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Before Total Accounting

This engineering director had built his fabrication business steadily over seven years — but growth had stalled, and he couldn’t work out why. Desktop software, manual processing, one full-time and one part-time finance person, and a year-end accountant doing compliance. He was paying £30k in rent annually. Staff were working significant overtime that wasn’t being tracked. Loans were sitting on the balance sheet while cash sat idle in a low-interest account. Domestic VAT recharge and CIS had errors. Creditors were poorly controlled. The average debtor day count was 56. He had the talent and the capacity to grow — but no financial infrastructure to build on. He came to Total Accounting on a recommendation.

What We Delivered

  • Cloud accounting system rebuilt — Dext added for data capture
  • Tradify introduced for job management and accurate project pricing
  • Overtime identified and stopped — labour costs immediately reduced
  • Gross profit improved through new pricing structure
  • Average debtor days reduced from 56 to 36
  • Loans cleared — surplus cash moved to high-interest deposit account
  • New equipment purchased — corporation tax reduced through capital allowances
  • Director pension converted to SIPP — commercial property purchased
  • Rent income now flows into SIPP, benefiting director long term
  • Staff headcount grown from 8 to 11 with KPI monitoring in place
This engineering director had built his fabrication business steadily over seven years — but growth had stalled, and he couldn’t work out why. Desktop software, manual processing, one full-time and one part-time finance person, and a year-end accountant doing compliance. He was paying £30k in rent annually. Staff were working significant overtime that wasn’t being tracked. Loans were sitting on the balance sheet while cash sat idle in a low-interest account. Domestic VAT recharge and CIS had errors. Creditors were poorly controlled. The average debtor day count was 56. He had the talent and the capacity to grow — but no financial infrastructure to build on. He came to Total Accounting on a recommendation.

The Impact

£16K

Saved when compared to the previous set up

15%

Increase in margin improvement

Staff admin time saved weekly

The Difference

A director who was cautious about investing in his own business is now buying commercial property through his pension.

“I came in about a payroll problem. I left with a completely different view of what my business could be. Total Accounting didn’t just fix the numbers — they showed me how to use them. I’m now expanding into a second property and the business has never been in better shape.”

— Managing Director, Engineering & Fabrication Business

The proof is in the numbers

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