Management accounts

Management Accounts & Financial Reporting in Manchester

Statutory accounts tell you where you’ve been. Management accounts tell you where you’re going. We produce regular reporting for owner-managed businesses across Greater Manchester, built around the figures that matter to your business, so decisions get made on numbers, not gut feel.

What’s included

What’s included.

Reporting shaped to your business, on a rhythm that matches how fast your numbers move.

How it works

How it works.

We start by agreeing what actually matters in your business: the margin on each type of work, the cost lines that creep, the cash pinch points. That decides what the pack contains, because a report nobody reads is worse than no report.

Each month or quarter we close the period in Xero or QuickBooks, so the figures are reconciled rather than raw, then produce the pack and walk through it with you on a short call. The conversation is the product: what changed, why, and what you might do about it. Our guide to why management accounts matter makes the case in full.

Cash flow gets its own attention, because profitable businesses still run out of money. We keep a rolling forecast alongside the accounts, updated for what has actually happened; our guide to cash flow forecasting explains the approach. We run this for growing businesses across Salford and MediaCityUK and for the project-based trades around Trafford Park, where cash timing decides everything.

Who it’s for

Who it’s for.

Owner-managed businesses that have outgrown a yearly look at the numbers: companies with staff, stock or projects running at once, and partnerships and LLPs where several people need to trust the same figures.

Landlords with growing portfolios who want property-by-property performance rather than one blended total. And any business heading into a borrowing conversation, where current figures and a credible forecast do a lot of the work.

If your only financial information arrives once a year with the statutory accounts, everything in it is history by the time you read it. The point of this service is to close that gap to a month, and to make the monthly conversation short enough that it actually happens.

Why choose us

Why choose Isaacs & Co?

You’ll work directly with George Isaacs, a fully qualified ACCA and ATT accountant based in Eccles, backed by Affinity Associates, a UK Top 50 firm with over 60 years of experience. Fixed fees are agreed before any work starts, and George comes to you anywhere in Greater Manchester, or meets you on Teams. The firm is Registered with the Association of Taxation Technicians for the purposes of Anti-Money Laundering legislation.

FAQs

Common questions.

What is the difference between management accounts and year-end accounts?

Year-end accounts are the statutory record of the year just finished, prepared once and filed. Management accounts are for you, not the regulator: regular, current and built around the figures you actually run the business on, so decisions are made while they can still change the outcome. The two meet at year end, when our year-end accounts service starts from a ledger that has been reviewed all year.

How often should I get management accounts?

Monthly for most businesses with staff, stock or projects on the go; quarterly where things move more slowly. The right rhythm is the one that matches how quickly your numbers change, and we will recommend one honestly rather than sell you the most frequent option.

What do management accounts cost?

A fixed monthly or quarterly fee, agreed before we start and shaped by how much reporting you actually need. The initial consultation is free, and we would rather start small and add than sell you a dashboard you never open.

Is my business too small for management accounts?

If you can hold every number in your head and cash is never a worry, possibly. But most owners cross a line where gut feel stops being enough, usually when staff, stock or bigger projects arrive. If a cash decision has surprised you in the last year, you are past the line.

Can you produce figures my bank or lender will accept?

Yes. Lenders routinely ask for up-to-date management figures and forecasts alongside filed accounts, and we prepare them in the format asked for. Having them ready also tends to make those conversations quicker.

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