Management Accounts · Scotland
Management accounts in Motherwell
Owners in Motherwell who are making decisions about hiring, pricing, borrowing or expansion need numbers that are current and comparable. Our management accounts service gives businesses across Scotland exactly that, online, with a short written commentary that says what moved and what to watch, and a review call in the top package to talk it through.
from £99/mo · fixed, per month
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
Management Accounts for Motherwell
Owner-managed businesses in Motherwell with turnover from around £250,000 upwards that are making decisions during the year: companies with staff, stock or borrowing, businesses preparing to raise finance or sell, franchisees reporting to a franchisor, companies with external shareholders or a board, and any owner who has decided that once a year is not often enough to know how the business is doing.
What is included
Everything inside the fixed fee
- Profit and loss for the period and year to date, against budget or prior year where available
- Balance sheet with debtors, creditors, cash, stock and loan positions explained
- Written commentary on the movements that matter and what is driving them
- KPI dashboard with the measures agreed for your business, in the £149 package
- A review call each period to go through the pack and the decisions it points to, in the £199 package
- Accruals, prepayments and depreciation posted so the figures are accurate rather than cash-based
How it works
Management Accounts from Motherwell, step by step
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.
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.
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.
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
Why Motherwell businesses file with IGI
The price for management accounts is published on this page and is what a client in Motherwell pays. We confirm it in writing first, and the invoice matches the quote.
Deadline-first: the dates that matter for management accounts are shown at the top of this page, diarised for every Motherwell client and chased before they arrive.
Online only, UK based. There is no office in Motherwell to pay for, which is why the fee is the same here as anywhere in Scotland; the work is done by people in the UK who answer the same day.
Continuity matters in management accounts: the person who prepared last year's work for your Motherwell business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.
Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Motherwell comes with a short explanation of what the figures mean and what, if anything, you should do about them.
You stay in control of management accounts: drafts go to Motherwell clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.
Local facts
About Motherwell
Motherwell is in Scotland, in the ML1 postcode district, Scotland. Scottish taxpayers pay income tax under six Scottish bands set by the Scottish Parliament, from the 19% starter rate through 20%, 21%, 42% and 45% to the 48% top rate, applied to non-savings income. Dividends and savings are taxed at UK rates, National Insurance and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and property purchases pay Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Braedale | 0.8 mi | W |
| North Motherwell | 0.8 mi | NW |
| Flemington, Scotland | 0.9 mi | SE |
| Forgewood | 1 mi | NW |
| Muirhouse, North Lanarkshire | 1 mi | SE |
| Carfin | 2 mi | NE |
| Ferniegair | 2 mi | SW |
| Shieldmuir | 2 mi | SE |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Confirmation statements and identity verification
Companies House has tightened its requirements under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act: every company needs a registered email address and an appropriate registered office, every statement includes a lawful-purpose declaration, and every director and PSC must verify their identity. The confirmation statement, due annually with a £50 fee, is where most of this is confirmed.
CIS deductions
The Construction Industry Scheme affects both sides of a construction payment. Contractors must verify subcontractors, deduct the right amount, issue statements and file monthly, with penalties from £100 for each late return. Subcontractors suffer deductions on turnover and recover the excess at the year end. Limited company subcontractors offset deductions against PAYE monthly instead.
Salary versus dividends
Directors of their own companies usually take a salary at or just above the National Insurance thresholds, which keeps the year qualifying for State Pension and is deductible for Corporation Tax, with further income as dividends. Dividends above the £500 allowance are taxed at 10.75%, 35.75% and 39.35% by band and can only be paid from distributable profits after tax, with a minute and voucher each time.
Director's loan accounts
Money taken from a company has to be something: salary, dividend, expense reimbursement or loan. If it is a loan and remains outstanding nine months after the year end, the company pays tax at the dividend higher rate on it until it is repaid. Clearing the balance with a properly declared dividend before the deadline, where reserves allow, is routine year-end work.
The VAT registration threshold
Watching the rolling twelve-month turnover figure is one of the quiet jobs of monthly bookkeeping, because the £90,000 VAT threshold arrives silently. Crossing it brings quarterly returns, Making Tax Digital software and a decision about schemes. Crossing it late brings a bill for VAT you could not recover from customers and a penalty for failing to notify.
Corporation Tax rates and marginal relief
Corporation Tax is not a flat rate. Profits to £50,000 pay 19%, profits above £250,000 pay 25%, and the band between is taxed at an effective marginal rate of 26.5% through the marginal relief mechanism. Associated companies share the thresholds, which catches directors who own more than one company and is the most common cause of underpaid tax in owner-managed groups.
Late filing penalties
Penalties are the clearest reason to work to deadlines. A Self Assessment return one day late costs £100 regardless of whether any tax is due; three months late adds £10 a day. Late company accounts start at £150 and reach £1,500, and double if the previous year was also late. None of this is negotiable afterwards except through a narrow reasonable-excuse appeal.
Questions
Management Accounts questions from Motherwell
Can you provide management accounts for a group or multiple branches?
Yes. Branch or entity-level packs with a consolidated view are quoted as a fixed fee based on the number of units. Many franchisees and multi-site businesses use us for exactly this, with each site's performance visible alongside the total.
How does quarterly differ from monthly?
Same content, less often. Quarterly at £99 a quarter suits stable businesses that want a regular check rather than close monitoring. Monthly suits businesses that are growing, borrowing, employing or facing margin pressure, where a quarter is too long to wait to see a problem.
Will lenders and investors accept your management accounts?
Yes. Banks, invoice financiers and investors routinely ask for monthly management accounts as a condition of facilities or as part of due diligence, and our packs are in the format they expect. We can also produce the specific covenant calculations a facility requires.
Can management accounts help with Corporation Tax planning?
Yes. Because the pack shows profit accruing through the year, decisions about capital expenditure, pension contributions and dividend timing can be made before the year end rather than discovered after it. We flag these opportunities in the commentary as they arise.
Do I need bookkeeping with you to have management accounts?
It is simplest if we do the bookkeeping because the figures are current and we know the file, but we can produce management accounts from a well-kept file maintained by you or another bookkeeper. The pack is only as good as the bookkeeping, so if the records are behind we say so first.
What adjustments do you make to the bookkeeping figures?
Accruals for costs incurred but not yet invoiced, prepayments for costs paid in advance, depreciation on fixed assets, stock movements where you hold inventory, and the Corporation Tax charge accruing. Without these the profit figure swings with payment timing and says little about performance.
Do you have an office in Motherwell?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Motherwell 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 management accounts is the same in Motherwell as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is management accounts in Motherwell really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Motherwell pays and what a client in any other part of Scotland 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.
One message from Motherwell, one fixed price
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.