FAQs
Frequently asked questions.
Straightforward answers about our services, systems, process and F&B expertise.
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Specialist F&B finance. Full-service accounting for UK businesses.
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Yes. Food and beverage is the core of the practice: restaurants, cafés, bars, pubs, takeaways, catering and multi-site hospitality groups. General accounting for other UK businesses is available as a secondary capability.
Yes. Bookkeeping, accounts payable, payroll, VAT, management accounts and year-end can sit together as one finance function. We can also take individual services if that is what the business needs.
Yes. Some clients keep a year-end accountant and ask us to run the books, payroll and VAT. Others ask us to take the whole engagement. We will not make a handover unnecessarily complicated.
Yes. We work with Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, Dext, Lightyear, ApprovalMax, FreeAgent, BrightPay and EPOS exports where the till can provide them. Banking and reporting tools can sit in the same workflow. If you already have a system, we will work with it.
Yes. Invoice capture, coding, supplier statements and payment preparation are part of accounts payable support. Payment authority stays with you unless a specific arrangement is agreed.
We prepare what is due, matched to invoices and statements, so you can approve payments with a clear picture. We do not take control of the bank as a default.
Yes. Payroll processing, PAYE, payslips, RTI and pension-related payroll administration, including starters and leavers typical of hospitality.
Yes. Returns are prepared from maintained records, including mixed food and drink supplies where they apply, with Making Tax Digital support. We calculate and file accurately; we do not promise a particular VAT outcome.
Yes. Hospitality packs typically cover sales mix, food GP, beverage GP, labour, prime cost, cash and actual-versus-budget or prior year where those figures exist.
Yes. Site-level reporting alongside a company view is a normal part of the work when a group has more than one venue.
Yes. We review the current processes, take over agreed work and establish opening balances and recurring routines. You remain in control of the timing.
Yes. Specialist F&B finance is the lead offer. We also provide full-service accounting for UK SMEs, professional services, retail, e-commerce, property businesses, consultants, contractors and start-ups.
Access is limited to the people doing the work. We use professional systems, keep records confidential, and only share information where a filing or an authorised instruction requires it. See our privacy policy for the legal detail.
Understand, build, transition, clean up, operate, report and improve. First we learn the business and the systems; then we take on the agreed work and run it on a cycle you can rely on.
Day-to-day work is delivered by a dedicated team, including capability in Lahore, with communication built around UK client hours and UK filings. Senior review happens before accounts and filings are released. We are transparent about the model; we do not sell it as cheap outsourcing.
We respond to all enquiries within one UK business day. Management accounts run on a cycle we agree at onboarding — typically monthly — and are reviewed before they reach you. We do not publish a one-size-fits-all close date, because sites and record quality differ.
A dedicated finance team can scale with a multi-site group without the bottleneck of one person. Work is prepared, then senior-reviewed, then released. Turnaround for packs and supplier processing is agreed in the engagement rather than left to whoever is free that week.