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The single biggest fix we recommend to business owners under £100k: separate your personal and business finances completely.

Separate account. Tax pot set aside as it comes in. A set monthly amount you pay yourself, rather than whatever’s left over.

It sounds simple because it is. But it changes everything about how clearly you can see your business.

DM us or link in bio if your finances still feel tangled. First conversation is free.

#etaccounting #smallbusinessuk #uksmallbusiness #accounting #taxplanning by @et_accounting

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11 days ago

Revenue and profit are not the same thing. A lot of business owners find out the hard way that being busy doesn’t always mean being profitable.

If you don’t know your actual profit margin right now, that’s the first thing to fix. Not in January. Now.

We help small business owners get clarity on their numbers — no jargon, no judgement. DM us or hit the link in bio. First conversation is free.

#UKSmallBusiness #SmallBusinessUK #TaxPlanning #FinancialClarity #ETAccounting by @et_accounting

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18 days ago

A full diary doesn’t always mean a profitable business. It means demand exists — but what you’re actually keeping from each piece of work is a separate question entirely.

If you’re busier than ever but not sure where the money’s going, it’s worth breaking it down properly.

DM us or link in bio.

#etaccounting #smallbusinessuk #uksmallbusiness #taxplanning by @et_accounting

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3 days ago

A lot of sole traders can tell you their revenue instantly. Far fewer can tell you their actual profit margin.

It’s one of the most important numbers in your business, and one of the easiest to lose sight of when you’re busy running things day to day.

If you’re not sure of yours, that’s worth fixing. DM us or us the link in bio. by @et_accounting

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9 days ago

A reminder for the second half of the year: revenue tells you how much came in. Profit tells you how much you kept. Cash tells you whether you can actually pay your bills.

All three matter. Most business owners only track the first one.

DM us or link in bio if you want a proper look at all three. by @et_accounting

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16 days ago

We sat down with a client recently to go through their bank statement together.

£140 a month in subscriptions they’d forgotten they were paying for. Personal and business spending tangled together. No tax set aside at all.

None of it was carelessness. It was just a lack of visibility — nobody had ever shown them what to look for.

Swipe through for the 5 signs we see most often. If a few of these hit close to home, let’s talk. DM us or link in bio. by @et_accounting

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16 days ago

I used to think the business owners who grew fastest were just more talented, or in better markets, or got lucky with timing.

After years of working with UK small businesses, I don’t think that anymore.

The ones who scale almost always have one thing in common: they know their numbers. Not perfectly — but well enough to make confident decisions. They know their margin. They know their tax position. They know which parts of their business are actually making them money.

The ones who stay stuck are often just as talented and just as hard-working. They’re just guessing on the numbers. And guessing is exhausting.

The good news: this isn’t complicated to fix. It just takes the right support.

DM us or link in bio.

#UKSmallBusiness #BusinessGrowth #FinancialClarity #Accounting #ETAccounting by @et_accounting

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a month ago

Q3 starts in a few weeks. And for a lot of UK small business owners, it’s where the year either comes together — or quietly starts to fall apart.

Five things worth doing before July arrives: reconcile your books, check your tax position (the 31 July payment on account deadline is closer than it feels), look at your pipeline for the next three months, review your biggest costs, and speak to your accountant before December.

None of these are complicated. But doing them now means you’re driving your second half — not reacting to it.

DM us or hit the link in bio if you want help getting ahead of any of this.

#UKSmallBusiness #BusinessGrowth #TaxPlanning #Accounting #ETAccounting by @et_accounting

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a month ago

We had a client come in last year after their best ever quarter.

Record revenue. More clients than ever. Fully booked.
We looked at the numbers together and the profit had barely moved.

It turned out their costs had crept up across the year without anyone noticing. Their pricing hadn’t changed in 18 months. And a lot of their time was going into their lowest-margin work because it kept coming in and it felt like momentum.

It wasn’t a crisis. But it was a wake-up call.

Revenue tells you what you billed. Profit tells you what you actually kept. If those two numbers aren’t moving together — something needs attention.

DM us or link in bio if that sounds familiar.

#UKSmallBusiness #BusinessGrowth #Profit #Accounting #ETAccounting by @et_accounting

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a month ago

Most business owners treat June like a bridge month.
January was the fresh start. December will be the review. June is just... the middle.

But the businesses we see finishing the year strongest don’t think about it that way. They use June deliberately. They look at what the first half actually delivered — not what they hoped it would. They check whether their tax position has shifted. They have a conversation with their accountant before Q3 begins, not after.

Six months of hindsight and six months left to act. That’s a genuinely powerful position to be in — if you use it.

DM us or link in bio. We’ll help you make the most of it.

#UKSmallBusiness #BusinessGrowth #Accounting #TaxPlanning #ETAccounting by @et_accounting

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2 months ago

Every January we speak to business owners who are stressed, scrambling, and wondering why their tax bill is bigger than they expected.

And almost every time, the answer is the same.
The decisions that could have reduced that bill — the pension contribution, the salary review, the expense they forgot to claim — those happened months ago. Or didn’t happen at all.

January feels like the deadline. But really it’s just the moment everything catches up with you.

If you’re watching this now, you still have time to change that. DM us or hit the link in bio.

#UKSmallBusiness #TaxPlanning #Accounting #Bookkeeping #ETAccounting by @et_accounting

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2 months ago

We speak to business owners every month who went limited because a friend told them to.

Sometimes it was the right call. Sometimes it wasn’t — and by the time they came to us, they’d been paying unnecessary admin costs for years, or they’d set up their salary and dividends in a way that wasn’t tax efficient at all.

Going Ltd is a real opportunity if the timing is right. But it’s not a magic switch. And it’s not a one-size-fits-all answer.

This video covers what most people don’t get told before they make the decision. Watch it if you’re considering the switch — or if you’ve already made it and something doesn’t feel quite right.

DM us or link in bio. First conversation is always free.
#UKSmallBusiness #LimitedCompany #TaxMyths #Accounting ETAccounting by @et_accounting

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2 months ago