Owner-managers hiring
You need to see cash and margin before the next contract.
Numbers you can steer with
Management accounts that tell you what to do next month, not last year.
A monthly pack: profit, cash, margins and the three numbers that actually matter in your trade.
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Management Accounts
- Fee
- From £179/month
- The date
- Month + agreed working days
- Reply
- Same day before 4pm
In the package
- Profit and loss that matches the bank
- Cash and runway
- Trade KPIs
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What management accounts actually are.
Year-end accounts are a rear-view mirror. Management accounts are the windscreen. We build a monthly pack for growing SMEs, restaurants, agencies and property businesses that want to see margin, cash and tax before they become a problem.
From, per month
£179/month
Confirmed in writing before we start. Cancel anytime.
Month + agreed working days
In the number
- Profit and loss that matches the bank
- Cash and runway
- Trade KPIs
- A monthly conversation
Quoted separately
- First-year catch-up
- One-off relief claims
- Valuations, exits, restorations
What is in the package.
Everything below is included from £179/month. Nothing here is billed twice.
4 lines, all included
- Profit and loss that matches the bank
- Not a software export. A reviewed pack with obvious anomalies already questioned.
- Cash and runway
- What landed, what is late, what tax is coming. Cash is not the same as profit. We show both.
- Trade KPIs
- Covers for a restaurant. Utilisation for a contractor. Gross margin for a trade. Your numbers, not a generic dashboard.
- A monthly conversation
- Fifteen minutes with your accountant. The pack is the agenda.
You probably need this if
Signs you need management accounts
- Profit looks fine and the current account does not
- A bank or investor has asked for monthly figures
- You only discover tax in the month it is due
- Each site or job is profitable ‘in your head’
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Management Accounts
Who it is usually for
Hospitality and trades
Weekly or monthly packs with the KPIs your floor actually runs on.
Anyone talking to a lender
A reviewed pack beats a Xero export with a cover email.
Three steps. Then it is just a calendar.
No onboarding theatre. We take the file, put a named accountant on it, and the deadlines go in the diary.
- 01
Define the pack
We agree the three to five numbers you will actually look at.
- 02
Close the month
Books locked, pack issued within an agreed number of working days.
- 03
Decide
Price, hire, hold cash, or claim relief, with the evidence in front of you.
In plain English
Management Accounts, written properly
Year-end is a mirror. Management accounts are a windscreen.
A monthly pack is a reviewed story: the bank agrees, tax is reserved, and the odd transaction has already been challenged. We build that pack for growing SMEs across Lancashire and Cheshire: profit, cash, and three or four trade numbers you will actually look at. Fifteen minutes with your accountant. The pack is the agenda.
What ‘reviewed’ means
Software will show you a P&L. It will not tell you the director’s loan is drifting, the VAT rate is wrong on takeaway, or next quarter’s Corporation Tax is not in the cash figure. That is the work. If you only need clean books, start with bookkeeping. Add the pack when it earns the fee.
Management Accounts FAQs
Xero is the ledger. Management accounts are a reviewed story: adjustments made, tax reserved, and the odd transaction already challenged.
If cash surprises you, or you are hiring, or a lender has asked for figures, yes. Otherwise start with clean bookkeeping and add the pack when it earns its fee.
Yes. We format lender-ready packs when you are raising or refinancing.
The notebook
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