Management accounts for owner-managed businesses.
Good management accounts turn your monthly numbers into clarity: what happened, what it means and what to do next, not just a profit and loss you file away and forget.
Numbers once a year is not enough
If you only see your finances at year-end, you are flying blind for eleven months. By the time the accounts arrive, the decisions they could have informed have already been made.
Monthly reporting changes that. We give you a clear, current view of performance, cash and the metrics that matter, with commentary in plain English, so you can steer the business rather than react to it.
Signs you need management accounts
- You only see numbers at year-end
- No regular monthly reporting
- You do not fully trust the numbers
- Cash position is unclear
- No KPIs you actually track
- Investors or a board want regular reporting
Reporting that actually helps you decide
A monthly pack built around how you run and grow the business, not a generic template.
Monthly management accounts
Profit and loss, balance sheet and cash, pulled together into a clear monthly view of where the business stands.
Cash flow summaries
Where cash is coming from and going to, plus runway awareness, so you are never surprised by the bank balance.
KPI reporting
The metrics that matter for your model, recurring revenue, gross margin, burn and more, tracked month on month.
Commentary & insight
Plain-English narrative on what the numbers mean and what to watch, not just a spreadsheet of figures.
Budget vs actual
Track performance against plan so you can see what is working, what is not, and act early.
Board-ready reporting
Packs you can take to investors and your board, with a clear path into deeper Fractional CFO support as you grow.
Our management accounts process
A monthly rhythm that turns clean bookkeeping into reporting you can actually use.
Agree what you need
We define the reports, KPIs and level of detail that suit how you run the business.
Clean the records
Accurate bookkeeping through the month is the base every report is built on.
Prepare the pack
We pull together the monthly profit and loss, balance sheet and cash view.
Add KPIs & commentary
We layer in the metrics that matter and explain what they are telling you.
Review together
We walk through the numbers so they inform real decisions, not just a file.
Refine as you grow
Reporting evolves with the business, adding depth as your needs change.
Clear monthly reporting helps you
“We now have restored faith in our management information and love the way it’s presented to us.”
20i, fast-growing tech startup
Reporting connects to the rest
Good management accounts build on, and lead into, these.
Bookkeeping
Accurate bookkeeping is the foundation every monthly report is built on.
Year-End Accounts
Strong monthly reporting makes year-end accounts and tax far smoother.
Forecasting & Modelling
Turn reliable reporting into forecasts and models with Fractional CFO support.
Management accounts questions
A monthly pack covering profit and loss, balance sheet and cash, performance against budget, the KPIs that matter for your model and plain-English commentary on what the numbers mean.
Typically monthly, so you always have a current view of performance and cash. We agree timing and what you want to see up front.
The ones that matter for your business model, such as recurring revenue, gross margin, burn and runway. We tailor the metrics to how you actually run and grow the company.
Year-end accounts look back for compliance once a year. Management accounts are forward-looking and monthly, built to help you run the business and make decisions in real time.
Yes. We prepare packs you can take to investors and your board, and for deeper forecasting and board reporting our Fractional CFO support steps in.
Management accounts sit within Finance Foundations, which starts from £450 plus VAT a month, scoped to the depth of reporting you need.
See your numbers clearly, every month
Swap once-a-year accounts for monthly reporting you can actually steer by. Book a quick intro call to get started.