We are a general practice based in Ashton under Lyne. We have been offering businesses the benefits of a bigger firm, with the personal service of a smaller practice for over fifteen years.
Our Services
Why not give us the opportunity to discuss how our advice and support can benefit your business going forward. We would love the opportunity to help you manage and grow your business.
Financial Statements and Business Advisory
As a Director of a Limited Company your responsibilities are wide ranging and varied, but few are as important as the responsibility for the preparation of the financial statements. We understand that not everyone is an Accountant, but we will endeavour to explain your options as simply or in as much detail as your require. Put simply – we realise that your day to day role is filled with your operational duties, and we want to take all the hassle out of financial side of your role. At Foster Barlow, we believe that the preparation of your accounts goes beyond pure compliance with accounting standards, and extends to Business Advisory services. We’ll help you make the big financial decisions that need to be made in your business.
Personal and Corporation Tax
They say they are three certainties in life – we can’t do much about birth and death, but we promise to do our level best to keep your tax liability as low as we can. Our size ensures that we will be able to understand every aspect of your corporate and personal tax affairs, this enables us to consider the implication and effect of decisions that we help you make in relation to your corporate effects on your personal tax affairs, and vice versa.
Payroll Services
Payroll as a service has changed beyond all recognition in the last five to ten years. Firstly the requirement to make monthly ‘Real Time Information’ submissions to HMRC, and more recently the auto enrolment conditions imposed on all employers by government legislation, means that there are a number of pitfalls that need to be avoided. We operate a standalone Payroll Bureau and we would be happy to quote for these services alone, or as part of a fully integrated provision.
Bookkeeping, VAT and Management Accounts
You will likely be aware of the relatively recent and significant changes to the reporting and filing of VAT returns. Making Tax Digital (MTD) requires VAT registered businesses above the statutory threshold to report their returns electronically using third party software. We also offer a Management Accounting service to ensure that you are kept fully up to date with the progress that your company is making. We offer this service to a number of our clients on a monthly, quarterly or six monthly basis.
Other Services
We have been fortunate enough to build up a broad range of experience across the main accountancy disciplines, but perhaps more importantly we have also built up a network of contacts that are specialists in many of these areas.