Monthly or quarterly management accounts with full variance analysis, P&L, balance sheet, and board-ready commentary — delivered by a qualified accountant who has spent 13+ years inside the finance function, not outside it.
Each set of management accounts is a structured, board-ready document — not a raw export from your accounting software. Every pack includes all of the following, every period.
Full P&L for the period and year to date, with current period vs prior period and current period vs budget comparisons. Revenue, gross profit, EBITDA, and net profit clearly separated.
Full balance sheet at period end — fixed assets, working capital, debtors, creditors, cash position, and equity. Reconciled to the penny, with supporting schedules where required.
Operating, investing, and financing cash flows presented clearly. Monthly or rolling 12-month cash flow available. Identifies the gap between profit and cash that catches most SME owners out.
Line-by-line variance between actual, budget, and prior period. Every material variance explained in plain English — not left for you to interpret from a column of numbers.
A written narrative covering the key trading story of the period — what happened, why it matters, what to watch next period. The context your board needs to make the right calls.
Key performance indicators agreed with you at the start of the engagement — gross margin %, debtor days, overhead ratio, revenue per head, or any metrics specific to your business model.
Management accounts are not a compliance requirement — they are a decision-making tool. If you are making significant business decisions (pricing, hiring, investment, borrowing) on the basis of a bank balance and an end-of-year figure, you are flying blind.
S.K.E. Management Accounts are designed for owner-managed businesses and directors who need to know what is actually happening in their business on a monthly or quarterly basis — presented in a format that is immediately useful, not a data dump from your bookkeeping software.
A part-time Finance Director costs £1,500–£3,000 per month. A large firm charges similar for a junior accountant. S.K.E. Management Accounts deliver board-level financial reporting at a fixed monthly fee — the same standard, significantly less cost.
We review your current accounts setup, agree the reporting pack structure, define your KPIs, and establish your budget or prior-year comparatives. One-time setup, done at the start of your engagement.
We pull from your accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage) — bank feed, invoice data, payroll journals — and ensure all transactions are properly coded and accruals/prepayments are posted.
Bank, debtors, creditors, and payroll all reconciled. Balance sheet accounts reviewed. Any coding errors identified and corrected before the pack is produced.
The full management accounts pack is prepared — P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, variance analysis, KPI dashboard, and board commentary. Delivered within 5 working days of period end.
A monthly or quarterly call to walk through the pack, answer questions, and discuss what the numbers mean for your next period. Board attendance available on request.
Within 5 working days of month end, provided your bookkeeping is current and bank feeds are reconciled. If you use our bookkeeping service, this is managed as part of the same engagement and the timeline is fully controlled by us.
No, but we recommend building one in the first quarter of our engagement. Until a budget exists, we use prior-year comparatives and industry benchmarks as the variance baseline. Budget preparation can be included in the engagement scope.
Yes. We offer a Power BI add-on that turns your management pack into an always-current interactive dashboard — connecting live to your accounting software. The static pack remains available alongside the dashboard for filing and board purposes.
No. Management accounts have no minimum size threshold. A business turning over £150,000 makes better decisions with regular P&L visibility than one turning over £5m without it. The only question is whether the cost of the reporting is proportionate to the decisions it enables — and at S.K.E.'s fixed-fee rate, it almost always is.
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We will review your current reporting position, agree what a management accounts pack should include for your business, and give you a fixed monthly fee with no obligation.
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