Accounting Support in Hove
Brywel Associates provides coordinated accounting support for individuals, landlords, sole traders, and companies across Brighton, Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea, and the surrounding areas.
Bring Your Financial Services Together
Brywel Associates has supported clients across East and West Sussex since 2001, providing practical accountancy services around their records, reporting responsibilities, and plans. Our work covers bookkeeping, payroll, personal tax, VAT returns, accounting support, and corporation tax, so one experienced team can manage connected financial information.
Some clients need assistance with one specific responsibility, while others require ongoing support across several areas. We agree on the work involved, how often you’ll provide information, and which deadlines or reporting dates to include.
Our accountants use Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, and IRIS Payroll. We can work with your current system or help establish a more organised process for recording information and sharing documents.
Our accountancy services include:
- bookkeeping and financial record management
- payroll and employee pay administration
- personal tax and Self Assessment
- VAT returns and digital reporting
- Corporation Tax and company year-end work
- accounting support, management accounts, financial reporting, and cash flow management
Bookkeeping and Financial Records
Bookkeeping maintains the transaction-level information behind accounts, VAT returns, tax calculations, and business reports. Our bookkeepers can record income and expenditure, reconcile bank accounts, organise invoices and receipts, and monitor accounts payable and receivable.
The service can operate weekly, monthly, quarterly, or at another agreed frequency. Current records make it easier to answer financial questions, identify missing information, and prepare for upcoming accounting work without reconstructing several months of activity at once.
Payroll and Employee Pay
Employers need a reliable process to gather pay information, calculate deductions, prepare payslips, and report to HMRC. Brywel Associates uses IRIS Payroll to manage weekly or monthly payruns around the structure of each workforce.
Our team can process salaries, variable hours, overtime, statutory payments, pension information, starters, and leavers as part of the agreed service. We also support P45 and P60 administration, giving employers continuity between routine payroll processing and year-end requirements.
Personal Tax and Self Assessment
Personal tax support helps sole traders, landlords, company directors, partners, and individuals report relevant income through Self Assessment. We review the records, prepare the figures, consider eligible expenses or reliefs, and complete the return for approval before submission.
The information required depends on the client’s income sources and circumstances. Brywel Associates provides a tailored records list and explains the calculation, amount due, and applicable payment dates. We can also help organise an overdue return and communicate with HMRC under the appropriate authority.
VAT Returns and Digital Reporting
VAT-registered businesses must bring their sales, purchases, adjustments, and supporting documents into each VAT return. Our accountants review the underlying records, calculate output and eligible input VAT, prepare the return, and submit it through compatible software.
The service reflects the accounting period and VAT scheme the business uses. Regular record checks can identify coding questions, missing invoices, and unusual transactions before the filing date, creating a clearer route from everyday bookkeeping to digital VAT reporting.
Corporation Tax and Company Year-End
Limited companies need accurate accounts and a separate calculation of taxable profit for Corporation Tax. Brywel Associates prepares year-end accounts, supports tax computations, and files Company Tax Returns, coordinating work around the company’s accounting period.
Our accountants establish the applicable tax rate, consider eligible allowances or reliefs, and explain the liability. We also schedule the key dates for filing annual accounts, paying Corporation Tax, and submitting the Company Tax Return so directors know what comes next.
Management Accounts for Current Business Insight
Annual accounts report on a completed financial year, while management accounts can provide information during the year. They can be prepared monthly, quarterly, or at another agreed interval, depending on the level of oversight the business requires.
Management accounts may include a profit and loss account, balance sheet, cash position, debtor and creditor information, and comparisons with earlier periods or budgets. Our team presents the agreed figures in a format that helps you identify changes in income, costs, margins, and working capital.
Businesses across Brighton, Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea, and the surrounding areas can use this information to review performance, consider investment, or plan operational changes.
Financial Reporting That Supports Decisions
Financial reporting turns accounting records into information for a defined purpose. A business owner may need a regular performance summary, a lender may request recent figures, or directors may want to compare actual results with a budget or forecast.
Brywel Associates agrees what the report needs to show, the period it should cover, and how often it will be prepared. Clear explanations accompany the figures, helping the intended reader understand movements, assumptions, and areas requiring attention.
Our accounting software experience also lets us build reports from organised records rather than disconnected spreadsheets, improving consistency between management information and formal accounts.
Cash Flow Management and Forecasting
Cash flow management focuses on when money enters and leaves a business. Profit does not always reflect the cash currently available because customer receipts, supplier payments, payroll, VAT, and Corporation Tax can fall on different dates.
We can help organise this information into a practical cash flow forecast. The forecast may bring together expected customer payments, recurring overheads, planned purchases, finance commitments, and upcoming tax liabilities. You can then update assumptions when trading conditions or business plans change.
Reliable cash flow information supports decisions about expenditure, recruitment, investment, and payment scheduling. It also gives business owners earlier visibility of periods that require additional planning.
Additional Support Shaped Around Your Requirements
Brywel Associates provides each service following an initial discussion about the work involved. Pricing reflects the business, transaction volume, reporting frequency, software, and combination of services required rather than a fixed package.
Clients can work with us locally or remotely, supplying documents digitally, by post, or through an agreed collection arrangement. Our team includes professionals with AAT, IPA, and IFA qualifications, and we can also discuss Fee Protection Cover and a Registered Office address service when relevant.
Accounting Support Delivered by the Brywel Team
Brywel Associates provides bookkeeping, payroll, personal tax, VAT returns, accounting support, Corporation Tax, management accounts, financial reporting, and cash flow management across Brighton, Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea, and the surrounding areas.
Call 01273 705836 or use our online contact form to arrange a free consultation and discuss the accountancy services best suited to your requirements.