Core service
Books reconciled every month, so year-end is not a rebuild.
Monthly bookkeeping, a month-end close on a fixed date, and financial statements a lender will accept.
Every month: bank, card and merchant accounts reconciled, receivables and payables reviewed, the month closed on the agreed date. Statements are prepared under ASPE, the standard lenders and buyers expect.
Where it usually starts.
What people arrive with, and what we do.
- The books are three months behind.
- A catch-up project with a fixed end date, then a monthly routine so it does not happen again.
- The bank has asked for financial statements.
- ASPE statements from a reconciled ledger, with the schedules a lender's analyst asks for next.
- The year-end accountant keeps sending questions.
- A year-end file with working papers and reconciliations, delivered before they ask.
- Nobody is sure the numbers are right.
- Every account reconciled to its statement each month, and every difference investigated.
Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliations
Every bank, card and merchant account reconciled to its statement each month, and every difference investigated.
Month-end close
Close dates agreed for the year in advance. The reporting pack arrives on the same working day every month.
Financial statement preparation
Balance sheet, income statement and cash flow under ASPE, or IFRS where a parent company or lender requires it.
Receivables and payables
Aged receivables reviewed and followed up monthly. Supplier invoices approved and scheduled so late fees are not paid.
Catch-up and clean-up
Books that have fallen behind brought current in a project with a fixed end date, then into a monthly routine.
Year-end file for your external accountant
Working papers, schedules and reconciliations prepared so the accountant who signs the year-end can start immediately.
What you receive.
Named in the engagement letter before work starts.
- Reconciled ledger, closed on the agreed date each month
- Monthly statements with a short commentary
- Aged receivables and payables listings
- Year-end file to your external accountant, before they ask
Tell us where things stand.
Say what the business does and what is worrying you. Within one business day you get what the work involves, roughly what it costs, and when we could start.
We usually reply within one business day.