Audit services - Adding value to the audit

Though business owners traditionally regard the annual audit and preparation of annual accounts as a cost centre - a necessary evil that adds no value to the business - we strive to transform it into a profit centre.

Besides helping you meet the statutory requirements, we also take the opportunity to conduct a review of your financial and management systems. This can often result in our identifying potential problem areas and recommending opportunities to improve your business performance. We discuss the problems and opportunities with you and help you implement any agreed solutions.

We see the preparation of your annual report as an opportunity to enhance your external image. A well-prepared report can have a considerable positive impact on the perceptions of investors, potential finance sources, customers, prospect, referral sources, and even your own staff - all of which greatly improves your business prospects for the future.

Company secretarial - Assuring compliance with the Companies Act

The Companies Act requires companies to submit various documents within strict time limits. Not only is this a considerable administrative burden, failure to comply can result in potentially severe penalties for directors.

We can relieve you of both the burden and the worry by helping with your Company Secretarial duties. Our service includes:

• Preparing and filing accounts and annual returns
• Maintaining statutory registers:
  • Register of Allotments
  • Register of Transfers
  • Register of Members
  • Register of Directors
  • Register of Secretaries
  • Register of Directors' Interests
  • Register of Mortgages and Charges
• Preparing and filing Companies House forms recording:
  • Changes of officers
  • Changes of registered office
  • Increases in share capital
  • Allotments of shares
  • Changes of accounting reference date
• Preparing documentation for annual general meetings
• If required, acting as company secretary of your company
• If required, providing your company with a registered office address

VAT - Relieving you of the burden

VAT can be the bane of everyone affected by it.

The complex regime of regulations imposes a tremendous administrative burden on businesses.

With the rate being so high, mistakes in calculating VAT can be costly - and the rigid system of penalties and interest charges for mistakes and the late submission of returns adds to that burden.

Our cost-effective VAT compliance and planning services can relieve you of this burden.

Our team of VAT professionals will help to keep your VAT affairs in order, make sure you are collecting the right amounts for each transaction, and ensure that you make payments and file returns correctly and on time.

In addition to providing a comprehensive bookkeeping and VAT accounting service, we can also advise on and help with:

• The pros and cons of voluntary registration
• The timing of compulsory registration
• Extracting maximum benefit from the rules on de-registration
• Partial exemption
• Timing and delaying VAT payments
• Flat rate VAT schemes
• VAT on imports and exports
• VAT control visits by Customs and Excise