
Stakeholder management
Stakeholder management
We’ll help you pinpoint your key stakeholders and understand their influence, interests, needs and expectations. Together, we’ll develop a clear engagement and communication plan, manage their expectations and help you handle any conflicts that arise.
Succession planning
Succession planning
We’re here to help you get ready to pass your business on to family or transition it to your management team. We can assist in identifying key talent and getting ready for important career conversations and performance reviews.
- Vision
- Goal setting
- Strategy
- Mindset
- Leadership
- Culture and environment
- Leadership development
- Performance management
- Stakeholder management
- Succession planning
Vision
We’ll help you create a clear and inspiring vision for both your personal and business goals. By understanding your values and focusing on the outcomes you want, we’ll guide you in defining the results you’re aiming to achieve.
Goal setting
We’ll assist you in identifying your specific objectives, setting key milestones to measure progress and outlining the steps you need to take. We’ll also help you agree on regular reviews and reflection time to keep track of your progress.
Strategy
Aligned with your vision and goals, we’ll help you assess your current situation, understand your challenges, and identify opportunities to reach your objectives. Together, we’ll create a plan with timelines and performance measures, track your progress and make adjustments as needed to keep everything on track.
Mindset
We’ll support you in developing a growth mindset by reviewing your habits and behaviours. You’ll start to see challenges as opportunities, learn from setbacks and understand that effort and hard work are crucial to achieving success.
Leadership
You’ll get support on how to communicate, inspire and motivate your team effectively. We’ll help you provide clear direction, delegate responsibilities and empower your team. We’re also here to guide you through tough conversations, resolve conflicts and promote collaboration. Plus, we’ll encourage you to be open to feedback for continuous improvement.
Culture and environment
Get support in building an inclusive culture and environment by focusing on your values. We’ll help promote psychological safety, foster collaboration and open communication. We’ll work on establishing trust and respect and ensure that feedback and recognition are central to your team’s culture.
Leadership development
Enhance the skills, knowledge, and abilities of your team leaders with our mentoring and coaching. We offer guidance and delivery to help them grow and use a structured group process as a supportive way to tackle problem-solving challenges together.
Performance management
We’ll help you set clear behaviour expectations for your team, spot any performance issues and evaluate how well they’re doing. We’ll also guide you on coaching, giving feedback, recognising good performance and where improvement is needed.
Stakeholder management
We’ll help you pinpoint your key stakeholders and understand their influence, interests, needs and expectations. Together, we’ll develop a clear engagement and communication plan, manage their expectations and help you handle any conflicts that arise.
Succession planning
We’re here to help you get ready to pass your business on to family or transition it to your management team. We can assist in identifying key talent and getting ready for important career conversations and performance reviews.
-
Financial Management
-
Accountancy & Compliance
-
Tax Planning
-
Advisory & Consulting
-
Coaching & Mentoring
Systems implementation
Systems implementation
Switching to Xero is easy with us. We’ll migrate all your business data from Sage or QuickBooks, ensuring everything is converted accurately and reliably.
Process improvement
Process improvement
We’ll help you discover new ways of working and introduce you to applications that can boost the efficiency of your financial and administrative processes.
Transaction Processing
Transaction Processing
We’ll keep your Xero system running smoothly by adding purchase bills, processing journal adjustments, maintaining a fixed asset register, accounting for loans and leases, and handling bank reconciliations. While we usually recommend showing you how to process sales transactions efficiently in Xero, we’re happy to take care of that for you too if you prefer.
Payments management
Payments management
We prepare payment batches for your approval to improve control over your payments, help you plan for cash outgoings, and minimise the time you spend processing bank transactions. This also reduces costs by cutting down on the number of payments you need to make.
Management accounts
Management accounts
We’re here to give you a clear picture of your business performance with a range of useful data, insights, and analysis. We use a mix of tools like Xero, Xero Analytics, and Syft to keep you up-to-date. This way, you can stay on top of your progress and make well-informed decisions when it matters most. If anything needs your attention, we’ll help you spot it and take action swiftly.
Payroll
Payroll
We’ve set up a streamlined system for handling employee payments that’s designed to make things as easy as possible for you. This means fewer pay queries and a hassle-free online experience for your team to access their payslips and P60s. Plus, you’ll have a handy portal where you can approve payroll and review various reports—all in one place.
