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Cash-Flow Forecasting · South London

Cash-flow forecasting in Sutton Green, Sutton

Cash-flow forecasting for businesses in Sutton Green, Sutton: a 13-week rolling forecast is £199, a 12-month forecast with scenarios is £349, a monthly refresh retainer is £99 a month, and a funding-application forecast pack is £299. Fixed fees, published, and the same in Sutton Green as in every part of England.

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 Sutton Green

Businesses in Sutton Green, Sutton 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 Sutton Green, Sutton, 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

The IGI way of working, in Sutton Green

No hourly rate and no surprise invoice. Sutton Green clients know the fee for cash-flow forecasting before they send a single document, and it stays fixed.

We work to the HMRC and Companies House calendar, not an appointment diary. Clients in Sutton Green, Sutton get reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before each date that applies to cash-flow forecasting.

Online only, UK based. There is no office in Sutton Green to pay for, which is why the fee is the same here as anywhere in England; the work is done by people in the UK who answer the same day.

Continuity matters in cash-flow forecasting: the person who prepared last year's work for your Sutton Green business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.

Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Sutton Green comes with a short explanation of what the figures mean and what, if anything, you should do about them.

You stay in control of cash-flow forecasting: drafts go to Sutton Green clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.

Local facts

About Sutton Green, Sutton

Sutton Green, Sutton is in South London, within Sutton, in the SM1 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
Benhilton0.2 miE
Sutton North0.3 miN
Sutton Common, Sutton0.3 miN
Sutton Central0.4 miSE
Sutton Town Centre0.6 miS
Sutton West0.7 miSW
Stonecot0.8 miNW
Rosehill, Sutton0.9 miN

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Dormant companies

Companies formed to protect a name or hold a future business are dormant but not exempt: Companies House still expects dormant accounts within nine months of the year end and a confirmation statement annually with its £50 fee, and HMRC must be told the company is dormant or it will demand Corporation Tax returns. The filings are short, but the penalties for missing them are the same as for a trading company.

Confirmation statements and identity verification

The confirmation statement is the annual check that the public register is right: officers, registered office, SIC codes, shareholders and the PSC register. It carries a £50 fee and no financial penalty for lateness, but failure to file leads to compulsory strike-off. The identity verification regime introduced in November 2025 has added a further check to every statement.

The trading and property allowances

The first £1,000 of trading income and, separately, the first £1,000 of property income each year is tax free under the trading and property allowances. Below those figures no return is needed for that income. Above them you can deduct the £1,000 allowance instead of actual expenses if that is better, which suits side businesses and single-room lets with few costs.

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.

Employer National Insurance

Employers pay National Insurance at 15% on each employee's earnings above the £5,000 secondary threshold, following the April 2025 changes. The Employment Allowance offsets up to £10,500 of this for eligible employers, which for a small team often removes the liability entirely, but companies where the director is the only employee do not qualify.

Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment

Auto-enrolment duties begin the day you take on your first employee, not when the Pensions Regulator writes to you. Eligible staff must be enrolled, contributions paid every pay period and re-enrolment carried out every three years. Director-only companies without employment contracts are usually exempt. Fines for non-compliance are fixed and escalating.

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.

Questions

Cash-Flow Forecasting questions from Sutton Green

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.

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.

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.

Which deadlines matter most for cash-flow forecasting?

The next four dates that apply to cash-flow forecasting are shown at the top of this page, calculated from today. For Sutton Green 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.

How do I get started from Sutton Green, Sutton?

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 cash-flow forecasting. Once you confirm, we tell you exactly which records to send and the work begins. Most Sutton Green clients are set up within a day.

One message from Sutton Green, one fixed price

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

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