Accounting for service businesses where people, time and cash flow drive performance.
Britvex supports consultancies, agencies, advisory firms and other professional service businesses with bookkeeping, payroll, annual accounts, tax, management reporting, cash-flow forecasting and business advisory.
Accounting designed around how professional service firms actually work.
Britvex brings routine finance work into one coordinated process so annual compliance is built from records that are also useful to management throughout the year.
Bookkeeping
Keep fee income, supplier costs, subscriptions, expenses and bank records current.
Bookkeeping → 02 · People costPayroll
Coordinate payroll, director pay, employee PAYE and routine payroll reporting.
Payroll → 03 · Year endAnnual Accounts
Prepare statutory accounts from reliable records and connect them to tax work.
Annual Accounts → 04 · ReportingManagement Accounts
Track margin, payroll cost, overhead, debtor days and performance movement.
Management Accounts → 05 · CashCash Flow
Model hiring, tax reserves, billing cycles, collection timing and commitments.
Cash Flow Forecasting → 06 · DecisionsBusiness Advisory
Support pricing, hiring, growth and restructuring decisions with financial evidence.
Business Advisory →Revenue alone does not show whether a service firm is using its people profitably.
Professional service firms need to connect fee income to payroll, contractors, overhead, debtor days and service-line performance. That gives management a stronger basis for pricing, hiring and capacity decisions.
Build the finance process around the management decisions the firm actually makes.
The work starts with records and compliance, but the real value is connecting those records to reporting, cash planning and the decisions that affect growth and stability.
Understand the business model and current records.
Review legal structure, services, billing cycle, payroll, VAT position, accounting records and deadlines.
Bring bookkeeping, payroll and filing duties into order.
Connect the recurring accounting work so accounts and tax are built from better underlying data.
Create useful management visibility.
Track the measures that matter: revenue, margin, payroll, overhead, cash, tax reserves and debtor movement.
Use the numbers to support decisions.
Support pricing, hiring, cost control, restructuring and growth planning with clearer financial evidence.
Professional service accounting rarely sits in one isolated service.
A consultancy or agency may need bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, accounts, Corporation Tax and advisory support at the same time. Britvex keeps those routes connected.
A professional relationship with proper checks and clear scope.
Britvex confirms the structure, records, deadlines, responsibilities and required checks before defining the ongoing service.
Common accounting and tax questions.
These questions are typical for consultancies, agencies and advisory businesses where fee income, people cost and cash timing need to be understood together.
Can Britvex report profitability by client or service line?
Britvex can support management reporting where the bookkeeping and underlying records are set up to capture the right information. The exact reporting depends on your accounting system, chart of accounts and available data.
Can Britvex run payroll for a professional services business?
Yes. Payroll and PAYE support can be coordinated with the wider accounting process so staff costs, director pay and reporting obligations stay connected.
Can Britvex help with cash-flow forecasting?
Yes. Cash-flow forecasting can model billing cycles, payroll, supplier commitments, tax reserves and expected collection timing so management can see pressure points earlier.
Do you work with agencies and consultancies?
Yes. Britvex supports consultancies, agencies, advisory firms and other owner-managed professional service businesses, subject to onboarding checks and agreed service scope.
Need accounting that matches the way your professional service business operates?
Tell Britvex what is currently handled, which deadlines are approaching and what financial information management needs more regularly.