Welcome to Didsbury Bookkeepers
Meet Our Team
We are a husband and wife finance team and we are passionate about helping small business owners. We founded Didsbury Bookkeepers together so we could do what we love - working with owner managed businesses to help them manage their finances and build a better business.
Katie Sammonds (FCA-ICAEW)
Katie is a qualified accountant, having trained in a top tier firm as an auditor before moving into corporate finance, where she has worked in acquisitions, disposals, fund raising and private equity transactions. She has worked in a number of finance roles in industry, including co-founding a large health and social care business, for which she was the finance director for a number of years. Aside from obviously loving numbers and excel spreadsheets, Katie loves walking, reading and baking, when she gets the chance, as well as spending any time she can with her 3 children.
Ian Sammonds (BA-Hons, MSc)
Ian spent the first part of his career as a quantity surveyor, working across a number of large construction projects in the Northwest of England. Having being made redundant he decided to apply the financial management skills he learned as a QS to retrain as a bookkeeper, and co-founded Didsbury Bookkeeping. to be able to work for himself and spend more time with his family. His passion outside of his family is Liverpool Football Club, and he also loves running, films and craft beer.
We love to talk! Contact us today to talk about how we can help you!
About Us
A family business
Didsbury BookKeeping was founded by joint owners Katie & Ian Sammonds. We set up our advisory firm with the aim to be able to work more flexibly, allowing us to have more time with our young family, but also because we are passionate about helping small, owner managed businesses to manage their finances more effectively and efficiently. We are enthusiastic about working with business owners, supporting them across the full spectrum of their finance needs.
Our firm belief is that finance doesn’t have to be scary, and we can support all business owners, whatever their experience, to better understand their performance, and take control of their finances. We can work flexibly and responsively, and offer bespoke support, tailored to our clients needs.
We are based in Didsbury, South Manchester, but are proud to offer remote services to business across the country.
Services
Bookkeeping
Whether you just want annual accounts completed, or you want to complete outsource your finance function, we can help you.
We can make sure your records are kept properly, tax and VAT returns completed and any payroll processed with the right taxes and pension deducted.
We can provide support weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually - you decide what best suits your business.
Payroll
We can process weekly, monthly or ad hoc payrolls, making sure all the right taxes are deducted, as well as pension contributions and any statutory payments. Your staff will received their payslips and we’ll give you a summary of what you need to pay to HMRC and by when, as well as the net payment you need to make to your team. Payroll can be a tricky area, but we can keep it simple.
VAT
We can process your VAT returns, making sure your payments or reclaims are accurate and prompt so you stay away from any problems with HMRC
Statutory obligations
Company formations, annual returns, companies house reporting - there are a number of statutory requirements that come alongside owning a company - we can help you navigate them with ease.
Business advisory
Sometimes two heads are better than one - we have years of experience supporting growing businesses and helping them navigate through the varying challenges in a business life cycle. We can provide support with forecasting, business plans, sourcing investment, raising bank debt, applying for government grants, tenders, strategy and many other areas.
Taxation
Tax doesn’t have to be taxing! Whether it’s your personal tax computation or corporation tax return, we can help you make sure that you file on time, accurately and pay what you owe when you owe it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are your service fees?
Our fees are fair and transparent - we’ll always agree at the outset what will be charged and you’ll never be hit with a large bill unexpectedly!
We offer a number of packages which involve an “all in” set up, as well as monthly rates for payroll, management accounts, management of your debtors etc. The fees are based on the hours we expect to work at an agreed hourly rate and any work we do will be agreed with you at the outset. If it turns out we need to do less, you’ll get the benefit - we are honest and upfront.
We also offer a “getting started” package, the aim of which is to help small businesses be self sufficient in managing their finances. For a small one off fee, we’ll set up your business with a cloud based accounting system, bespoked to your needs, and give you (or a nominated person) full training in how to use it day to day. We’ll also offer 3 months unlimited support to help you as you learn how to use it in practice. Prices depend on business size but start at just £150.
How do you work with clients?
In short - however you want! Every business is different and every business owner has a different expectation for what they want from their book keeper. We want to provide the best service to you and make sure that finance becomes an enabler for you.
So many people are afraid of finance, accounting and book keeping, and we want to demystify it. We can offer a full outsourced finance package, where we manage your entire finance system including invoicing, credit control, payroll etc, or we can set you up a finance system, teach you ho to use it, and set you off on your way. If you just want annual accounts, we’re happy to oblige, or if you’d like to see how your doing monthly, we can do this too. If you’d just like someone to process your payroll, we’re happy to take it off your hands. We love to talk to potential clients, so feel free to get in touch and talk to us about the help you need.
Why do I need a book keeper?
A book keeper will enable you as a business owner to focus on what you do best - running your business. With our service, you can choose how much, or how little, we do for you.
You might want someone to prepare annual accounts for you and tell you how much tax you owe, or you might want to completely outsource your finance function, and have us worry about payroll, invoicing, credit control, bank reconciliations...all the things we love, but most people are less keen on!
We can provide monthly financial information in an easy to follow format, we can process your payroll, we can set you up in a cloud based finance system and teach you how to use it - in short we can add value in the way that's right for you and your business.
We love to talk! Get in touch if you have more questions or want to find out more about how having a bookkeeper can help your business.
