Accounting

Cash-Flow Forecasting · Central London

Cash-flow forecasting in Farringdon Without

If your Farringdon Without business is growing, seasonal, stock-heavy or carrying debt, cash is the constraint, not profit. Our forecasts put every VAT quarter, PAYE payment, loan instalment and Corporation Tax date on the calendar alongside what customers will actually pay and when, for businesses across Central London, with scenarios for the things that might go wrong.

from £199 · fixed, per forecast

Next deadlines

  • VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
  • PAYE and National Insurance for last month paid to HMRC (electronic)
  • VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
  • PAYE and National Insurance for last month paid to HMRC (electronic)

Who this is for

Cash-Flow Forecasting for Farringdon Without

Businesses in Farringdon Without where cash timing matters: companies growing faster than their working capital, seasonal businesses, those holding stock or work in progress, businesses with loans or finance to service, companies applying for lending or grants, start-ups measuring runway, and any owner who has had an unexpected conversation with the bank and does not want another.

What is included

Everything inside the fixed fee

  • A 13-week rolling forecast built week by week from your receipts, payments, payroll, VAT and tax dates
  • A 12-month forecast with best, base and worst case scenarios and the assumptions documented
  • Debtor and creditor timing modelled from your actual payment patterns rather than invoice dates
  • Tax, VAT, PAYE and loan repayments placed on their real dates so nothing is a surprise
  • Monthly refresh retainer: actuals replace forecast each month and the horizon rolls forward
  • Funding-application pack: forecast, assumptions, sensitivities and the narrative lenders and grant bodies expect

How it works

Cash-Flow Forecasting from Farringdon Without, step by step

  1. Tell us your situation

    A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.

  2. Fixed fee in writing

    You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.

  3. Send records, review the draft

    Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.

  4. We file, you get the receipts

    Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.

Why IGI

What you get in Farringdon Without

One fixed fee for cash-flow forecasting in Farringdon Without, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.

Nothing for Farringdon Without is left to the last week. Each deadline relevant to cash-flow forecasting is tracked from the day you join, with the next four shown on every page we send you.

No appointments, no travel across Central London, no parking. Everything for cash-flow forecasting in Farringdon Without happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.

You get one contact for cash-flow forecasting, not a queue. Farringdon Without clients message the same person throughout and get an answer in working hours, usually within a few hours.

We explain cash-flow forecasting in the words Farringdon Without business owners use, not in accountant's shorthand, and we show our working so you can check it.

Nothing is filed for Farringdon Without until you have reviewed and approved it. You see the draft, you ask questions, you sign off, then we submit and send you the receipt.

Local facts

About Farringdon Without

Farringdon Without is in Central London, within City of London, in the EC4A postcode district, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.

Nearby places we also serve for cash-flow forecasting
PlaceDistanceDirection
Fleet Street0.2 miSW
Old Bailey0.2 miE
Castle Baynard0.2 miSE
Farringdon Within0.2 miE
Ludgate Hill0.2 miSE
Smithfield, City of London0.3 miNE
Farringdon, Islington0.3 miN
Blackfriars0.3 miSE

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Crypto records and reporting

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The 60-day property CGT return

Since April 2020 a gain on UK residential property must be reported and the tax paid within 60 days of completion through HMRC's dedicated service, separately from the annual return. Non-residents must report all UK land disposals in the same window whether or not tax is due. Getting the computation right first time matters because the figure is then carried into the Self Assessment.

Record keeping

HMRC requires records of all income and expenses, bank statements, invoices and receipts to be kept for at least five years after the 31 January filing deadline of the tax year they relate to, and companies must keep records for six years from the end of the accounting period. Digital copies are acceptable. Under Making Tax Digital the records must be kept in compatible software.

Allowable expenses

An expense is allowable against trading profit if it is incurred wholly and exclusively for the business. Materials, business travel other than ordinary commuting, a proportion of home running costs, software, insurance, professional fees, bank charges and protective clothing qualify. Client entertainment, ordinary clothing, fines and the private share of mixed-use costs do not.

Employer National Insurance

The cost of an employee is more than the salary. Employer National Insurance at 15% above £5,000 a year, the 3% minimum pension contribution, holiday pay, equipment and management time all come on top. The Employment Allowance of £10,500 reduces the National Insurance for most employers with more than one person on the payroll.

Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment

Every employer must assess its workers for automatic enrolment from the first employee's start date. Those aged 22 to State Pension age earning over £10,000 a year must be enrolled into a qualifying pension with minimum contributions of 8% of qualifying earnings, at least 3% from the employer, and a declaration of compliance made to the Pensions Regulator within five months.

Dormant companies

A dormant company is one with no significant accounting transactions in the year, where the only permitted entries are the payment for shares on incorporation, Companies House fees and penalties. It still files a confirmation statement and simplified dormant accounts every year. A bank charge or an accountant's fee paid from the company ends dormancy and requires full accounts.

Questions

Cash-Flow Forecasting questions from Farringdon Without

Can a forecast show me whether I can afford a hire or a purchase?

Yes, that is one of its main uses. We add the hire or purchase as a scenario and show the cash effect month by month, including the point at which it pays for itself if it does. Decisions that look fine on a profit basis often fail on cash timing, and the forecast shows where.

How do seasonal businesses use forecasting?

To see the trough. Seasonal businesses typically make their profit in a few months and spend the rest of the year surviving on it, with VAT and tax payments falling in the quiet period. The 12-month forecast shows how deep the trough goes and whether a facility is needed to bridge it, well before the bank does.

Why do forecasts usually go wrong?

Three reasons: they assume customers pay on the due date, they forget tax dates, and they are never updated. We model actual payment behaviour from your history, place VAT, PAYE, Corporation Tax and Self Assessment payments on their real dates, and offer the refresh retainer so the forecast stays current.

Do I need bookkeeping with you to have a forecast?

No, but the data must exist. We build forecasts from any reasonably kept accounting file plus bank data. If the bookkeeping is behind, we say so first, because a forecast built on stale records is worthless. Clients in our bookkeeping service have the data ready by default.

What is in the funding-application pack?

For £299: a 12-month forecast with monthly cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheet, an assumptions schedule, sensitivity analysis showing what happens if sales fall or costs rise by set percentages, and a narrative explaining the business and the use of funds in the terms lenders and grant bodies use. We brief you on the questions they will ask.

Will banks accept your forecasts?

Yes. Lenders see forecasts constantly and recognise one built from real data with documented assumptions. Grant bodies and investors likewise. We produce covenant calculations and any specific format a lender requires, and we are happy to speak to the lender with you about the assumptions.

Do you have an office in Farringdon Without?

No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Farringdon Without and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for cash-flow forecasting is the same in Farringdon Without as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.

Is cash-flow forecasting in Farringdon Without really the same price as elsewhere?

Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Farringdon Without pays and what a client in any other part of England pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.

Ready to fix your fee in Farringdon Without?

Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.

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