As we mentioned in our related services page, the accounts of any business can be far more useful than just as an end of year reckoning on progress.

In the same way that you may undervalue your accounts, you may not be aware of the process that surrounds their preparation, or of the many factors that influence the process. That’s not really a surprise when you didn’t set up your business to learn about the detail of our industry!

In this section of our Information Centre, we’ll try to explain some of the aspects of this side of the business. So we’ll talk about the purpose of different types of accounts, provide more details around some specific parts of them, and keep you up to date on forthcoming changes that you may need to be aware of.

The most important point to remember is that we don’t expect you to become an expert! We’re here to provide the extra information that you may need, to answer questions that you may have, or to translate as or when needed.

We can take all of the worry and fear from the accounts process, whether you’re a sole trader, limited company or partnership. See our related services pages here.

If you’ve like to know more about getting the real value from your accounts, improving the process or would just like a translation of your latest figures, please get in touch. Otherwise, please have a look at the various posts included in this section of our Info Centre. We hope you’ll find them useful!