Cost efficiency
Cost efficiency
We’ll include detailed information about specific costs in your management reports, making it simple for you to keep track of them. This way, you can easily review your overheads and spot opportunities to save money.
Cash collection
Cash collection
We’ll help you speed up cash collection by setting up a direct debit system and sending regular payment reminders. This way, you can reduce the time spent chasing payments and keep your cash flow consistent.
Forecasting
Forecasting
We’ll prepare forecasts for your cash flow, profit and loss, balance sheet, and key ratios. This will help you validate your business plans, create budgets to track performance, and provide essential information to lenders and investors.
Stakeholder reporting
Stakeholder reporting
We’ll make sure you stay on top of your commitments to banks, investors, lenders, and grant bodies by helping you provide timely management information regularly. This way, you can meet all your obligations without the stress.
Document management
Document management
We’ll keep your personal tax and company documents in a secure portal, so you can easily access them whenever you need to.
- Systems implementation
- Process improvement
- Transaction Processing
- Payments management
- Management accounts
- Payroll
- Cost efficiency
- Cash collection
- Forecasting
- Stakeholder reporting
- Document management
Systems implementation
Switching to Xero is easy with us. We’ll migrate all your business data from Sage or QuickBooks, ensuring everything is converted accurately and reliably.
Process improvement
We’ll help you discover new ways of working and introduce you to applications that can boost the efficiency of your financial and administrative processes.
Transaction Processing
We’ll keep your Xero system running smoothly by adding purchase bills, processing journal adjustments, maintaining a fixed asset register, accounting for loans and leases, and handling bank reconciliations. While we usually recommend showing you how to process sales transactions efficiently in Xero, we’re happy to take care of that for you too if you prefer.
Payments management
We prepare payment batches for your approval to improve control over your payments, help you plan for cash outgoings, and minimise the time you spend processing bank transactions. This also reduces costs by cutting down on the number of payments you need to make.
Management accounts
We’re here to give you a clear picture of your business performance with a range of useful data, insights, and analysis. We use a mix of tools like Xero, Xero Analytics, and Syft to keep you up-to-date. This way, you can stay on top of your progress and make well-informed decisions when it matters most. If anything needs your attention, we’ll help you spot it and take action swiftly.
Payroll
We’ve set up a streamlined system for handling employee payments that’s designed to make things as easy as possible for you. This means fewer pay queries and a hassle-free online experience for your team to access their payslips and P60s. Plus, you’ll have a handy portal where you can approve payroll and review various reports—all in one place.
Cost efficiency
We’ll include detailed information about specific costs in your management reports, making it simple for you to keep track of them. This way, you can easily review your overheads and spot opportunities to save money.
Cash collection
We’ll help you speed up cash collection by setting up a direct debit system and sending regular payment reminders. This way, you can reduce the time spent chasing payments and keep your cash flow consistent.
Forecasting
We’ll prepare forecasts for your cash flow, profit and loss, balance sheet, and key ratios. This will help you validate your business plans, create budgets to track performance, and provide essential information to lenders and investors.
Stakeholder reporting
We’ll make sure you stay on top of your commitments to banks, investors, lenders, and grant bodies by helping you provide timely management information regularly. This way, you can meet all your obligations without the stress.
Document management
We’ll keep your personal tax and company documents in a secure portal, so you can easily access them whenever you need to.
Financial statements
Financial statements
We’ll prepare and submit your statutory accounts to Companies House, working to a deadline that suits you and we make the review and approval process as easy as possible by using modern electronic tools. Plus, you can easily access all your documents anytime through our portal.
Corporation tax
Corporation tax
CT600 corporation tax returns will be prepared for each period, including claiming deductions for qualifying expenses, applying for available reliefs, and submitting the returns to HMRC along with your financial statements.
Company Secretarial
Company Secretarial
We’ll maintain an electronic register of your statutory books, prepare your confirmation statements, submit notifications to Companies House and handle all your dividend documentation.
HMRC enquiry cover
HMRC enquiry cover
Any HMRC enquiries about your company’s tax affairs, from VAT to corporation tax, will be handled by us at no extra cost to you as we’ll even claim our fees from our insurance provider.
Audit
Audit
We’ll make your audit process smoother by working closely with auditors to quickly and efficiently address their questions and information requests saving you time dealing with them.
Self-assessment
Self-assessment
Make your self-assessment easy with our help. We’ll prompt you for income and gains details, gather everything electronically, show you draft returns for your approval and remind you when it’s time to make payments to HMRC.
