For accountancy practices
More capacity,without more hires.
We act as an extension of your team on the work you have too much of. You keep the client, the relationship and the name on the file.
The offer
The offer
You have more work than people. Hiring is slow, permanent, and hard to reverse if January turns out quieter than forecast.
We give you capacity you can scale up and down. Scope, team and turnaround are agreed with you at the start, and the support moves with your workload.
Scope
What we take on
- Day-to-day books
- Bank reconciliations
- Management accounts
- Year-end paperwork
- Financial reporting
- Any other back-office work we agree with you
The relationship
Your client stays yours
The practice remains the client’s primary and controlling relationship. Everything goes back through you.
If you want us in front of a client for something specific, we can be. That happens only when you ask.
Engagement
How the engagement works
Scope agreed first. What we do, who does it, and how quickly it comes back — written down before anything starts.
Scale with your workload. Take more capacity in busy periods and less in quiet ones, without carrying permanent headcount.
Notice for peaks. Two to four weeks’ notice for planned capacity. Urgent requests are taken as they come.
Clear terms. Six-month minimum term on ongoing work, then 30 days’ notice.
Information security
How we look after your data
You are a data controller with duties to your own clients. Here is what stands behind the work we do for you.
Your data stays in systems you already trust.
Client records live in Xero and QuickBooks. We work inside your instance or ours, as you prefer, and we do not take copies out of it.
Access is limited to the people on your account.
Named people, granted access when the engagement starts and removed when it ends or when somebody leaves. Nobody has standing access to a client they do not work on.
Every account needs more than a password.
Multi-factor authentication on every system that can reach client data, with no exceptions for convenience.
Encrypted in transit and at rest.
Files move over encrypted connections and are stored encrypted. We do not send client records as email attachments.
Transfers outside the UK are covered in writing.
Our team in India and the UAE work under the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to the standard contractual clauses. You can ask for a copy.
You are told quickly if anything goes wrong.
If your data were ever at risk we would tell you straight away, so you can meet your own 72-hour duty to the ICO rather than finding out late.
Standards we work to
Complied with
UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
UK data protection law
We handle personal data as a controller under UK law, and as a processor when we work inside your systems on your clients’ data.
Certification in progress
Cyber Essentials
IASME, on behalf of the NCSC
The UK government’s baseline: firewalls, secure configuration, access control, malware protection and patching.
Certification in progress
ISO/IEC 27001
UKAS-accredited certification body
The international standard for managing information security. Our controls are built around it.
We do not display a certification we do not hold. If your practice needs a specific standard in place before you can appoint us, ask on the first call and we will tell you exactly where we are.
Delivery
Where the work is done
Across the UK and India, by our own people in both.
Questions
Questions
Will you contact our clients?
Only if you ask us to. Otherwise your client hears from you and nobody else.
Can we scale up for January and back down after?
Yes. Two to four weeks’ notice for planned peaks.
How quickly can you start?
One to two weeks for standard work. Two to four weeks if it needs a dedicated team.
What software do you work in?
Xero and QuickBooks as standard, and we will work in whatever your practice already uses.
How long is the commitment?
Six months minimum on ongoing work, then 30 days’ notice at any time.
Start with a free call
Tell us what you need. You get our approach and our fee in writing, with no obligation and no charge for either.