Services

Four disciplines.
One rhythm.

Outsourced bookkeeping, management accounts, payroll processing and year-end accounts production, delivered inside your software by a dedicated India-based team.

Everything below is delivered inside your software, to your chart of accounts, under your review process, on a calendar agreed up front. We prepare. You review and sign off. That line never moves.

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Bookkeeping & reconciliation

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The engine room of bookkeeping support. The written scope sets which transactions, ledgers and accounts we handle, and when reconciliations and month-end files reach your reviewer.

For firms, this work can occupy preparation time in January. For businesses, it can compete with other finance tasks. Agree the source records, reconciliations and open-point reports in the scope.

  • Day-to-day transaction recording in Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or your system
  • Bank & credit card reconciliations for the accounts and periods in scope
  • Accounts payable & accounts receivable support: supplier statements, customer ledgers, aged reports
  • Receipt and invoice capture via Dext or Hubdoc
  • Fixed asset register maintenance
  • Month-end accruals, prepayments & close
  • Inter-company reconciliation statements
  • Catch-up bookkeeping: regularising past periods without disrupting the current one

Full scope and an illustrative scenario →

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Management accounts & reporting packs

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Once the books are closed, we turn them into a pack somebody will read. Monthly or quarterly, built to your template or ours, with the numbers tied out to the ledger and the first draft of the commentary written for the person who has to make a decision.

Firms send it to the client under their own name. Businesses take it into the board meeting or the bank. We stay behind the scenes in both cases.

  • Monthly & quarterly management accounts to your template
  • Customised KPI and dashboard reporting
  • Board, lender and investor packs
  • Revenue and cash-flow projections support
  • Variance analysis with draft commentary for your review
  • Consolidations and inter-company reporting

Full scope and an illustrative scenario →

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Payroll processing support

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Payroll that runs quietly in the background. We process each run in BrightPay or your payroll system, on your schedule, with the outputs ready for your approval before anything is submitted or paid.

Employee queries come to you first, not around you: we prepare the answer, you decide who hears it.

  • Weekly, fortnightly and monthly payroll runs, including PAYE and NI workings
  • Starters, leavers and statutory payments processed
  • Bank files prepared for automated salary payments
  • Pay-slips and P60s generated in your system
  • Pension contribution files and auto-enrolment support
  • Customised payroll reports and journals for the ledger
  • Employee query support, triaged through you

Full scope and an illustrative scenario →

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Year-end & accounts production support

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Prepare for the busy season by agreeing year-end schedules, working papers and draft accounts in scope. We can produce draft accounts in CCH or your accounts production software, with open points listed for your reviewer.

VAT workings and tax computation schedules are prepared as inputs for your review. We do not advise, plan or sign. Sign-off, and the client relationship around it, stays with you.

  • Year-end lead schedules and working papers
  • Draft statutory accounts in CCH, Xero or your accounts production software
  • Trial balance clean-up and year-end journals
  • VAT return workings prepared for your review
  • Corporation tax computation schedules prepared for your review
  • Audit support: schedules, samples and queries handled for your auditors
  • Draft files and open points handed back for your review on the agreed date

Full scope and an illustrative scenario →

Advisory, defined

Advice on how the work runs. Never on what the client should do about tax.

  • Process mapping, documentation & testing
  • Ongoing process improvement across the engagement
  • Accounting software (ERP) fit and migration support
  • Chart of accounts and reporting design

The "advisory" in our name means process and systems: mapping how your finance work flows, documenting it so nothing depends on memory, and recommending accounting software that fits the size you've become. It's the advice a good delivery team gives because it makes the delivery better.

It does not mean tax planning, regulated advice or anything that needs a signature. Those conversations belong with your firm, or with the firm your business already uses. We'll happily prepare the numbers for them.

Questions firms ask

Before you ask, we answered

The questions accounting firms and finance leads ask before they send a first batch. Straight answers, no sales gloss.

What exactly does Cadence deliver, and what does it not do?

We deliver the preparation work: bookkeeping and reconciliations, management accounts packs, payroll processing support and year-end accounts production with tax workings prepared for your review. We do not sign accounts, file as agent, give tax advice or speak to your clients. Every deliverable goes to a named reviewer on your side before it goes anywhere else.

Which accounting software do you work in?

The software, user access and handling of working papers are agreed during scoping. We prepare in the workflow you approve, and your reviewer keeps final control.

How does the review line work in practice?

The engagement scope names the preparer, review steps, handover format and query process. Your reviewer checks the work, raises points and signs. Nothing is filed, sent or finalised by Cadence.

What is a typical turnaround?

Batch dates and review-point turnaround depend on volume, record quality and the agreed review process. We set them in the written scope before work starts, including any busy-season capacity.

Is there a minimum engagement or a long contract?

The proposal sets out the trial scope, fee, term and notice period. We agree those terms with you before work starts.

How is my data kept secure?

Before a trial, agree in writing where work is done, who has access, which devices are used, how files are handled, and how access ends. Ask Cadence for its current controls and any insurance or certification documents; none are claimed on this page.

What about time zones?

India is four and a half to five and a half hours ahead of the UK depending on the season. Working-hours overlap, response times and meeting windows are agreed for each engagement.

Can you handle VAT, BAS or GST returns?

We prepare the workings: reconciled VAT, BAS or GST figures with the supporting schedules, ready for your review and submission. Filing, agent authority and any advice on treatment stay with you or the client's regulated adviser.

Do you work with businesses directly, or only with accounting firms?

Both. Firms use us as white-label capacity behind their own brand. Businesses use us as an outsourced bookkeeping and reporting function, usually alongside their existing accountant who continues to sign off the year-end and handle tax.

Where is the team based, and who am I dealing with?

Cadence is based in India. Before work begins, agree who will prepare and lead your work, where it will be performed, and who will review it. Record the team, access and review responsibilities in the written scope.

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