Business accounting services.

Accountancy for mission-led businesses

JCS specialises in working with SMEs, startups and social enterprises, taking care of the financial foundations leaving you free to pursue your big idea. You might want help with important, time-intensive statutory compliance. Or perhaps you’re eager for inspiring strategic advice that gives you options for achieving your goals. Whatever you need, we’ll collaborate to shape a package of support that works for you.

Comprehensive tax and accounting

We know that numbers and processes don’t come naturally to everybody and that not everybody enjoys getting involved in the detail as much as we do. Our core services are designed to give you confidence that your statutory obligations are being met while also putting key information at your fingertips.

Bookkeeping

A solid set of books, accurate and up to date, is the basis of business growth. Know what’s owed and what’s owing, without doubt.

Bookkeeping services

Business tax planning

It’s easy to pay too much tax and deny your business the opportunity for ongoing investment. Thoughtful strategy can keep the bill down.

Business tax advice

Management accounts

Regular monitoring of your business’s financial situation, with intelligent commentary, are the key to confident decision making.

Management accounts

Bookkeeping services

A solid set of books, accurate and up to date, is the basis of business growth. Know what’s owed and what’s owing, without doubt.

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Business tax planning

It’s easy to pay too much tax and deny your business the opportunity for ongoing investment. Thoughtful strategy can keep the bill down.

Read more >

Management accounts

Regular monitoring of your business’s financial situation, with intelligent commentary, are the key to confident decision making.

Read more >

Specialist business services

Beyond bedrock financial reporting, running a business comes with a host of other responsibilities and obligations. From VAT to getting your team paid promptly, there’s plenty we can help with. And if you’re beginning to think about life after business, we can provide invaluable objective advice.

Audit

Larger companies are required to have their accounts audited. We can conduct audits or help you prepare accounts for audit.

Audited accounts

VAT

From retail to charities, there are few sectors that don’t have to grapple with the baroque nature of UK sales tax. Let us make sense of it for you.

VAT accountants

Company secretarial

Ensuring the basics of running a company are done right, from registrations and returns to recording of board meetings.

Company secretarial services

Payroll

Processing staff pay is a crucial, technical job we can handle efficiently on your behalf, including pension scheme administration.

Payroll outsourcing

Exit and succession

Secure your legacy with a strategic approach to passing on control of your business without an unfair tax bill.

Exit planning

Statutory accounts

If your business operates as a limited company, you’ll need to file accounts with Companies House each year. We can manage this for you.

Statutory accounts

Audit

Larger companies are required to have their accounts audited. We can conduct audits or help you prepare accounts for audit.

Read more >

Company secretarial

Ensuring the basics of running a company are done right, from registrations and returns to recording of board meetings.

Read more >

Exit and succession

Secure your legacy with a strategic approach to passing on control of your business without an unfair tax bill.

Read more >

VAT

From retail to charities, there are few sectors that don’t have to grapple with the baroque nature of UK sales tax. Let us make sense of it for you.

Read more >

Payroll

Processing staff pay is a crucial, technical job we can handle efficiently on your behalf, including pension scheme administration.

Read more >

Statutory accounts

If your business operates as a limited company, you’ll need to file accounts with Companies House each year. We can manage this for you.

Read more >

“JCS have a wide range of expertise which we have often been able to draw upon, not only for routine tax and accountancy matters, but also when exceptional technical items arise. We like the fact that this is coordinated through key partners who know us well. Whenever we call, they are quick to grasp the relevant issues and give us technically robust but realistic solutions.”

Trevor Brain, FD
Godiva Bearings Ltd

“JCS have always offered us a proactive. efficient and commercially-focused service, co-ordinated through key partners who have taken the time to really understand our business. With a large and experienced team, they have been able to offer us well-considered and realistic solutions to a wide range of issues, and as such remain a key partner to our business going forward.”

Jonathan Bruce
Prestige Nursing and Care

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Then we’re ready to listen.

Tell us about yourself, your goals and what you need to achieve them and one of our team of friendly accountants will be in touch to begin the conversation.

020 8643 1166