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Cloud accounting

Simplify your record keeping with digitalisation

Say goodbye to paperwork and manage your finances from anywhere, anytime

As technology advances in the modern world, spreadsheets and manual record-keeping won’t cut it. What you need is a strategic partner. A cloud accounting solution that seamlessly adapts to your needs. Our carefully selected cloud products enable you to manage your finances on the move.

Whether you’re raising invoices at clients’ offices, tracking expenses during your daily commute, or reconciling your bank accounts from the comfort of your home office, real-time insights, enhanced security, and scalability are at your fingertips. Choose a cloud system that aligns with your goals and suits your business needs.

Our dedicated cloud accounting team engage with software vendors for best practice, research the latest accounting technology and train teams internally to drive the best service and support for our clients.

Certified partners

We are certified partners with Xero, Quickbooks Online and Sage. This means we get the latest training and support directly from them, allowing us to stay ahead of the game on all the latest developments.

We've helped over 4,000 clients switch to cloud accounting

“With the use of cloud accounting, I can access our accounts even when I’m away from the office as long as I have a Wi-Fi connection. Another key benefit is that the package I use supports different currencies. This is a major bonus as we operate a Euro bank account and therefore need to be able to record our Euro transactions on a regular basis.” Debbie Buse, Director, Atlantic Translations Ltd

“Cloud accounting is proving more useful the more I use it. Best feature is that it links directly with our bank account, making reconciliation and expenses so much quicker and easier. Would definitely recommend it, especially to smaller organisations that don’t have specific finance staff or departments.” Mel Tucker, Director, Iridescent Ideas CIC

“I find PKF Francis Clark to be very forward-thinking and proactive. The information they provide is absolutely trustworthy and solid and that gives us immense confidence in the decisions we have to make.” Emma Semmens, NH Semmens & Sons Limited

Why cloud accounting?

Using cloud accounting software will enable you to be compliant with making tax digital regulations, and more:

Access your accounting software instantly on your desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile
Collaborate with your colleagues and accountants using multi-user access
Your accounts are backed up automatically, so you don’t need to worry about losing information
Provides a real time overview of your current financial position
Automatic updates so you’re always using the most current version available
Third party sector-specific apps can integrate with accounting software to provide further insights

Xero

Xero has been designed to make bookkeeping and digital accounting straight forward and hassle-free.

It can automatically handle tasks that will save you time. From automatically importing bank transactions to sending invoice reminders, it’ll do the work for you.

With all your data stored safely and in one place, it’s easy to get a snapshot of how your business is tracking. As well as the ability to access Xero tools from anywhere, any time and on any device – just connect to the internet and go!

Our platinum partner status means we can advise and support clients from onboarding right through to delivering training on how to get the most out of the platform.

We can also manage your Xero subscription taking advantage of our partner discounts and, more importantly, allow us to monitor your business in tandem with you.

Xero features:

Dashboard illustrating your financial position instantly
Fast bank reconciliations
Create and directly send invoices to customers
Email bills to quickly create transactions
Creating purchase orders is a breeze
Track basic inventory
Easy to handle expense claim process
Track and submit VAT returns compliantly to HMRC
Integrations with Xero Payroll and Projects kept in one place
Easily store all your paper records online

Quickbooks Online

As a business owner, you likely experience time constraints due to the nature of business operations. With Quickbooks Online, see how your business is doing in less than 30 seconds. Take control of your cashflow and know where your money is going, all in one place.

With Quickbooks Online, you can save around eight hours a month on your accounts. You will automatically receive free 24/7 support, alongside the support we give you.

Let us manage your QuickBooks subscription and take advantage of our partner discounts, but more importantly, allow us to monitor your business in tandem with you.

Quickbooks features:

Quick view of your business’ financial position on the Dashboard
Fast bank reconciliations
Create and directly send invoices and estimates to customers
Create bills and purchase orders easily and quickly
Track basic inventory
Create projects at no additional cost
Integrated mileage tracker
Track and submit VAT returns compliantly to HMRC
Quickbooks Payroll integrated
Easily store all your paper records online

Sage

For a digital accounting experience, use Sage Business Cloud Accounting to get paid on time with easy cloud invoicing, submit compliant VAT returns and access your data anywhere, any time.

From Sage50c to Sage Business Cloud Accounting, we can manage your subscription, take advantage of our partner discounts and monitor your business in tandem with you.

Sage features:

Quickly view a summary of your business’ financial position
Fast bank reconciliations
Create and directly send invoices, quotes and estimates to customers
Enter purchase invoices quickly with batch entries
Track basic inventory
Track and submit VAT returns compliantly to HMRC
Store all your paper records online

Receipt capture apps

Receipt capture apps aallow you cut down the amount of time spent on processing bookkeeping and managing paperwork, leaving you more time to focus on running your business.

All you need to do is scan in your bills and receipts and using Optical Character Recognition (OCR), the apps extracts the relevant information on the document. As it recognises the data on the image, it turns it into text. It will do its best to prepopulate information like date, contact, detail, VAT amount, ready for you to review and push through to your cloud accounting software.

There are many apps on the market, such as Hubdoc, Quickbooks Receipt Capture, Dext, and AutoEntry to name but a few. They all vary in levels of functionalities and monthly subscription price.

Xero and Quickbooks Online both offer free capture apps as part of their subscriptions, Hubdoc and Quickbooks Receipt Capture respectively, which are great starting points to get stuck in.

If you require more advanced functionalities or are processing large quantities of paperwork, it would then be best to use the likes of Dext and AutoEntry