Ascentant Accountancy provides end to end support to Startup businesses that require help and guidance.
We can be as hands-on or hands-off as needed. In addition to Accountancy support, we provide Consultancy and mentoring to startups and signposting to other support partners, who can assist with everything from logo design and brand development to shareholder agreements and insurance.
Before jumping in and starting your business, it is important to consider your objectives and forecast how the business might perform.
If applying for finance or funding, lenders will want to see that you have given consideration to how your business will operate and grow. This plan is called a Business Plan.
A good business plan will include:
Ascentant can guide you through the creation of your Business Plan; sense checking or producing realistic forecasts.
Once you have decided to proceed with setting up your Company, we can assist with setting it up with Companies House.
When choosing a business name, there are many factors to consider:
Our team of small business specialists can assist with naming your business and then manage the registration at Companies House. Thought should also be given where there is more than one director or shareholder to the share structure and rights attached to those shares.
If there is a chance you would be looking to introduce more shares or shareholders in the future, it’s important to factor that into your company formation correctly at this point.
If looking to take on employees or intend to make sales that may exceed the VAT threshold, we can assist with:
Should you require assistance in drafting employee contracts, HR policies and procedures or staff handbooks to go alongside the hire of employees, we work with trusted partners who can offer additional support.
Applying for a start-up loan or grant funding can be confusing. Our trusted network of partners can support you through the application process. It will be important to have:
Our team of startup consultants can assist in identifying grants and funding opportunities to suit your business.
As part of our Startup Consultancy service, we can mentor and offer regular one to one meetings in person or remotely. Generally our mentoring will include:
We are here to help, listen and move your business forward.
When starting a new venture, it can be all to easy to become quickly bogged down in your day-to-day accounting duties. We offer a starter package to support Startup Businesses with the set up of Xero and can also undertake your daily Bookkeeping. This allows you to get on with managing your business!
You will need to upload copies of invoices, receipts and expenditures to our portal or a partner platform such as Hubdoc so that we can process your bookkeeping for you.
Thereon you can simply log in to Xero and keep track of your finances in real-time to include:
At the end of your first financial year, we will produce your Annual Accounts for filing at Companies House and your Corporation Tax Return.
We will work with you to utilise tax allowances available and ensure that your remuneration from your business is as tax efficient as possible.
We work with a number of partners who provide services that complement our own. If you are looking for assistance with:
Together we can offer you a complete startup consultancy solution, enabling your business to flourish.
Learn more about how our Startup Consultancy can support your new business, speak to us today by contacting Ascentant Accountancy on 01332 981920 or email at info@ascentant.co.uk. We are a Derby & Ripley, Derbyshire, based Accountant, serving clients across the Country.