Accountants in Bury - BDE Accountants

Expert Accounting

Focus on growing your business while we handle the numbers. Our specialised accounting services for small businesses ensure you stay on top of your finances without the hassle.

Dedicated Support

Enjoy one-on-one attention with our dedicated accounting professionals. We work closely with you to understand your business and provide tailored solutions that drive success.

Trusted Business Advisers

Beyond accounting, we’re your go-to business advisers. Our personalised guidance and strategic insights help you make informed decisions that drive growth and success for your business.

Why most business owners are unhappy

When you set up your business you probably did it for these reasons:

Freedom:

To work when, how and where you wanted

Control:

Over your life to do the things that made you happy and spend time with your loved ones

Money:

To enable you to do the above without worrying

But now your in business, your far from achieving any of the above!

You’re the MD of your business but what you do day-to-day is far from the strategic input you should be spending your time on.

The solution - a Virtual FD

We provide a bespoke Virtual FD service to small businesses at often, less than the cost of a junior staff member.

Don't let the word 'virtual' put you off. It may be techy sounding but it's our service is very much based around the human element – and giving you access to our team of experienced Finance professionals who have managed the entire finance function for other businesses like yours.

So what benefits can a Virtual FD bring to you?

Synchronisation of your financial data with your business objectives to ensure you receive useful management information to help you make better decisions

Provision of real time management information with analysis in a timely manner

Strategic financial input on growing your business

Powerful introductions with real impact

Having finance staff report to someone who can hold them to account

An efficiently run finance system using the latest tech to save you money

Virtual FD vs Employed FD

If you are considering employing an FD on a full or part time basis, here are some aspects to consider against the Virtual FD offering.

Recruitment

It's hard to find any staff let alone highly skilled staff that will have a huge impact on your business. It will take time to find the right person not to mention the recruitment fees that would be payable.

Cost

The average based salary of an FD is between £70,000 and £110,000 before national insurance, bonuses, pension and other benefits expected by a candidate at that level.

Access

If you hire someone part time then how will you manage when something needs to be done on the days that they are not with you. Same applies for holiday cover.

Flexibility

Once you employ someone, it's difficult to change hours or days. With a Virtual FD its completely flexible — you can increase or decrease your package depending on the need in your business.

Industry standard / best practice

With an employed FD the skill set is limited to the individual. With our offering you have the benefit of a wider skill set across a firm with experience across sectors and up to date knowledge on technological advancements that can be of benefit to you.

Take a look we Accounting for ...

Take a look at how we approach accounting. Our methods ensure meticulous accuracy and efficiency, offering clear insights into financial performance. We prioritize transparency and compliance with all relevant regulations, providing our clients with reliable financial statements and comprehensive reports.

Your options a glance

Whatever the stage of your business, you will find one of our Virtual FD packages to suit your needs. The table below summarises what is included within each of our Virtual FD service packages. To help you identify the best option for you here is a quick overview:

Growth FD – This is the best option for ambitious business owners who are on a growth strategy to build and scale their business. Here we work closely with you in all aspects of the business’ financial systems and processes, building financial projections, helping you to achieve your growth targets and providing regular management reporting from which you can make better decisions.

Reliance FD – This is the best option for business owners who may have some financial staff in house or are in consolidation phase but require FD input to streamline systems, provide regular management reporting and be on hand to guide you on all financial matters.

Comfort FD – This option is for those business owners who are comfortable with managing their financial function by and large but require some oversight to provide comfort.

Your options in detail - how you benefit

For a small fixed monthly investment, you will benefit from the following:

Dedicated financial director contact

You will have direct access to an experienced financial director that you can contact at any time who will work closely with you. It will just be like having an FD on your team. This means you have one point of contact for all your queries. They will be supported by other members of our team so you will always be able to get through to someone and receive a prompt reply.

Overview and support to your internal finance staff

It’s hard to manage staff – let alone staff that are engaged in an activity that is not your forte. We will provide support to your in-house finance team for any queries they may have so they don’t get frustrated and can be as productive and efficient as possible.

Health check on existing finance function systems & processes

We will perform a health check on your existing finance function systems and processes to see where any inefficiencies exist and provide recommendations on improvements to save time and money.

Full management reporting

Creating real time management reports as to how the business is doing is crucial in helping you to make better business decisions. We will ensure that your finance function is set up to give you the reporting you need as regular as you need it so you always have a pulse on how your business is performing. More importantly we will accompany the reports with our commentary and analysis to help you make sense of the numbers.

Unlimited email and telephone support

You can call upon your dedicated finance director contact at any time by email or phone without extra charge or worrying about the cost. If there is anything that is required outside the agreed the scope of services with you, we would always notify you in advance and provide a quote prior to proceeding. You will never receive a surprise bill from us.

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What our customers say

Excellent people to trust
Been dealing with BDE accountants for some time now and they have always proven to be helpful and helped us implement an accounting system which has taken the stress out of vat returns every quarter, always on hand to guide

Shahzad

25 July 2024

Great accountant and service
Was helped by Jafar today he was really helpful and went above and beyond to get the answers I needed. I have used Bdeaccountants for years and always get a great service. I will definitely be using them again going forward. I would highly recommend them to anyone. Most helpful and always on time. Thanks

Michelle Rothwell

16 July 2024

Jafar helped me out with my tax return…
Jafar helped me out with my tax return quickly and efficiently. I will ne using him going forward and will also send some of my clients his way.

Grace Grieve

27 June 2024

Been with them for 8 years always go…
Been with them for 8 years always go above and beyond would definitely recommend.

Michelle

17 July 2024

Jafar helped me out with my tax return…
Jafar helped me out with my tax return quickly and efficiently. I will ne using him going forward and will also send some of my clients his way.

Been with them for 8 years always go…
Been with them for 8 years always go above and beyond would definitely recommend.

Highly recommended
Jafar is alway happy to help, has a very polite and approachable attitude. Always offers the best and most suited advice to your needs. Definitely recommend BDE accountants to those in need of accounting services.

A really great experience
A really great experience! I came to get help with VAT for my new business and got so much more! I was given help with my overall business plans and support with rebuilding my website. Thank you so much for your help Jafar!