Accountancy

We have an experienced team that provide a wide range of accounting services for a variety of professions, trades and sectors ranging from small sole traders to larger companies with turnover in excess of £50m.

Accounts Preparation

Our aim is to prepare your accounts as soon as possible after the books and records are received from you. We prepare accounts for all forms of businesses including sole traders, partnerships, limited liability partnerships and limited companies across a wide range of sectors.

Audit & Assurance

Whilst the common perception is that a statutory audit provides little or no added value to a business apart from compliance with regulations, we aim to provide a service which will not only meet in full these requirements but also goes beyond.

Central to our audit procedures is a full and detailed review of all aspects of the business including:

• Accounting systems and controls
• An assessment of the key internal and external risks
• Pro-active advice on resulting opportunities to enhance and improve the organisation.

All of the above ensures a tailored and cost effective approach to our work.

Our highly skilled audit team has many years of experience in providing quality added value audits for small and medium sized companies in a variety of sectors.

We also provide a specialist audit and assurance service for other organisations such as:

• Pension schemes
• Solicitors accounts rules
• Insurance brokers
• Charity audits and independent examinations
• To support grant funding applications
• Voluntary audits
• Club audits

Bookkeeping & VAT

We can take care of all your bookkeeping needs including the preparation of VAT returns. Following the change from paper to online VAT returns we are set up to assist with the filing of the online returns. We can complete your bookkeeping by your preferred method and have experience with a wide range of bookkeeping software including Sage, and VT.

VAT Validation

If you are dealing with a new customer or supplier and want to check whether the VAT registration number (VRN) they have supplied is valid, there are two ways you can do so. One method is to call the HMRC VAT Helpline on 0300 200 3700, the other is to use the online VAT Information Exchange System (VIES) run by the European Commission.

Business Start Up

We can help you start up whether you are a sole trader, partnership or limited company. We will ensure that all registration procedures are carried out with Companies House, Inland Revenue and Revenue & Customs.

Call us for an initial no obligation consultation to find out how we can help your ideas become reality. 

Company Secretarial

We can carry out the company secretarial duties for your business. Our services include:

• Company formations
• Registered Office
• Preparation and filing of statutory returns
• Preparation of all documentation (such as minutes and resolutions)
• Maintenance of statutory books (share register, minute book, etc)
• General advice on company law.

Financial Performance Review

We will carry out a financial performance review of your business. This will be in the form of a detailed report which includes:

• graphs and charts illustrating how your business has performed this year
• ratio analysis to highlight areas of strength and weakness with detailed commentary advising you which areas of the business can be improved

Management Accounts

The most important part of our compliance services is the preparation of periodic management accounts. Monitoring and controlling the financial performance of your business is of paramount importance and regular management information is vital to the continued success of your business. We can either carry out this function for you or help you set-up internal systems to generate the information. We will also take this service one step further by interpreting these figures for you and making suggestions to help you improve your profits or to help your business grow.

Payroll

Running your own payroll can be time consuming and complicated, particularly with the ever increasing complexity of taxation and employment legislation. There is an increasing burden on businesses to comply with these issues and non-compliance can lead to substantial penalties. We can prepare payrolls for businesses with 1 to 200 staff.

Our service is comprehensive, confidential and includes:

• computer generated payslips
• administration of PAYE, national insurance, statutory sick pay, statutory maternity and parental pay.
• ensuring Real Time Information (RTI) filing requirements are met.
• completion of statutory forms (including year end returns), summaries and analysis of staff costs
• administration of auto-enrolment.
• administration of incentive schemes, bonuses and ex-gratia termination payments.

Even if you only have a few employees, you will make savings by engaging us to administer your payroll.

For more information about pension auto-enrolment, wage increases and other payroll issues, please contact enquiries@hghyork.co.uk or call 01904 655202.

Taxation

We deal with all business and personal tax matters including preparing income or corporation tax computations and preparing and submitting your company, partnership and self-assessment tax returns.

We can help you minimise your tax payments and ensure you are compliant with tax legislation.

In addition we offer a number of specialist taxation services including inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning.