Statutory Accounts
Hospitality year-end without the annual reconstruction.
Statutory accounts are the formal record of the year for your restaurant or bar company. We prepare compliant financial statements, support Companies House filing and complete the year-end adjustments so the process is organised — particularly when the books have been kept during the year.
The pressure point
Year-end is stressful when it is treated as a once-a-year event after service.
- 01A scramble to assemble till reports, invoices and payroll after the year has already closed
- 02Uncertainty about what Companies House actually requires
- 03Adjustments that change the picture you thought you had of food cost or overheads
- 04Filing deadlines arriving before the accounts feel finished
- 05Directors signing accounts they have not had time to understand
Included
What statutory accounts support includes
Each engagement is scoped to the restaurant or bar. The items below are the core of the service; we will tell you plainly if something sits outside it.
- Annual accounts preparation
Financial statements prepared from the year’s hospitality records, in the format required for your company.
- Companies House filing support
Accounts prepared for filing and submitted with your authority, within the relevant deadline.
- Year-end adjustments
Accruals, prepayments, depreciation and other adjustments made so the accounts reflect the year fairly.
- Financial statements
Profit and loss, balance sheet and notes presented so directors can review them with confidence.
- Compliance support
Attention to the reporting and filing obligations that apply to your company, including abbreviated options where they remain available.
How it works
A clear process, without unnecessary steps.
We start from the records of the year
Where we already keep the books, year-end is a continuation. Where we are taking over a restaurant or bar, we review what exists first.
We prepare and talk you through the accounts
You see a draft, we explain the key figures and adjustments, and you approve before filing.
We support the Companies House filing
Once approved, accounts are filed. Corporation tax work, where instructed, follows the same year-end.
Benefits
What this changes in the business.
- Accounts you can actually read and discuss as an operator
- Filing handled as a planned piece of work, not a crisis
- A year-end that matches the story of the management accounts
- A cleaner starting point for the following year
Who it is for
UK limited companies operating restaurants, bars, cafés and other food and beverage businesses that need annual accounts prepared and filed.
F&B example
How this looks in a restaurant or bar.
Year-end for a restaurant company should continue the year’s books, not reconstruct twelve months of service from a box of till reports.
Systems supported
Quality-control and review
Every important output follows a defined control: prepared, checked, senior-reviewed, then client-approved before it is filed or released. That path sits on accounts, VAT, payroll and tax filings.
Related services
This work rarely sits on its own.
Questions
Statutory Accounts — frequently asked.
Private limited companies generally file accounts at Companies House within nine months of the year-end. The corporation tax payment date is usually earlier. We work backwards from both so neither is left late.
Yes. We can take over at year-end, review the records and prepare the statutory accounts. A conversation first helps us understand how complete the information is.
No. Statutory accounts are filed at Companies House. The corporation tax return is a separate HMRC filing, usually based on the same underlying figures. We can handle both when instructed.
