OUR SERVICES
Are you buried in your books?
Tired of the clutter and confusion?
Let Short Accounts help!
Our comprehensive and timely bookkeeping service is specifically customised to address the unique requirements of your business, following discussion with you.
- Bank account reconciliation, invoice and receipt processing, identifying amounts owed
- Payment processor reconciliation (PayPal, SumUp, Square, Stripe, Zettle, GoCardless, etc.)
- Identifying outstanding customer and supplier payments
- Invoicing – creating & sending your customer invoices
- Credit control – ensuring your customer invoices are paid according to agreed credit terms
- Financial reporting, month end and Year End accounts as required (see below)
- We can provide weekly, monthly or quarterly services, as required for sole traders, businesses, partnerships, limited companies and charities.
- We use cloud-based accounting software such as Xero, Sage and others, or Expense Plus for charities. (see below)
- From £30, depending on complexity and requirements
Monthly mayhem relating to payroll and pensions?
Overtime overwhelm?
Let Short Accounts help!
Accurate and timely payroll service and administration of pension contributions, including employee enrolment and ensuring HMRC regulatory compliance.
- Payroll portal for employees to access their payslips, P60, etc.
- Payroll portal can also manage leave requests and keep track of annual leave taken
- HMRC compliant monthly filing
- Pension monthly filing
- Software used: BrightPay and Xero, depending on your situation
- Fixed fee which includes new employee enrolment (starters and leavers)
- From £6 per employee
Drowning in deadlines?
Struggling to find the ‘value’ in Value Added Tax?
Let Short Accounts help!
Correct recording of transactions to ensure timely reporting and filing of VAT Returns to HMRC.
- Processing of customer invoices and supplier purchase receipts
- Ensuring correct VAT rates have been charged
- Help with reclaiming correct amount of VAT
- Review and filing of quarterly VAT returns
- From £40
Are you ready for MTD for IT?
Do you even know what that means? Or are you being an ostrich?
Let Short Accounts help!
Covering individuals, self-employed, sole traders, landlords and partnerships, we can help you get ready for the government mandated Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for IT).
Please get in touch for a discussion.
Is Gift Aid getting you down?
Are your funds and grants tying you in knots?
Let Short Accounts help!
Using specialist fund accounting software, we can streamline your charity income and expenditure, ensuring compliance with Charity Commission regulations, Gift Aid, etc.
Charity fund accounting is different to business accounting, and we understand that.
We will look at your current situation and help set up a streamlined system if you haven’t already got that in place. This will enable you to have a real-time overview of your charity’s finances.
- Bank account reconciliation with allocation to correct funds
- Payment processor reconciliation (PayPal, Stewardship, Stripe, Zettle, GoCardless, etc.)
- Grant and restricted donation tracking
- Straightforward expense payments for staff and volunteers, with internal approval process
- Donor management system enabling Gift Aid monitoring
- Gift Aid and GASDS submission direct to HMRC
- Budgeting and reporting options, enabling trustees to make appropriate financial decisions
- Event or booking invoice creation (e.g. room hire, training, weddings)
- End of Year Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) reporting for Charity Commission
- Tailor reporting for specific church denominations (e.g. Church of England, Elim)
Are you constantly behind on creating customer invoices?
Are you behind on paying your suppliers?
Let Short Accounts help!
We can discuss and implement the following to suit your needs:
- Identifying outstanding customer and supplier payments
- Invoicing – creating & sending your customer invoices
- Credit control – ensuring your customer invoices are paid according to agreed credit terms
- Weekly or monthly, as per your business requirements
Feeling disillusioned with nowhere to go?
There’s something missing, but can’t figure out what?
Let Short Accounts help!
Helping you as a business owner to reach the best decisions for your business in any given situation
- Resetting your vision
- Creating and/or updating your business plan
- Challenging your status quo
You know where the pennies are, but where are the pounds?
Want to expand, but don’t know if you can afford it?
Let Short Accounts help!
We can provide comprehensive financial reports to inform and enhance your business decision-making processes.
- Monthly or quarterly
- Budgeting and projections
- Year End analysis to support your accountant, enabling your end of year accounts to be completed in a timely manner
- Speak to us and we can come up with a solution that fits your requirements
What deadline?
Didn’t realise there would be a penalty?
Let Short Accounts help!
Ensuring compliance for all Companies House reporting requirements
- Annual accounts filing
- Confirmation statements
- Updating directors’ details and shareholdings
- Updating charity trustee information
- Adding and removing directors and trustees (charities)