VAT
VAT
We’ll take care of preparing, reviewing, and submitting your VAT returns. If any HMRC enquiries come up, we’ll handle them for you and get specialist VAT advice if needed.
P11D
P11D
Your annual return of staff benefits will be prepared, Class 1A National Insurance calculated, and everything submitted to HMRC by the due date. We’ll also remind you of the payment due date.
CIS
CIS
Assistance will be provided with sub-contractor verifications, calculating deductions, handling monthly returns to HMRC and managing statements and deductions for sub-contractors.
Auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment
Support will be provided to ensure you meet your obligations by corresponding with your employees and submitting declarations of compliance to the Pensions Regulator.
PAYE settlements
PAYE settlements
Settlement agreement applications will be prepared for you to HMRC when you’ve provided certain benefits to your employees and want to cover the tax and national insurance costs.
Employment Related Securities
Employment Related Securities
We’ll help ensure your EMI option scheme remains effective by submitting your annual return to HMRC on time.
Accountants report
Accountants report
We can complete lender fact finds, provide the necessary documents and coordinate with your mortgage broker if you’d like us to.
Employment Law
Employment Law
We’ll assist with legal matters by providing a helpline for you whenever employment-related issues come up.
- Financial statements
- Corporation tax
- Company Secretarial
- HMRC enquiry cover
- Audit
- Self-assessment
- VAT
- P11D
- CIS
- Auto-enrolment
- PAYE settlements
- Employment Related Securities
- Accountants report
- Employment Law
Financial statements
We’ll prepare and submit your statutory accounts to Companies House, working to a deadline that suits you and we make the review and approval process as easy as possible by using modern electronic tools. Plus, you can easily access all your documents anytime through our portal.
Corporation tax
CT600 corporation tax returns will be prepared for each period, including claiming deductions for qualifying expenses, applying for available reliefs, and submitting the returns to HMRC along with your financial statements.
Company Secretarial
We’ll maintain an electronic register of your statutory books, prepare your confirmation statements, submit notifications to Companies House and handle all your dividend documentation.
HMRC enquiry cover
Any HMRC enquiries about your company’s tax affairs, from VAT to corporation tax, will be handled by us at no extra cost to you as we’ll even claim our fees from our insurance provider.
Audit
We’ll make your audit process smoother by working closely with auditors to quickly and efficiently address their questions and information requests saving you time dealing with them.
Self-assessment
Make your self-assessment easy with our help. We’ll prompt you for income and gains details, gather everything electronically, show you draft returns for your approval and remind you when it’s time to make payments to HMRC.
VAT
We’ll take care of preparing, reviewing, and submitting your VAT returns. If any HMRC enquiries come up, we’ll handle them for you and get specialist VAT advice if needed.
P11D
Your annual return of staff benefits will be prepared, Class 1A National Insurance calculated, and everything submitted to HMRC by the due date. We’ll also remind you of the payment due date.
CIS
Assistance will be provided with sub-contractor verifications, calculating deductions, handling monthly returns to HMRC and managing statements and deductions for sub-contractors.
Auto-enrolment
Support will be provided to ensure you meet your obligations by corresponding with your employees and submitting declarations of compliance to the Pensions Regulator.
PAYE settlements
Settlement agreement applications will be prepared for you to HMRC when you’ve provided certain benefits to your employees and want to cover the tax and national insurance costs.
Employment Related Securities
We’ll help ensure your EMI option scheme remains effective by submitting your annual return to HMRC on time.
Accountants report
We can complete lender fact finds, provide the necessary documents and coordinate with your mortgage broker if you’d like us to.
Employment Law
We’ll assist with legal matters by providing a helpline for you whenever employment-related issues come up.
Cash extraction
Cash extraction
We’ll help you extract funds from your company tax efficiently through a blend of salary, dividends, loan interest, repayment of loans and benefits like pensions, life insurance, company cars, mobile phones and trivial benefits.
Spouse income
Spouse income
Enhance your family’s net income by transferring shares to your spouse for dividends and paying them a suitable salary for their role in the business.
Incorporation relief
Incorporation relief
Usually, incorporation relief is automatic for trading businesses, but it can be more complicated for property or investment activities. We’ll help you plan carefully to avoid any unexpected capital gains and stamp duty costs.
