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Management Accounts · North London

Management accounts in North Finchley

Statutory accounts tell a North Finchley business how last year went, nine months after it ended. Management accounts tell you how this month went, two weeks after it ended, with a commentary explaining why. We produce them from your bookkeeping on a fixed working day each period, for a published fee, with the adjustments that make the figures true.

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 North Finchley

Owner-managed businesses in North Finchley 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 North Finchley, step by step

  1. Scope the job

    We find out what you need filed, when it is due and what state the records are in, and tell you which fixed-fee package applies.

  2. Agree the price

    The fee is confirmed in writing. There is no hourly billing and nothing added for questions during the work.

  3. Hand over the records

    Photographs, PDFs, software access or a spreadsheet, sent however suits you. We confirm what we have and what is missing within two working days.

  4. Approve, then we submit

    You review the draft with our explanation, sign off, and we file. Receipts, copies and the next deadlines come back to you immediately.

Why IGI

The IGI way of working, in North Finchley

The price for management accounts is published on this page and is what a client in North Finchley pays. We confirm it in writing first, and the invoice matches the quote.

Nothing for North Finchley is left to the last week. Each deadline relevant to management accounts is tracked from the day you join, with the next four shown on every page we send you.

No appointments, no travel across North London, no parking. Everything for management accounts in North Finchley happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.

A named person handles your management accounts from North Finchley and knows the file, so you are not re-explaining your business to a different helpdesk each time.

The output for North Finchley clients is never just a form. It is the form, a one-page summary of what it says, and a note of the decisions it points to for management accounts.

Nothing is filed for North Finchley 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 North Finchley

North Finchley is in North London, within Barnet, in the N12 postcode district, England. For businesses in England the tax rules are those set by the UK Parliament: the 20/40/45% income tax bands, Class 4 National Insurance for the self-employed at 6% and 2%, Corporation Tax at 19% to 25%, and Stamp Duty Land Tax on property. Business rates are set locally by the council.

Nearby places we also serve for management accounts
PlaceDistanceDirection
Woodhouse, Barnet0.2 miSE
Woodside Park0.6 miNW
Friern Barnet0.7 miE
West Finchley0.9 miW
Coppetts1 miE
Church End, Barnet1 miSW
Finchley1 miS
Whetstone1 miN

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

CIS deductions

CIS turns construction subcontractors into advance taxpayers: a fifth of every labour payment goes to HMRC before they see it. Registering keeps the rate at 20% rather than 30%; gross payment status, for established businesses with a clean record, removes deductions altogether. The annual return is where the overpayment comes back, and filing it early brings the refund sooner.

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.

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.

The VAT registration threshold

VAT registration is compulsory once taxable turnover in any rolling twelve-month period exceeds £90,000, or when you expect to exceed that in the next thirty days alone. The test is rolling, not by tax year, and includes zero-rated sales. Businesses regularly cross it without noticing, and late registration means accounting for VAT on sales where it was never charged to customers.

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.

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.

Payments on account

A common surprise in Self Assessment is the January payment that is far larger than expected. That is the balancing payment for the year just ended plus the first payment on account for the year ahead, which HMRC sets at half of the bill just calculated. We put the figure in your hands months ahead and tell you how to adjust it legitimately when circumstances change.

Questions

Management Accounts questions from North Finchley

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 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 is in the pack?

Profit and loss for the period and year to date against budget or prior year, balance sheet with the main positions explained, cash movement, aged debtors and creditors, and a written commentary of a page or so on what changed and why. The £149 package adds a KPI dashboard; the £199 package adds a review call each period.

What is the difference between management accounts and statutory accounts?

Statutory accounts are the annual filing to Companies House, prepared to a legal format and backward-looking. Management accounts are internal, produced monthly or quarterly, in whatever format helps you run the business, with commentary and comparisons. They are not filed anywhere and exist to inform decisions.

What is the review call?

A 30 to 45 minute video call each period in the £199 package to go through the pack, discuss what it shows and what decisions it points to. It is the part clients value most, because numbers on a page do not ask questions and we do.

Can you compare against a budget?

Yes, if you have one. If you do not, we compare against the same period last year and, if you want one, help you build a simple budget as part of the first quarter. Variance against budget is the most useful single comparison in the pack once a budget exists.

How do I get started from North Finchley?

Message us on WhatsApp or email with a sentence about your business and what you need. We reply in working hours with any questions and a fixed fee for management accounts. Once you confirm, we tell you exactly which records to send and the work begins. Most North Finchley clients are set up within a day.

Which deadlines matter most for management accounts?

The next four dates that apply to management accounts are shown at the top of this page, calculated from today. For North Finchley clients we diarise every one of them from the day you join and send reminders before each, so the work is done in good time rather than in the last week before a penalty.

Get a fixed quote for North Finchley today

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

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