Tel: 0161 998 4276 (Manchester)
Tel: 01691 661 046 (Oswestry)

Services

We specialise in performance measurement and improvement - i.e. using our skills with numbers to help you measure and improve everything that really matters to you, your family and your business - including your profits, income, tax bills, bank balance, business value and personal wealth.

Our core business is providing clients with a professional, personal, high value solution to their day-to-day accounting needs. We use our qualifications and experience not only to complete this work quickly and accurately, but we also use initiative to identify solutions and opportunities.

By getting to know you and your business we will become an indispensable member of your team. We always want to exceed your expectations and go that step further.

We offer fixed fee agreements for all our services. This will give you peace of mind and no surprise bills.

Our services include:

• Benchmark

  
  We have invested in software that enables us to compare your performance to thousands of other businesses in your sector. We will identify and compare 19 key financial ratios such as percentage profit margins. By looking at ratios we can largely eliminate the effect of size and focus on things that are really comparable. We can then identify the areas in which other businesses are doing better than you and estimate how much extra profit you might be able to earn by doing what they are doing.
  
  Based on our findings we can help you develop and implement a Profit Improvement Plan.
  
  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Bookkeeping

  
  We can relieve you and your business of a significant burden by taking care of all your bookkeeping and accounting needs. This ranges from making use of our inhouse bookkeeping bureau to the preparation of your annual accounts. We will treat every business individually so that we can tailor our approach to your requirements.
  
  Besides the core bookkeeping, we can also maintain your VAT records, prepare your payroll and take on ad hoc projects to free up valuable time for your staff.
  
  We believe that our high level of IT literacy delivers efficiency and helps our clients to set-up their accounting systems to be effective and useful.
  
  We are Sage Accountants Club Members and can supply software at a discount.
  
  We use Orbit Accounts and can supply Kashflow Accounting Software free of charge. Kashflow is an online accounting solution that enables you and us to access your data anytime and any place (with an internet connection of course!).
  
  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Business Planning

  
  Every business must plan ahead in order to ensure success, but it is too easy to succumb to the daily pressures of work and delay or ignore strategic planning. The result of poor planning is often rushed and misinformed decisions, over/under capacity, inefficiency and missed opportunities.
  
  Every business owner needs to invest time in developing a long-term plan, starting with what you want to achieve from your investment and effort and what your reasons for being in business are, and then developing a plan to help achieve these objectives.
  
  We are well placed to help you develop these plans and have a considerable pool of experience and expertise to draw on. The financial aspects are usually the backbone to any business plan and you need to ensure that this aspect has been adequately dealt with in your plan. Contact us today for a strategic planning review.
  
  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Business Start-Up

  
  Most people who start up in business do so because they have a good business proposition, not because they are experts in the financial aspects of running a business. These factors can often be quite daunting to the entrepreneur and this is where we can help by evaluating your ideas and helping you develop them into a feasible business.
  
  We can also help you:

  • decide on the most suitable structure for your business (i.e. sole trader, partnership, limited liability partnership or limited company);
  • prepare a business plan, cashflow projections, budgets and trading forecasts to prove the financial viability of your ideas and demonstrate this to the bank / potential investors;
  • assess your finance requirements and access the most appropriate source of finance;
  • help you establish relationships with banks, solicitors, etc via our well established network of contacts;
  • carry out registration procedures with Companies House and HM Revenue & Customs; and
  • set up an internal accounting system which complies with statutory requirements.

  Call us for a free initial consultation to find out how we can help your ideas become reality.
  
  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Company Secretarial

  
  When running a hectic business you cannot afford to use valuable time making sure you are complying with the Companies Act. However you do need to be aware how this legislation affects your company and its directors. We can help by carrying out the company secretarial duties for you. Our services include:

  • company formations;
  • preparation and filing of statutory returns;
  • preparation of all documentation (such as minutes and resolutions);
  • maintenance of statutory books (share register, minute book, etc);

  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Financial Performance Review

  
  We will carry out a financial performance review of your business. This will be in the form of a detailed report which includes:

  • graphs and charts illustrating how your business has performed this year;
  • ratio analysis to highlight areas of strength and weakness; and
  • detailed commentary advising you which areas of the business can be improved.

  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Management Accounts

  
  The most important part of our compliance service is the preparation of periodic management accounts. Monitoring and controlling financial performance is of paramount importance and regular management information is vital to the continued success of your business. We can either carry out this function for you or help you set-up internal systems to generate the information.
  
  We will also take this service one step further by interpreting these figures for you and making suggestions to help you improve your profits or to help your business grow.
  
  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Payroll

  
  Running your own payroll can be time consuming and complicated, particularly with the ever increasing complexity of taxation and employment legislation. There is an increasing burden on business to comply with these issues and non-compliance can lead to substantial penalties. We can prepare payrolls for businesses with 1 to 200 staff. Our service is comprehensive and confidential and includes:

  • computer generated payslips;
  • administration of PAYE, national insurance, statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay, etc;
  • completion of statutory forms (including year end returns);
  • summaries and analysis of staff costs;
  • administration of incentive schemes, bonuses and ex-gratia termination payments; and

  Even if you only have a few employees, you will make savings by engaging us to administer your payroll.
  
  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Statutory Accounts

  
  Whether you are a sole trader, partnership or limited company, letting us prepare your year-end accounts will relieve you of what can be an extremely stressful and time consuming exercise. We have invested in the best practice software available to prepare financial statements to the highest possible standard.
  
  We prepare and submit accounts to H M Revenue and Customs, Companies House and for your own internal reporting purposes to shareholders, for management and for other readers such as banks.
  
  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Taxation

  
  Corporate & Business Tax
  
  Corporate & business tax will represent a substantial cost to any profitable business, not only in terms of the tax itself but also in compliance with reporting obligations, investigations with tax authorities and penalties for non-compliance.
  
  We can help you minimise your corporation tax payments and relieve you of any administrative burden of complying with tax legislation. We will deal with all business tax matters, including preparing income and /or corporation tax computations and preparing and submitting your partnership tax return or corporation tax self-assessment return.
  
  Personal Tax
  
  We can help to relieve you of the burden of self assessment by preparing your annual tax return.
  
  We are also able to prepare capital gains tax computations and inheritance tax computations for you. A key service we offer to clients is in the area of taxation planning, aimed at minimising your future tax liabilities.
  
  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.

• Virtual Finance Director

  
  We could be your virtual finance director. Our team have many years of commercial experience that you could tap into.
  
  Every single one of the UK's most successful and profitable businesses hold regular board meetings to discuss strategy. In our experience, when smaller businesses - even one man band businesses - start holding board meetings they immediately start thinking like, acting like and achieving like their bigger and more successful counterparts. So if you're not already in the habit of holding regular board meetings, it could just be what you need to really give your results a boost. We would be happy to attend or even run your business meetings.
  
  Some of the benefits you will get from this include:

  • Meetings that rise above office politics to focus on the really important issues, such as how to drive the business on to ever-greater success.
  • Meetings that are disciplined and kept on track - so that everyone attending is able to get the very most from them.
  • An outsider's perspective - which, by challenging preconceived ideas about how things are done in the industry or business, helps to identify breakthrough ideas and strategies that have never been tried before.
  • External accountability - so that all the good ideas generated in the meetings are turned into agreed action plans, effective action and impressive results.

  If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 0161 9984276 or 01691 661046. To ask us a question online click here.