Accountants who actually run businesses. So we know the job we're advising on.
We're a Glasgow-focused accountancy and advisory firm for ambitious owner-managed businesses. Year-end accounts and tax done quietly in the background — and serious advisory work on the things that decide whether you scale, raise, sell or stall.
Most accountants haven't met a payroll. We have. Many times.
Our principal James Lowe owns and runs three groups of his own — Prompt Tech (software), Milo Tools (industrial tooling), and Prompt Financial Services. He's bought two businesses, partnered on a third, walked away from a fourth during diligence, and exited a fifth.
When you sit down with us, you're not getting a partner who has read about the cashflow squeeze, the bad acquisition, the customer concentration scare. You're getting someone who has signed the personal guarantee, lived through the hire-too-early, and walked away from the deal that didn't survive scrutiny.
Read the founder storyA deliberately small roster
We turn business away. Each client gets a senior operator's time, not a junior's spreadsheet.
Compliance is the floor
Year-end, tax, VAT, payroll — done quietly and on time. That's table stakes, not the work.
The advisory is the point
Management accounts with non-financial KPIs, cashflow models, raising finance, M&A. Where the value sits.
Glasgow first, UK-wide
Anchored in Glasgow and the central belt, but we work with growing businesses across the UK.
The accounting work, done quietly.
Statutory accounts, corporation tax, self assessment, bookkeeping, VAT and payroll — accurate, on time, and used as the foundation for the rest of the work.
Year-End Accounts
Statutory accounts that tell you something useful, not just keep Companies House happy.
Corporation Tax
Accurate CT600s, planned reliefs, and no nasty surprises in month nine.
Self Assessment
SA100s done properly — for directors, landlords, and high earners who don't want to think about HMRC.
Bookkeeping
Clean, current books — because everything else depends on them.
VAT Returns
MTD-compliant VAT returns, prepared, reviewed and filed — with the schemes that actually save you money.
Payroll
Accurate, on-time payroll — including auto-enrolment, P11Ds and CIS.
The work that actually moves the dial.
Management accounts that drive decisions, cashflow models that get used, and the M&A work to buy, sell or partner — from someone who has done all of it personally.
Management Accounts
Monthly numbers that actually drive decisions — financial AND non-financial.
Cashflow Forecasting
13-week and 3-year cashflow models you actually use — not a one-off spreadsheet that goes stale.
Systems & Controls
Put in the financial plumbing now, before scale exposes how thin it is.
Raising Finance
From asset finance and CBILS-successor schemes to equity rounds — we sit on your side of the table.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Buy-side, sell-side, partnership — and the discipline to walk. We've done all four, with our own money.
Strategy & Marketing
A commercial plan that links what you sell, who you sell it to, and what it makes — built with someone who has actually run the businesses.
2 acquisitions. 1 partnership. 1 walk-away. 1 exit.
Most M&A advisors have closed deals. Fewer have signed personal guarantees on them.
We've completed two acquisitions, structured a partnership, exited a previous business in the stationery supplies sector, and walked away from a fourth deal during diligence — because the numbers behind the marketing didn't survive scrutiny. That walk-away matters as much as the closes. It's the discipline that determines which clients we take, and what advice we give.
Our M&A advisory serviceLet's see if we're the right fit.
If you run an ambitious business in or around Glasgow and want an accountant who has actually been in your seat — not just advised from one — get in touch. We deliberately keep our client roster small, so we have time to do this properly.