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Northstar Accounting
Disrupting traditional accounting by bringing proper management accounts to ambitious SMEs
About Northstar Accounting
Most business owners are running their companies based on a bank balance, not a strategy. At Northstar Accounting, we believe that "once-a-year" accounting is a broken model for ambitious SMEs. If you’re waiting until January to find out how last April went, you aren’t managing your business - you’re reacting to it. We bridge the gap between basic compliance and high-level financial direction. We don’t just file returns; we sit alongside founders and MDs to provide the financial clarity required to scale with confidence. Corporate-Grade Insight for the Modern SME Our approach is built on decade-long experience managing £100M+ P&Ls within large-scale enterprises. We’ve taken those sophisticated reporting frameworks and distilled them into a lean, powerful service designed specifically for businesses with £250K – £10M turnover. What We Deliver Every Month We provide a bespoke management accounts pack—built around your specific goals, not a generic template. KPI Tracking: Your most important metrics, front and centre. Budget vs. Actuals: Real-time visibility on your revenue and spending. The "So What?" Factor: Plain-English commentary that explains what the numbers mean for your next hire, your next location, or your margins. Strategic Alignment: A quarterly strategic call to ensure data translates into action. The Northstar Difference We work with brilliant founders who are experts in their field but didn't come from a finance background. We remove the "tax bill anxiety" and the guesswork, replacing it with the kind of financial oversight usually reserved for companies with a full-time Finance Director. Based on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, we pride ourselves on being a partner that values clarity, transparency, and real-world results. Ready to see what’s actually happening in your business? 📩 Message us to start a conversation. 🔗 Book a discovery call: https://calendly.com/billy-northstaraccounting/discovery-call
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Signals from Northstar Accounting
6 published signals
Operations & Supply
Northstar Accounting helped a founder organize and fix a chart of accounts for a service line that was losing 8% on every project it delivered.
Reported by Billy Harding
Capital & Finance
Northstar Accounting reported a £10m business celebrating a 12% net margin with £1.2m profit, solid top-line growth, and a team feeling good about the numbers.
Reported by Billy Harding
Capital & Finance
Northstar Accounting found that two out of ten major clients wiped out nearly half the profit generated by the other eight.
Reported by Billy Harding
Capital & Finance
Northstar Accounting found that the business had five contracts running at 28%, three at 10%, and two legacy jobs bleeding cash every single month.
Reported by Billy Harding
Capital & Finance
Northstar Accounting broke the P&L down by individual contract to analyze the performance of ten major clients.
Reported by Billy Harding
Capital & Finance
Northstar Accounting achieved a net profit jump of £340k the following year without adding a new client to the roster.
Reported by Billy Harding