Capital allowances
Capital allowances
We’ll make sure that you claim your annual investment allowance and writing down allowances at the right rates. Plus, we can connect you with specialists for any building-related claims and integral features you need help with.
R&D tax credits
R&D tax credits
Specialists can be introduced to help identify and take full advantage of valuable reliefs and tax credits.
Benefit in kind
Benefit in kind
Get advice on the tax and national insurance costs for benefits like private health insurance, group policies, electric cars, business mileage and mobile phones.
Expenses
Expenses
We’ll help you claim tax relief for running your business from home, traveling for work or using your personal car for business purposes.
Capital gains tax
Capital gains tax
Minimise your capital gains tax when selling or transferring chargeable assets by using reliefs like gift hold-over relief, business asset disposal relief and incorporation relief, or by setting up an employee ownership trust.
Corporate restructure
Corporate restructure
Get guidance on restructuring your organisation, whether it’s transferring assets to a separate company, buying back shares, forming a group or demerging business units.
Share options
Share options
Receive advice on setting up an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI), an HMRC-approved share options scheme that allows key employees to benefit from your company’s long-term growth.
Employee ownership trust
Employee ownership trust
Learn about the benefits of setting up a trust, which can provide your employees with tax-free bonuses and a chance to share in your company’s long-term value growth.
Inheritance tax
Inheritance tax
Explore ways to reduce your family’s inheritance tax exposure by investing in or keeping assets that qualify for business relief, making lifetime gifts, donating to charity and transferring assets into a trust.
Family succession
Family succession
Discover how to reduce capital gains and inheritance tax by using freezer and growth shares, which can help transfer future increases in share value to your family.
- Cash extraction
- Spouse income
- Incorporation relief
- Capital allowances
- R&D tax credits
- Benefit in kind
- Expenses
- Capital gains tax
- Corporate restructure
- Share options
- Employee ownership trust
- Inheritance tax
- Family succession
Cash extraction
We’ll help you extract funds from your company tax efficiently through a blend of salary, dividends, loan interest, repayment of loans and benefits like pensions, life insurance, company cars, mobile phones and trivial benefits.
Spouse income
Enhance your family’s net income by transferring shares to your spouse for dividends and paying them a suitable salary for their role in the business.
Incorporation relief
Usually, incorporation relief is automatic for trading businesses, but it can be more complicated for property or investment activities. We’ll help you plan carefully to avoid any unexpected capital gains and stamp duty costs.
Capital allowances
We’ll make sure that you claim your annual investment allowance and writing down allowances at the right rates. Plus, we can connect you with specialists for any building-related claims and integral features you need help with.
R&D tax credits
Specialists can be introduced to help identify and take full advantage of valuable reliefs and tax credits.
Benefit in kind
Get advice on the tax and national insurance costs for benefits like private health insurance, group policies, electric cars, business mileage and mobile phones.
Expenses
We’ll help you claim tax relief for running your business from home, traveling for work or using your personal car for business purposes.
Capital gains tax
Minimise your capital gains tax when selling or transferring chargeable assets by using reliefs like gift hold-over relief, business asset disposal relief and incorporation relief, or by setting up an employee ownership trust.
Corporate restructure
Get guidance on restructuring your organisation, whether it’s transferring assets to a separate company, buying back shares, forming a group or demerging business units.
Share options
Receive advice on setting up an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI), an HMRC-approved share options scheme that allows key employees to benefit from your company’s long-term growth.
Employee ownership trust
Learn about the benefits of setting up a trust, which can provide your employees with tax-free bonuses and a chance to share in your company’s long-term value growth.
Inheritance tax
Explore ways to reduce your family’s inheritance tax exposure by investing in or keeping assets that qualify for business relief, making lifetime gifts, donating to charity and transferring assets into a trust.
Family succession
Discover how to reduce capital gains and inheritance tax by using freezer and growth shares, which can help transfer future increases in share value to your family.
Finance director
Finance director
You’ll have access to a financial professional whenever you need them saving you the significant cost of hiring in-house resources. Our service includes regular meetings to review your management information, strategy, challenges, outlook and plans.
Business development
Business development
We’ll help you identify activities and initiatives to grow and expand your business, including lead generation, prospecting, relationship building, networking, strategic partnerships and sales through service. We’ll also assist with continuous improvement of your products and services and set up key performance indicators to monitor your progress.
