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Stress-free bookkeeping

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Evenings and weekends should be for friends and family, not reconciling bank accounts and filing receipts. Let our dedicated team handle your bookkeeping, so you are free to run your business and enjoy your life.

Did you know that HMRC could charge you for inaccurate, incomplete or unreadable records?

Trust our qualified, highly-experienced bookkeeping team to make sure you are fully compliant with the latest laws, buying yourself priceless peace of mind.

We can take on all of your bookkeeping or, using online software, we can work alongside you, helping you as and when needed.

Our collaborative, cloud-accounting system is accessible 24/7 from any device. You will always know who owes you money, your key figures, performance indicators and whether you are making a profit.

Our bookkeeping clients deal with a dedicated member of our team and enjoy complete control with our pay-monthly fees.

Our Outsourced Bookkeeping Services for Business

Bookkeeping accurate data and debt entry is often a significant challenge for large and small businesses, but it is impossible to overstate the importance of having efficient bookkeeping to ensure you know precisely how your company is performing.

Understanding the underlying business finances is fundamental to astute decision-making and pinpointing opportunities and general ledger information that reflects seasonal trends or fluctuations in bank balances, cash flow, clients, and profit.

Outsourcing your double entry bookkeeping to a qualified team can relieve ongoing headaches and potentially reduce staffing costs without the need to employ accounts payable and accounts receivable clerks full-time to ensure all documents and daily bookkeeping transactions have been entered correctly to trace essential expenses and reconcile with other financial transactions.

What we offer at a glance

Supply accounting software
Supply of Dext or Hubdoc (paperless receipt capture system) Optional
Software introduction training
Posting sales and purchase invoices

Posting expenses and cash transactions

Posting all business bank transactions
Reconciliation of business bank accounts

Posting credit card transactions and reconciling account

Reconciliation of cash account
Reconciliation of all other control accounts
Monthly journal entries
Making adjustments for foreign currency transactions
Accounting for accruals and prepayments
VAT reconciliation
Filing VAT returns
Debtor and creditor monitoring
Maintenance of fixed asset register

Quarterly management reporting – Profit & Loss account and balance sheet

Estimation of tax liabilities accruing
Reconciliation of the CIS accounts if applicable
Our fixed pricing structure means you will always know what you will pay upfront, so you can plan and budget.

Benefits of Outsourcing Your Company Bookkeeping Process

Thousands of businesses produce financial reports manually through software such as Microsoft Excel, which, although functional, can make it difficult to determine where action is required, for example:

    • Outdated reports of outstanding invoices to chase money owed
    • Unreconciled incoming payments to mark sales invoices as paid
    • Recording journal entries retrospectively and working with an inaccurate balance sheet
    • Falling behind with tax liabilities and overdue purchase invoices
    • Having inaccurate customer reports due to delays in inputting written financial transactions
    • Raising invoices late and causing shortfalls in cash flow due to delayed income

Outsourced bookkeeping provides a considerable advantage, with a cloud-based, accessible dashboard showing your current financial position with all new jobs and ledger entries posted to show exactly where you stand.

In most cases, hiring a qualified accountant to manage a double entry system is more cost-effective and efficient, with the assurance that even complex transactions have been correctly entered, making it faster and easier to produce management accounts, financial statements, and tax returns.

At year-end, you won’t need to invest weeks in reconciling your accounting system to ensure your ledger balances where there are common errors, such as a credit entry without a corresponding debit.

Professional Bookkeeping Services for Small Business Clients

James Todd & Co can provide flexible bookkeeping, allowing you to request support before upcoming reporting deadlines or tax return filing dates, ensuring each journal entry has been approved, and your records reflect accurate financial information.

Our Accounting Clean-Up package can go hand-in-hand with bookkeeping to maintain and improve your double entry bookkeeping system, recommend improvements, and verify that all invoices, sales, revenue and profit have been entered – while you focus on running your business and making decisions based on real-time reporting.

Contact us now about our Bookkeeping services

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Some words from our wonderful clients..

"We have worked with Michelle and Kevin for many years. We were a small Partnership when we started using them for our annual accounts; as they grew as company so did we. With all their expertise and advice we turned our 500K turnover business into a 3.5 million Turnover business. They do our monthly management accounts and review and advise us on strategies to help us continually grow. The wide range of services they offer is amazing from Tax advice to Payroll and much more!"

- Danny Knight, Director, Knight Fencing Ltd. - client since 2007

"Running your own business can be incredibly stressful, You need someone you trust who is on your side and who you can call whenever you need help or advice. I have that with James Todd & Co."

- Julia Haviland, Director, Brittain Marketing Services Ltd

"James Todd & Co have been our accountants since 1997 and have provided excellent services throughout our time together. They have undertaken our CIS, Payroll, VAT and end of year accounts during this period and have been excellent throughout. They have a great team, all of which are a credit to the company."

- Steve Carder, Director, Facilities Fire Protection Ltd - client since 1997

Stress Free Bookkeeping FAQs

Why should I outsource bookkeeping instead of doing it myself?

Outsourcing your bookkeeping reduces the risk of errors, keeps your financial data accurate and compliant with HMRC requirements, and can be more cost‑effective than hiring full‑time staff.

What bookkeeping tasks are included in the service?

Typically bookkeeping services include posting sales and purchase invoices, reconciling bank accounts and credit cards, posting expenses, managing accruals and prepayments, monitoring debtors and creditors, preparing VAT reconciliations and returns, and producing quarterly management reports.

How often will my books be updated and reviewed?

With outsourced bookkeeping, your financial records are typically updated monthly or more frequently via cloud accounting software.

Do I lose control of my finances if I outsource bookkeeping?

No. Outsourcing doesn’t take control away from you. You retain access to your financial data and can choose reporting preferences and frequency while a professional ensures accuracy and compliance.

What is the difference between bookkeeping and accounting?

Bookkeeping focuses on recording and organising day‑to‑day transactions so your financial records are accurate and up to date. Accounting goes a step further by analysing that information, preparing financial statements, supporting tax preparation, and offering strategic advice.