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Want an easy way to start saving tax and improve business efficiency right now? Then download our handy business checklists.
We’ve designed them to be quick and easy guides to help you improve how you do business. Efficiency is the message in each checklist because if you aren’t working smart you could miss ways to save money.
Our checklists cover four areas – profit, accounting, record keeping, and starting a business. Use them to start saving tax, resources, and money by implementing sound business efficiency into your company.
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Our blog is written by our female trainee and assistant accountants. Although it’s a light-hearted look at the life of an accountant, it includes practical business advice too. And they may even reveal some small business success secrets from time-to-time.
As well as being fun, you’ll get an insight into what it’s like working for Matthews Business Associates. That will give you a better idea of how our practical business advice and attention to detail helps our clients succeed.
It goes without saying that our bloggers will never reveal confidential information or make detrimental comments about any of our clients.
You won’t pay for phone call or meetings. You only pay for the services you need.
Pricing
Our highly competitive accounts prices include, tax advice, tax returns, and all Inland Revenue work and investigations. Our prices for online accounts are generally around 30-50% less than offline accounts. We encourage all clients to opt for online accounts as it’s easier to see what’s going on.
Prices vary according to your turnover and the quality of your records. The less work we have to do to complete your accounts; the lower our fee. Using our online pick and mix bookkeeping service can reduce your total prices by 30-50%.
And we can give you training on how to keep excellent records which will help to get our fees lower!
Our prices are fixed, and after an initial free consultation, we’ll give you a detailed proposal of what you’ll get for your money. You won’t pay for phone call and/or meetings. You only pay for the services you need.
Comprehensive support from tax efficiency advice to profit improvement.
Services
Our services are aimed at helping small businesses to grow. Whatever stage you’re at, we can help you become more efficient and increase your profit.
Improvement in the way you operate, no matter how small, will bring greater efficiency. And that leads to profit improvement too. That’s what our services are designed to do.
Our company secretarial service ensures your company is safe and well-run.
Accountancy services include mix and match bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, and all statutory requirements.
Tax services include tax efficiency advice to help you make the most of your allowances and reduce your end of year bill.
Our performance improvement services do exactly as the name suggests. We combine practical business development and tax efficiency advice to bring you significant profit improvement.
You want an accountant who offers financial business advice and thorough tax preparation, and much more.
About you
You’re based within 30 minutes of our Worcester Park office. The closer we are to your office, the easier it is for us to visit and get to fully understand your business. Then we can give you financial business advice based on your immediate needs.
You’re looking to grow your business and earn more money. So you want practical financial business advice and prudent tax preparation to help you achieve your ambitions.
You want your accountant to give you advice and options on all aspects of your business. And you want it all year round - not just at tax return time.
You want your accountant to make a difference to your performance by helping improve what’s happening right now in your business.
You want your accountant to make sure you don’t pay too much tax. Preparation is half the battle. So, making sure your figures are up-to-date and you’re using your allowances, is the least you expect.
You’re a start-up business with products and/or services likely to generate a decent income and sustain a viable business. You need straightforward financial business advice from your accountant to give you the best possible start.
We’re business accountants with a genuine interest in your company.
About us
We offer all the accountancy services you’d expect such as bookkeeping, tax preparation and returns. But we’re more than just number crunching business accountants. We look at all aspects of your performance and use big company practices and expertise to help you improve your results.
We make sure you’re operating efficiently in all areas from sales and purchasing to payroll, and of course, tax.
Specialists, in small business issues, we understand your pressures and constraints. Our clients include the self-employed, partnerships and limited companies, start-ups and established businesses.
As far as we’re concerned, friendly, face-to-face service is the best way to develop trusting relationships. We believe that, to make a real difference to a business, accountants need to fully understand their client’s company. That’s why we focus on businesses within 30 minutes of our Worcester Park base.
It means we can liaise with you regularly - not just at tax return time. That way we get a good picture of what’s happening in your business and which areas could be improved.
Because we’re tax specialists you can be sure we’ll help you make the most of all your allowances. And with straightforward business advice we’ll help your increase profits, reduce costs, and improve your efficiency.
How we work
We always have two people working on each client’s accounts. That means if one person is away, there is always someone else you can talk to about your business.
You may find us rather bossy! We do encourage clients to set up systems and do things on a regular basis. This means we always know what’s going on in your business so we can help you improve. It also helps us get your returns in on time to avoid penalties and fines.
*Our services are confidential and provided within the ethical guidelines of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants.
We’ll give you business development advice as well as advice on tax and accounts.
Welcome to Matthews Business Associates
Our aim is to make you more efficient so you earn more money. So as well as providing all the standard accountancy services you’d expect, we look at all aspects of your business. Then we give you practical business development advice together with expert advice on tax.
We’re not interested in just looking at your accounts once a year. We want to support you the whole year round by playing an active role in your business development.
Advice on improving the pricing and sales of different products and services is just one of the ways we can help you improve how you run your business.
Others include:
- Help on optimising stock management.
- Ideas to help you attract more business.
Services and solutions
Performance improvement
From benchmarking you against similar companies to advising on stock and asset management, our business performance improvement services will help you develop your business and become more profitable.
Tax
We’re tax specialists and we’ll help make sure you don’t overpay on VAT, income, capital gains, or corporation tax. Our goal is to help you give less to the government and keep more for yourself!
Accounts
We can take some or all of your bookkeeping off your hands, look after your payroll, your VAT, take care of all your statutory requirements, and advise you on efficient tax planning.
Company secretarial
These services will give you valuable support whether you’re an established business or just starting out. We can be with you every step of the way from start-up to running a profitable business.
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Take a look at our services then contact us on 020 8337 0775 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to see how we can best help you.
Take a look at our services then contact us on 020 8337 0775 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to see how we can best help you.
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