How does virtual bookkeeping work?
Gone are the days when you would deliver everything to your accountant, carefully filed, ready for them to write up and tell you your results each quarter. With Xero, Hubdoc and our team at Contando you can have real time access to your results.
With Hubdoc you’ll install an app on your phone and take a photo of any receipts or invoices ready for us to link into your Xero file. If you receive invoices by email you can forward them to a special email address and we’ll link it into your Xero file, that’s it! Snap a pic or forward an email, easy!
We’ll link your business bank account to Xero and get read only access to your statements and transactions. We will categorise your income and expenses, prepare and submit your VAT returns and then produce useful reports to discuss with your during our video catch ups. We’ll do all the hard work and analysis. All you have to do is snap and forward.
No more waiting for the end of the quarter for out of date information about how your business is doing. This is YOUR business, you should know how it is doing in real time so you can use that information to improve your business.
Contando is fantastic. The advisors delivered their services in a timely manner and went above and beyond what was expected.
Candice
Thank you Contando! We are so grateful for the work you do. We would definitely recommend Contando’s services.
City Church Manchester
Pricing
Paying a bookkeeper by the hour just doesn’t work. How do you know how many hours the job should take? How do you know if you bookkeeper is working efficiently? You want the certainty of a fixed monthly price so that you can plan and budget.
Everyone’s needs are unique so after we’ve had a chat and got to know you and your business we’ll send you a tailored proposal. Below we’ve included some example packages as a starting point so that you can have an idea of how much it’s going to cost you each month. We know that our clients are unique and their needs don’t always fit neatly into one of the boxes below, that’s why we’ll tailor a package to exactly suit your needs.
Take a look at the packages below and get in touch, let’s talk about what you need and how we can help and together we can craft something that is just right for you.
Standard
- Xero license
- Hubdoc license
- Expert support from your Xero certified advisor
- Record your transactions monthly
- Monthly bank reconciliation
- Quarterly VAT return submissions
- Year end liaison with your accountant
- Companies House Confirmation statement (fees included)
- Xero set up (if required) - bespoke quote
- Clean up work (if required) - bespoke quote
- Ideal for organisations with a turnover up to £500k
Premium
- Xero license
- Hubdoc license
- Expert support from your Xero certified advisor
- Record your transactions monthly
- Monthly bank reconciliation
- Quarterly VAT return submissions
- Year end liaison with your accountant
- Companies House Confirmation statement (fees included)
- A quarterly video call with our expert team to review your reports and make plans for the future
- Xero set up (if required) - bespoke quote
- Clean up work (if required) - bespoke quote
- Ideal for organisations with a turnover between £500k and £1.2M
Bespoke options
- Weekly or fortnightly bookkeeping
- Bespoke reports
- Budgeting support
- Cashflow forecasting
- Restricted funds support and management
- Financial and Xero training
- App integration and support
- Process development
- Year end accounts and Corporation Tax
- Monthly video call with our expert team to review your reports and make plans for the future
- Xero set up or migration
- Personalise your package to better suit to your unique needs
- Bespoke packages for organisations with turnover over £1.2M
I cannot thank them enough. They go well beyond the call of duty. They are incredibly patient and willing to go through everything in fine detail and they have turned my business around in terms of keeping everything organised which will no doubt help with future developments. Not only are they extremely diligent but they are lovely people to work with and you can tell they have immense integrity and care about the businesses they work with. I have been so impressed with the service I have received so far.
Anna Fiorentini
As an employee at a small business (3 people) it has been invaluable to work with the team at Contando. They are understanding, diligent, supportive and always on hand to offer guidance.
Working with external companies can be intimidating but this has never been the case with Contando and it has always felt like a collaboration to ensure we’re running things in the most efficient way possible.
This partnership has been a game-changer for us!
Rhiannon Mosson
Get in touch
If like what you see and you are ready for a game changing partnership then get in touch. Call, email or fill in the contact form below.
0330 1330 774
What else do we do?
Catch up bookkeeping
Don’t worry, we’re here to help with that too. We know that when you are running a business it’s all too easy to get behind on the number crunching. We also know that without the number crunching being done well you won’t make the best business decisions because you won’t have the right information.
Get in touch and we can talk through the problem with you. Once we understand the scale of the problem we can give you a customised quote to get you back on track. And of course if you need some help staying on track in future we can help with one of our fixed monthly plans
Xero set up and migration
We’ll help make your business finances easy by making sure your bookkeeping is set up properly from the beginning, allowing you to spend less time on bookkeeping and more time on running your business.
We’re experts at Xero set up and Xero Migration (see the shiny Xero Migration badge!) so you are in safe hands. Xero migration means we can move your data over from another accounting package and Xero set up means we can set you up from scratch.
Get in touch and we can talk through what you need. We’ll give you a customised quote and some options so that you can get the level of service and set up that suits you. Whichever option you go for we aren’t expecting you to be bookkeeping or accounting experts, that’s our job!
After we’ve set you up on Xero you can either do your own bookkeeping or we can do it for you. Whichever is right for you we’ll give you the same quality service when setting up your Xero file.
If you’d like our help then take a look at our plans or get in touch to talk about which is right for you.
And its not just bookkeeping, take a look at what else we can do for you
Payroll
We like to keep our prices simple and clear, payroll is just £6 per employee per month with a minimum cost of £30 per month, it makes a great bolt on to one of our bookkeeping packages. If you are new to using Xero payroll then there will also be a set up charge in the first month.
If you need support with your pension obligations we can help you with that too.
Consultancy and business planning
Your business and your needs are unique, help us to understand them so that we can find the best way to help you. Get in touch, let’s have a chat and get to know you and from there we can give you a bespoke quote.
It doesn’t matter if you just want to migrate to Xero, implement a new app integration or something else, we are Xero geeks and are here to help.
Year end accounts and corporation tax
We look after the year end for a number of our business and charity clients, preparing and submitting their year end accounts and corporation tax. Our clients let us worry about the deadlines while they get on with running their businesses.
We only offer this service to our bookkeeping clients. This allows us to offer you a better quality service than if we just deal with you once a year to prepare your accounts. We’ve followed your business throughout the year, we know your business, we know your problems and we understand your data. This is why we’re confident about offering you a smooth year end service.
And to keep things simple you can spread the costs and add the payment to your monthly support package.