Contractors Accountant

Keep the work moving, and we'll take the accounts from here

The accounts should not be another job between contracts. We look after the books, the tax and the returns for people contracting through their own company, including contractors based in Swansea and across South Wales, and we explain them in plain language so you can see what to set aside.

Tell Rhys about the business, and he will come back with a clear next step.

Who this is for

For contractors who are delivering the work, not stuck in the books

This is for people running their own company around client work, where the money arrives in lumps and the accounts are the part that slips between jobs. You need someone who understands that the contract comes first, and who will take the numbers on without turning every conversation into jargon.

The owner

Contractors running their own company alongside the client work, without a finance team sitting in the background.

The industry

Income that stops and starts with the contract. Gaps between jobs, and what you should set aside while the money is coming in, can make a simple set of books feel less simple than it looks.

How we work with them

You stay on the contract. We take the books, the tax and the returns, and we talk them through so you know what has been done and what it means before the next job starts.

The problem

The books fall behind the contract

Contracting throws up problems a steady monthly business does not. Income arrives in lumps, there are gaps between jobs, and it is easy to lose track of what should be set aside for tax while the bank balance still looks comfortable.

  • A busy contract and a quiet month sit in the same year, so it is hard to tell what you can safely take out of the company.
  • Costs from the client work get mixed in with the company costs, and the picture of what you have actually earned goes fuzzy.
  • Tax can feel like a surprise at the year end, because nothing was put aside while the money was still coming in.

Why RNE

Someone who will take the weight of the accounts

The books, the tax and the returns get looked after between contracts, and they get explained in plain language rather than being left for a weekend you do not have. The fee is talked through before any work starts, so you know what you are agreeing to.

  • The accounts come off your desk, rather than landing in the gap between one contract and the next.
  • The fee is talked through before you commit, so there is no surprise once the work is underway.
  • You know who is looking after the work, because you speak to Rhys rather than being passed around a team.

Worth knowing

What usually comes up before you decide to start

  • The worry

    You still speak to the person doing the work

    Contractors do not have time to be passed between people who do not know the company. You speak to Rhys here, he explains what he is going to look after before anything starts, and you can see what you are paying for, so you are not left wondering who is actually holding the numbers.

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  • The fees

    The fee is talked through before you start

    There is no public price list, because the fee follows the work and a contractor company is rarely a standard package. Rhys talks through what you need and what that costs before you agree to anything, so the first conversation covers the number rather than leaving it until an invoice turns up.

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FAQs

Questions about contractor accounts

These are the questions contractors usually ask once the client work is busy and the company accounts have fallen behind. If yours is not here, that is what the first conversation is for.

  • Do you handle the records as well as the year end?

    We look after the books through the year and the accounts at the end of it, so you are not starting from a pile of paperwork when the return is due. Tax sits with that work, rather than turning into a separate job later on.

  • Can you explain the numbers without the jargon?

    Yes. The point of the work is that you can follow it. Rhys talks through what the figures mean in plain language, so you can see how the business is actually doing.

  • What do you need from me to get started?

    Tell Rhys how the company is paid, what you tend to claim, and where the numbers feel messy. He will tell you what he needs from there, rather than sending a long list before he understands the work.

  • How do fees work?

    The fee follows the work, so there is no public price list. It is talked through before you commit, and you hear the number before anything starts.
Rhys Evans

A note from Rhys

If the contract is moving and the accounts are the part that keeps slipping, that is the bit I can take off you. Tell me how the company works and where the numbers feel messy, and I will come back with a clear next step rather than a pile of jargon.

Rhys Evans, Director, RNE Accounting

From the first call to a clear next step

01

Tell Rhys about the business

What you do, where the numbers feel messy, and what you want off your desk.

02

He looks at what you need

Books, tax, payroll, or a mix of the three, depending on how the business actually runs.

03

You agree the next step

The fee is talked through before you commit, so you know what happens next before any work starts.

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Message Rhys About Your Accounts

Tell us about your business and accounting needs. Rhys will come back to you to arrange next steps.

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