Bookkeeping and Accounts for Sole Traders and Small Businesses

Our Services

There are a number of ways you can save time, money and effort while you grow your business.

If you’re anything like most small business owners, you may be working as you started off trying to do everything yourself, but now the business is growing things are a little more complicated. If you are still doing your own books you are probably misusing the time you could be spending on developing and growing your business even further. What’s more you could be missing out on many of the benefits a professional bookkeeper could bring you, and in the process run a much more efficient and profitable business.
The time you spend setting up your books, tracking transactions, and gathering reports for tax, inventory, or payroll is valuable time you could be spending on sales, looking after existing customers and managing your employees.
If your book keeping is more often than not something that you do outside of normal working hours you will be robbing yourself of time to spend with family and friends.
Also the majority of small businesses fail within the first five years, often because they have not kept track of their finances. Don’t be one of them. Don’t spend all of your evenings and weekends with your head buried in the books while your competitors surge ahead!

The advantage of using AGB accounting and bookkeeping services is that we will give you back those valuable hours to make your business more profitable and ease your accounting stress. You will remain in control of the day to day business activities that are important to you. You will know exactly how your business is performing because our professional service will ensure your bookkeeping figures are accurate.

We offer a fixed fee service to suit your individual requirements and 
have put together the following ‘Starter’ packages, as an example of what we can do for you:

Individual

Small home based businesses such as Driving Instructors, Freelancer Designers and Arts & Crafters.

  • Basic Bookkeeping
  • End of Year Tax Calculation
  • Self Assessment (short)
  • Management Accounts
  • VAT Returns
  • Payroll (1 employee)
from £20
per month

Small Business

Sole traders under the VAT threshold, such as Gardeners, Plumbers, Electricians and Carpenters.

  • Monthly Bookkeeping
  • Full Self Assessment
  • Management Accounts
  • Tax Calculations
  • VAT Returns
  • Payroll (1 employee)
from £50
per month

Expanding Business

Slightly larger businesses with staff and VATable such as Tree Surgeons and Landscape Gardeners

  • Monthly Bookkeeping
  • Tax Calculations
  • Full Self Assessment (short)
  • Management Accounts
  • VAT Returns
  • Payroll (1 employee)
from £90
per month

 

As you will have realised running your business generates paperwork, which is time-consuming and can be both boring and frustrating. As part of our monthly bookkeeping service we will manage your income and expense (sales and purchase ledgers). Guide you in what you can claim as legitimate business expenses and what you cannot, so maximising profits. Reconcile your bank statements, which will tell you where you stand. Prepare your Profit and Loss account and balance sheet. As a sole trader this is sufficient for the preparation of your Self-Assessment tax return.
As you will have realised running your business generates paperwork, which is time-consuming and can be both boring and frustrating. As any successful business knows, as the business grows so does the amount of your paperwork but not your time available to cope with it. As part of our bookkeeping service we will manage your income and expense (sales and purchase ledgers). We can do your bookkeeping at your office, whether this be a converted garden shed or your dining table or at our premises based in Maresfield on the edge of Ashdown Forest. Guide you in what you can claim as legitimate business expenses and what you cannot, so maximising profits. Reconcile your bank statements, which will tell you where you stand. Prepare your Profit and Loss account and balance sheet. As a sole trader this is sufficient for the preparation of your Self-Assessment tax return.
We can do your bookkeeping at your office or at our premises based in Maresfield on the edge of Ashdown Forest. Every business is different so we tailor our services to your specific requirements. As part of our bookkeeping service we will manage your income and expense (sales and purchase ledgers). Guide you in what you can claim as legitimate business expenses and what you cannot, so maximising profits. Reconcile your bank statements, to keep you up to date with your finances. Prepare your quarterly VAT returns. Prepare your Profit and Loss account and balance sheet. If you are a sole trader this is sufficient for the preparation of your Self-Assessment tax return. If you are a limited co we will prepare the necessary documentation to submit to your accountant. On monthly or at other intervals that suit you AGB accounting and bookkeeping services can provide you with the financial information you need to support and help your business decisions over the short, medium and longer term.