Accountants for construction and trade businesses with limited companies
Know which jobs make you money, get your CIS back sooner and stop paying wages out of your own pocket. A construction specialist who looks after your accounts, tax, CIS, VAT and payroll for one fixed monthly fee. For builders, electricians, carpenters, plumbers and heating engineers.
Does any of this sound like you?
- You're flat out every week, but there's never any money in the bank.
- HMRC have taken CIS off you all year, and you've no idea when you'll see it back.
- You priced it, built it and got paid, and you still don't know if you made anything on that job.
- The reverse charge VAT rules still confuse you, and you're never quite sure whose invoice should show VAT.
- Your accountant only rings when the bill's due, and you hear about your profit months after the year has ended.
- You're never sure how much you can safely take out of the company without a nasty tax bill later.
None of this means you run a poor business. It means the numbers haven't kept up with the work.
What changes when it's looked after
You know which jobs pay
Monthly figures that show profit job by job, so you can fix your pricing while there's still time.
Your CIS back sooner
Deductions set against your payroll bill every month, not left sitting with HMRC until after the year end.
No more topping up wages
Cash planned between stage payments, so wages and suppliers are paid by the business, not by you.
Most accountants work with every industry going. Danny specialises in construction and trades.
A generalist has to know a little about everything. A construction specialist knows CIS, the VAT reverse charge, retentions and stage payments inside out, and brings them to you before you ask.
- CIS deductions set against your payroll each month, and gross payment status when you qualify
- The VAT domestic reverse charge applied correctly on every invoice, in and out
- Retentions, stage payments and job costs tracked, so profit shows up when it's earned
When cash is tight on every job, that difference is money in your bank.
Getting your CIS back
CIS taken off your invoices, put back to work in your business sooner
Every company is different. Danny will show you what applies to yours on the call.
You started the company to build things, not to spend Sunday night doing CIS returns.
Danny looks after the company accounts, Corporation Tax, VAT, CIS, payroll and your monthly figures for one fixed monthly fee agreed up front, so it all sits under one roof. Every client works in Xero or QuickBooks, and if you're not on either yet, he'll move you across.
Just you and a van
You've set up a limited company and you're working through it on your own, or with a labourer.
A small team
You've a few employees, a handful of subcontractors and more paperwork every month.
Growing into bigger jobs
Stage payments, retentions and main contractors who pay when they feel like it.
Builders, electricians, carpenters and joiners, plumbers and heating engineers. Limited companies only: if you're a sole trader, Danny is not the right fit.
years in accounting, marketing and business advisory
Who looks after your numbers
Danny Wood is a qualified accountant who brings a finance director's eye to trade businesses.
- A qualified management accountant, ACMA CGMA, and a CIMA member in practice
- 17 years as a Financial Controller and Finance Director, so you get monthly figures, not just year-end accounts
- A licensed marketing and sales coach, so the advice covers more than the numbers
- Works only with limited companies, all on Xero or QuickBooks
- Based at the Innovation Centre in Chatham, Kent
How it works
Book a free online call
Tell Danny about your company and the work you do. The first consultation is free.
Get a plan and a fixed fee
You'll see what needs tidying up, what Danny would take off your hands and the monthly fee, before you commit to anything.
Hand over the paperwork
Your books move onto Xero or QuickBooks if they're not there already, and CIS, VAT, payroll and the accounts are looked after from then on.
6 money leaks in a trade business, and how to plug them
Where the cash goes in a busy construction or trade company, and what to do about each one. Written for directors of limited companies in the trades, not for small businesses in general. Read it online, download it as a PDF or print it.
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