Decision support
Decision support
Gain access to a financial professional who knows you and your business inside and out. They’ll help speed up and enhance the effectiveness of your decision-making by acting as a trusted sounding board and providing insights on tax and compliance considerations.
Funding solutions
Funding solutions
We’ll work with your broker or lender to support your investment, grant or loan application. If you don’t have a preferred broker, we can introduce one to ensure you have a range of funding options to explore.
Business transformation
Business transformation
Receive oversight to ensure proposed business changes align with your vision and strategy. Support for your leadership team in how they lead, communicate and guide the team through the change, plus guidance on understanding the impact and effectiveness of the change before and after implementation.
Risk management
Risk management
We’ll help you spot potential risks so you can make informed decisions on how to address and manage them. We’ll also guide you on monitoring your risk management and help you plan for business continuity to ensure you’re ready to respond to any crises or emergencies.
Exit planning
Exit planning
If you expect to sell or transfer your business at some point, it’s never too early to plan for it. Getting your financials in shape, embedding solid systems, building a strong management team, organising legal documents and managing costs can really boost business value. We’re here to help you get ready for an exit and can connect you with experts when you need them.
- Finance director
- Business development
- Decision support
- Funding solutions
- Business transformation
- Risk management
- Exit planning
Finance director
You’ll have access to a financial professional whenever you need them saving you the significant cost of hiring in-house resources. Our service includes regular meetings to review your management information, strategy, challenges, outlook and plans.
Business development
We’ll help you identify activities and initiatives to grow and expand your business, including lead generation, prospecting, relationship building, networking, strategic partnerships and sales through service. We’ll also assist with continuous improvement of your products and services and set up key performance indicators to monitor your progress.
Decision support
Gain access to a financial professional who knows you and your business inside and out. They’ll help speed up and enhance the effectiveness of your decision-making by acting as a trusted sounding board and providing insights on tax and compliance considerations.
Funding solutions
We’ll work with your broker or lender to support your investment, grant or loan application. If you don’t have a preferred broker, we can introduce one to ensure you have a range of funding options to explore.
Business transformation
Receive oversight to ensure proposed business changes align with your vision and strategy. Support for your leadership team in how they lead, communicate and guide the team through the change, plus guidance on understanding the impact and effectiveness of the change before and after implementation.
Risk management
We’ll help you spot potential risks so you can make informed decisions on how to address and manage them. We’ll also guide you on monitoring your risk management and help you plan for business continuity to ensure you’re ready to respond to any crises or emergencies.
Exit planning
If you expect to sell or transfer your business at some point, it’s never too early to plan for it. Getting your financials in shape, embedding solid systems, building a strong management team, organising legal documents and managing costs can really boost business value. We’re here to help you get ready for an exit and can connect you with experts when you need them.
Vision
Vision
We’ll help you create a clear and inspiring vision for both your personal and business goals. By understanding your values and focusing on the outcomes you want, we’ll guide you in defining the results you’re aiming to achieve.
Goal setting
Goal setting
We’ll assist you in identifying your specific objectives, setting key milestones to measure progress and outlining the steps you need to take. We’ll also help you agree on regular reviews and reflection time to keep track of your progress.
Strategy
Strategy
Aligned with your vision and goals, we’ll help you assess your current situation, understand your challenges, and identify opportunities to reach your objectives. Together, we’ll create a plan with timelines and performance measures, track your progress and make adjustments as needed to keep everything on track.
Mindset
Mindset
We’ll support you in developing a growth mindset by reviewing your habits and behaviours. You’ll start to see challenges as opportunities, learn from setbacks and understand that effort and hard work are crucial to achieving success.
Leadership
Leadership
You’ll get support on how to communicate, inspire and motivate your team effectively. We’ll help you provide clear direction, delegate responsibilities and empower your team. We’re also here to guide you through tough conversations, resolve conflicts and promote collaboration. Plus, we’ll encourage you to be open to feedback for continuous improvement.
Culture and environment
Culture and environment
Get support in building an inclusive culture and environment by focusing on your values. We’ll help promote psychological safety, foster collaboration and open communication. We’ll work on establishing trust and respect and ensure that feedback and recognition are central to your team’s culture.
Leadership development
Leadership development
Enhance the skills, knowledge, and abilities of your team leaders with our mentoring and coaching. We offer guidance and delivery to help them grow and use a structured group process as a supportive way to tackle problem-solving challenges together.
