Bookkeeping
Clean, current books — because everything else depends on them.
Who this is for
Owner-managed businesses turning over £250k–£5m where the founder is sick of doing the books on a Sunday but is not yet ready for an in-house finance hire.
If the bookkeeping is wrong, every other number is wrong.
Bookkeeping is the foundation. If it's late, sloppy or guessed at, your management accounts are guesses, your VAT is guesswork, and your year-end is twice as expensive. We do this work the unglamorous way — properly, on time, and with the discipline to chase the missing receipts.
We work primarily on Xero and QuickBooks Online, integrated with Dext / Hubdoc for receipt capture. We keep ledgers reconciled monthly, manage AR and AP cycles, and close the books inside a defined window each month so management accounts are always available.
What's included.
Everything below is part of the standard engagement. We'll tell you up front if your situation needs anything outside this — there are no surprises.
Bank and credit card reconciliation, weekly or monthly depending on volume
Sales ledger management — invoice generation, credit control, aged debtor reporting
Purchase ledger management — supplier invoices, payment runs, aged creditor reporting
Receipt and bill capture via Dext or Hubdoc
Monthly management close inside a defined window (typically working day 5–10)
Quarterly VAT preparation under MTD
A predictable, four-step engagement.
Diagnostic
We review your existing books and tell you exactly what state they're in.
Setup or migration
Clean Xero / QuickBooks file, chart of accounts that fits your business, integrations live.
Run
Weekly / monthly bookkeeping, reconciliations, AR/AP discipline, on a fixed cadence.
Close
Monthly close on a defined working day, books locked, management pack delivered.
Frequently asked questions
Do you work on Xero or QuickBooks?
Both. We are Xero Partners and certified on QuickBooks. We will tell you which suits your business better — they are not interchangeable, and the wrong choice is annoying to undo.
What about Making Tax Digital?
Both Xero and QuickBooks are MTD-compliant out of the box. We file VAT under MTD as part of the bookkeeping package and ensure you remain compliant as MTD for ITSA rolls out.
Can you take over from my current bookkeeper?
Yes — we handle the handover and clean up any structural issues in the file before we start running it. A clean migration is worth doing properly.
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Talk to us about bookkeeping.
Quick conversation, no commitment. We'll tell you honestly whether this is the right service for where you are.