Hospitality and Leisure Accountant

Stay with the business, and we'll take the accounts from here

The books should not be waiting for you after a late finish. We look after the books, the tax and the returns for hospitality and leisure businesses, including places in Swansea and across South Wales, and we explain them in plain language so you can see where the business stands.

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

Who this is for

For owners who are with the customers, not stuck in the books

This is for people running a restaurant, a pub, a venue or another leisure business, where the trade happens in the room and the accounts are the part that slips. You need someone who understands that the week is built around service, and who will take the numbers on without turning every conversation into jargon.

The owner

Owners and managers who are on the floor for service, and who do not have a finance team waiting when the doors close.

The industry

Hospitality and leisure move with the week and the season. Staff, takings and quieter months can make a normal set of books hard to read, even when the room itself has been full.

How we work with them

You stay with the business. We take the books, the tax and the returns, and we talk them through in plain language so you know what has been done and what it means for the next few weeks.

The problem

The books fall behind the week in the room

Hospitality and leisure accounts throw up problems a normal set of books does not. Trade rises and falls with the season, staff costs move with the rota, and the money taken on the day does not always match what the books say at the end of the month.

  • Busy weeks and quiet months sit in the same set of accounts, so it is hard to tell a good month from a month that only looked busy.
  • Staff, tips and the wage bill can get tangled, and it is not always clear what has been paid and what is still owed.
  • The takings from the till, the memberships or the ticket sales drift away from the figures in the books, so you are never quite sure which number to trust.

Why RNE

Someone who will take the weight of the accounts

The books, the tax and the returns get looked after, and they get explained in plain language rather than being left for you to decode after service. 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 after the last customer has gone.
  • 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

    A busy venue does not have time to be passed between people who do not know the business. 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 hospitality or leisure business 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 hospitality and leisure accounts

These are the questions owners usually ask once the business is busy and the 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 what the business does, how the takings are recorded, 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 room is busy and the accounts are the part that keeps slipping, that is the bit I can take off you. Tell me what the business does 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.

portrait of Rhys Evans owner of RNE Accounting

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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