Performance management
Performance management
We’ll help you set clear behaviour expectations for your team, spot any performance issues and evaluate how well they’re doing. We’ll also guide you on coaching, giving feedback, recognising good performance and where improvement is needed.
Stakeholder management
Stakeholder management
We’ll help you pinpoint your key stakeholders and understand their influence, interests, needs and expectations. Together, we’ll develop a clear engagement and communication plan, manage their expectations and help you handle any conflicts that arise.
Succession planning
Succession planning
We’re here to help you get ready to pass your business on to family or transition it to your management team. We can assist in identifying key talent and getting ready for important career conversations and performance reviews.
- Vision
- Goal setting
- Strategy
- Mindset
- Leadership
- Culture and environment
- Leadership development
- Performance management
- Stakeholder management
- Succession planning
Vision
We’ll help you create a clear and inspiring vision for both your personal and business goals. By understanding your values and focusing on the outcomes you want, we’ll guide you in defining the results you’re aiming to achieve.
Goal setting
We’ll assist you in identifying your specific objectives, setting key milestones to measure progress and outlining the steps you need to take. We’ll also help you agree on regular reviews and reflection time to keep track of your progress.
Strategy
Aligned with your vision and goals, we’ll help you assess your current situation, understand your challenges, and identify opportunities to reach your objectives. Together, we’ll create a plan with timelines and performance measures, track your progress and make adjustments as needed to keep everything on track.
Mindset
We’ll support you in developing a growth mindset by reviewing your habits and behaviours. You’ll start to see challenges as opportunities, learn from setbacks and understand that effort and hard work are crucial to achieving success.
Leadership
You’ll get support on how to communicate, inspire and motivate your team effectively. We’ll help you provide clear direction, delegate responsibilities and empower your team. We’re also here to guide you through tough conversations, resolve conflicts and promote collaboration. Plus, we’ll encourage you to be open to feedback for continuous improvement.
Culture and environment
Get support in building an inclusive culture and environment by focusing on your values. We’ll help promote psychological safety, foster collaboration and open communication. We’ll work on establishing trust and respect and ensure that feedback and recognition are central to your team’s culture.
Leadership development
Enhance the skills, knowledge, and abilities of your team leaders with our mentoring and coaching. We offer guidance and delivery to help them grow and use a structured group process as a supportive way to tackle problem-solving challenges together.
Performance management
We’ll help you set clear behaviour expectations for your team, spot any performance issues and evaluate how well they’re doing. We’ll also guide you on coaching, giving feedback, recognising good performance and where improvement is needed.
Stakeholder management
We’ll help you pinpoint your key stakeholders and understand their influence, interests, needs and expectations. Together, we’ll develop a clear engagement and communication plan, manage their expectations and help you handle any conflicts that arise.
Succession planning
We’re here to help you get ready to pass your business on to family or transition it to your management team. We can assist in identifying key talent and getting ready for important career conversations and performance reviews.
our clients
We work across a variety of sectors
Construction
We understand the unique challenges you face in construction and property development, from managing project costs and scope creep to handling retentions, revenue recognition, CIS, and reverse charge VAT.
We’ll help you tackle these issues by setting up and managing effective systems and processes. Our management reporting services are designed to boost your profit growth by pinpointing areas for improvement and supporting efficient, informed decision-making.
Find out more
Property services
When working in the property sector, we understand how crucial it is to have solid financial management, track return on investment, adapt to changing laws and market conditions, and use technology to boost efficiency and service. Helping you build a strong financial reputation for your business, we’ll also provide you with reliable, timely information to support your ongoing decisions and adjustments.
Find out more
Business services
We’re passionate about offering financial management services tailored to industries like recruitment, IT support, telecoms, creative agencies, and photo and film services. We know that the challenges and opportunities you face are quite similar to those we encounter. Like you, we provide services and advice to help clients make better decisions and boost profitability.
Find out more
Software & Technology
We use a wide range of systems and modern tools to ensure our client directors and teams deliver the efficient financial management services that businesses in software and technology expect. We’re well-versed in tackling challenges like cash flow management, revenue recognition, deferred income, accounting for development costs, and handling subcontractors both locally and internationally.
Find out more
Financial services
We specialise in supporting financial advice providers, such as IFAs, mortgage brokers, insurance brokers, and their teams, thanks to our extensive experience in this sector. We provide the data and insights you need to create a growth plan and make smarter investment decisions as you scale your business.
Find out more