Business Services

We’re here to help you every step of the way. Langbrook Finance offer a number of essential services designed to support new business owners.

Let us take the burden of bookkeeping and accounting from you while you concentrate on growing your business.

We discuss your specific requirements with you and then we set up appropriate accounting procedures and controls to ensure your affairs are up to date and that you also complying with relevant accounting standards.

We work with a range of software providers.

Our expert team also ensure that your financial accounts are compliant with the latest standards & legislation. Your statutory accounts will be produced by experienced accountants and then submitted to Companies House after you approve them.

We can advise on; and directly provide payroll services.

Strategic planning can significantly reduce a business’s corporation tax bill and thus increase retained profits. Corporation tax is an annual tax levied on your company’s net taxable profits, not necessarily your reported profits.

Every business must prepare tax computations based on their annual accounts, and then file these with the tax authorities. It is important that sufficient planning goes into these calculations because that can reduce your corporation tax liability by including tax relief for all allowable expenses, including research & development.. Experienced accountants will produce your company tax return and submit the return to HMRC on your behalf.

We also help with directors’ personal tax.

Benchmarking compares your organisation/services to similar organisation/services. At its simplest, it helps you to compare statistics and control costs. More sophisticated benchmarking looks at process design and business strategy.

Every organisation can use benchmarking. It questions what you are doing, identifies opportunities for improvement and often provides the momentum necessary for implementing change. We can provide comprehensive reports that help you compare your organisation with comparable organisations and identify improvement opportunities.

• Cashflow
• Profitability
• Performance ratios
• Customer activity
• Credit control
• Budget variance analysis
• Other KPI’s

There are many reasons you may require a valuation of your own business or other businesses. This could be for acquisition or sale purposes. Whatever your requirement for a valuation, we will employ our previously-tested methodology to ensure you get a valuation that you can trust.

Many potential start-up businesses are daunted by the prospect of compiling a business plan. But it is not an intimidating process — and a good business plan focuses the mind as well as helping to secure finance and support.

The business plan will clarify your main business idea and define your long-term objectives. It provides a blueprint for running the business and a series of targets to check your progress against. It is also vital for convincing your bank — and possibly key customers and suppliers — to support you.

We can help you create a business plan – ensuring you include the right items and that you correctly calculate your financial forecasts.

We can provide advice and support on acquiring the right technology for your business.

Your business will need a number of business policies. From cyber security to accounts receivable, we can provide comprehensive support in developing your company policies. We can then present these to staff at your organisation.