ACCA-level bookkeeping,fully outsourced.
I’m Sujit Shah. I run the books for small firms and SMEs who want senior-level rigour without a full-time hire — clean records, management accounts you actually understand, and one accountable person on a fixed monthly retainer.
Works inside Xero, QuickBooks & FreeAgent · Confidentiality agreement from day one
Why not the alternatives
A profile, a platform, or a partner?
The usual options each leave a gap. Here’s what they miss — and what an accountable, ACCA-level practice does instead.
A résumé tells you someone once did the work. It doesn't do the work, own the outcome, or show up at month-end.
Software-first bookkeeping with rotating staff and rigid packages. Hard to reach a human who actually knows your ledger.
A directory that hands you a stranger and takes a cut. You still have to vet, manage, and hope for continuity.
The Sujit Shah differenceOne accountable person who owns your numbers — on a fixed retainer.
Not a résumé, not a rotating support pool, not a marketplace stranger. A single named professional applying ACCA-level standards to your books every month, with a price you can plan around.
- One named, accountable ACCA-level professional — not a rotating pool
- Fixed monthly retainer, no surprise hourly bills
- Works inside your existing software — zero forced migration
- Plain-English management reporting, not just data entry
- Direct human contact within 48 hours, every time
- Confidentiality agreement and permissioned access from day one
What’s included
Outsourced accounting, end to end
Everything a small firm or SME needs to keep the books clean and the decisions sharp — handled by one person on a predictable retainer.
Monthly Bookkeeping & Reconciliation
Every transaction categorised, every bank and ledger line reconciled. Your books stay clean, current, and audit-ready — not a shoebox you dread at year end.
Management Accounts You Understand
A plain-English month-end report: profit, margin, and where the money actually went. Numbers that drive decisions, not a PDF you file and forget.
Cash-Flow Forecasting
A rolling 13-week view so you see the squeeze before it happens. Know exactly when you can hire, invest, or hold — with confidence.
AP / AR & VAT-Ready Records
Payables and receivables tracked, chased, and organised. VAT-ready records maintained continuously so filing season is a non-event.
Software Setup & Clean-Up
Xero, QuickBooks, or FreeAgent set up properly — or an existing mess brought back into order. No forced migrations, no disruption to how you work.
A Real Person Who Owns It
One accountable point of contact who knows your business by name. No ticket queues, no rotating junior staff, no black box.
How it works
From messy to month-end in four steps
Discovery call
A free, no-pressure conversation about your business, your books, and where the friction is today.
Scope & secure access
We agree a fixed retainer and scope, sign a confidentiality agreement, and set up permissioned access to your software.
Bring books current
I clean up and reconcile everything so you start from a trustworthy, up-to-date baseline — usually within the first week.
Monthly rhythm
Reconciliation, a clear month-end report, and — on higher tiers — a review call. You always know exactly where you stand.
Pricing
Fixed monthly retainers
No hourly surprises. Choose a retainer that matches your volume today and scale the scope as you grow. Every tier is one accountable person, ACCA-level standards.
Foundations
For sole traders and micro-businesses that need clean, current books.
- Up to 150 transactions / month
- Monthly bank & ledger reconciliation
- AP / AR tracking
- VAT-ready record keeping
- Month-end summary report
- Email support (48-hour response)
Growth Retainer
The core outsourced-accounting retainer for growing small firms and SMEs.
- Up to 500 transactions / month
- Everything in Foundations
- Full management accounts
- 13-week cash-flow forecast
- Monthly review call
- Priority support
Finance Partner
For SMEs wanting ongoing ACCA-level support close to a fractional finance lead.
- Unlimited transaction volume
- Everything in Growth Retainer
- Budgeting & scenario planning
- Board-ready reporting pack
- Fortnightly strategy calls
- Named point of contact, same-day reachable
Sample pricing shown for illustration. Final retainers are agreed after a discovery call based on transaction volume and scope.
What clients would say
Trusted with the numbers that matter
Sample testimonials shown to illustrate the experience of an early founding client.
“For the first time I open my month-end report and actually understand it. The numbers finally feel like they belong to me.”
“We dropped our old platform after two years of rotating faces. Having one accountable person who knows our ledger changed everything.”
“The cash-flow forecast alone paid for the retainer. We timed a hire we would otherwise have rushed or delayed.”
FAQ
Questions, answered
I am an ACCA candidate in the final stages of qualification, delivering bookkeeping and management-accounting support to ACCA standards. For any work requiring a licensed practising certificate (such as statutory audit or formal filing sign-off), I partner with a qualified reviewer and am transparent about scope in every engagement.
You get senior-level rigour without the cost, recruitment risk, or holiday cover of a full-time hire. Engagements are a fixed monthly retainer — no payroll taxes, no software licences on your side, and no single point of failure. You can scale the scope up or down as your business changes.
I work directly inside your existing stack — Xero, QuickBooks Online, or FreeAgent — plus spreadsheets and receipt-capture tools like Dext. No forced migrations. If you have no system yet, I'll recommend and set up the right one as part of onboarding.
Depending on your tier: transaction categorisation, bank and ledger reconciliation, accounts payable/receivable tracking, VAT-ready records, and a clear month-end management report. Higher tiers add cash-flow forecasting and a monthly review call so you always know where you stand.
Access is granted through your accounting software's own permissioned invitations — I never ask for raw banking passwords. Documents are exchanged over encrypted channels, and every engagement starts with a signed confidentiality agreement. Your data stays in your systems, under your ownership.
Most clients are fully onboarded within one week of the discovery call. We start with a short scoping call, agree the retainer and scope, set up secure access, and I bring your books current before the first month-end close.
Founding clients
Let’s get your books off your plate.
Book a free, no-obligation discovery call. We’ll talk through your business and your books, and I’ll tell you honestly whether an outsourced retainer is the right fit — and what it would look like.
- One accountable ACCA-level professional
- Fixed monthly retainer, no hourly surprises
- Onboarded and current within a week