Accounting for catering

Bookkeeping and Accountancy for catering

We'll take care of the accountancy and bookkeeping, so you can focus on your catering business.

Maintaining accurate financial records is the backbone of any successful catering business, and at SBX, we take this responsibility seriously. Our bookkeeping services for catering offer:

• Accurate Transaction Records & Reconciliation: Ensuring all your catering business transactions are logged accurately and bank statements are reconciled regularly.
• Efficient Invoicing & Payment Tracking: From generating client invoices to managing accounts receivable and tracking catering business expenses, we oversee your cash flow, ensuring prompt payments and organised records.
• Custom Financial Reports & Compliance: Delivering tailored monthly or quarterly financial reports that offer insights into your catering business’s financial health for informed decision-making, alongside ensuring all records meet HMRC regulations.

catering Business Accounts

Professional Accounts Preparation for catering Businesses

Whether you run your catering business as a limited company, partnership, or operate as a self-employed catering, SBX Accountants provides complete accounts preparation and filing services designed to keep your catering business compliant, organised, and ready for growth. Our team of Chartered Accountants manages your records from start to finish, ensuring accuracy and timely submissions to HMRC and Companies House.

• Limited Company Accounts for catering – We handle statutory accounts, profit and loss statements, and Companies House filings for catering limited companies, keeping your business fully compliant and penalty-free.
• Self-Employed catering Accounts – We prepare accurate year-end accounts for self-employed catering and catering partnerships, integrating seamlessly into your personal tax return while ensuring all allowable expenses are claimed.
• Management Accounting for catering Businesses – Our detailed management reports deliver up-to-date financial insights, helping you track your catering business performance, manage cash flow, and make confident decisions.

From statutory submissions to real-time financial reporting, we tailor our accounting services to match how your catering business operates, digital-first, efficient, and always ahead of deadlines.

Tax Returns for catering

We can take care of your catering Self-Assessment, Tax Returns and HMRC compliance

Filing tax returns as a catering can be stressful and time-consuming. At SBX Accountants, we manage the full process for you so you can focus on running your catering business confidently and stay compliant with HMRC requirements.

• catering Self-Assessment Tax Returns: We handle the complete preparation and online submission of your self-assessment tax return, ensuring every income source from your catering business is declared, deductions are applied correctly, and your overall tax liability is accurate.
• VAT Returns for catering: From VAT registration and calculation to quarterly submissions, we ensure your catering business meets VAT regulations and maintains healthy cash flow through accurate reporting.
• Corporation Tax for catering Companies: For catering limited companies, our specialists prepare and file corporation tax returns, calculate taxable profits, apply capital allowances, and claim all eligible tax reliefs.
• Payroll and PAYE for catering Businesses: We also manage your payroll and PAYE obligations, ensuring staff in your catering business are paid accurately and your submissions meet HMRC deadlines.

We provide complete, responsive support to help your catering business stay compliant and identify potential tax savings across your business and personal finances.

Payroll for catering Businesses

Payroll and CIS Services for catering

Running payroll for your catering business can take up valuable time. Our payroll services handle everything for you so your catering business stays compliant, organised, and stress-free.

• Comprehensive Payroll Management for catering: We manage your entire payroll process, from calculating wages and deductions to issuing payslips and submitting reports to HMRC. Our team ensures full compliance with PAYE and National Insurance regulations for catering businesses.
• Pension Scheme Administration: Our accountants manage pension setup, contributions, and auto-enrolment compliance for your catering staff. We also handle opt-ins, opt-outs, and reporting to The Pensions Regulator, so you stay compliant without the paperwork.

We also connect your payroll data to your catering bookkeeping and company tax returns for accurate reporting across your accounts.

Business Advice for catering

Our Chartered Accountants provide tailored advice for catering businesses

At SBX, our Chartered Accountants provide tailored support for growing catering businesses. Whether you need help with cash flow forecasting, budgeting, or financial modelling for your catering business, we’ve got you covered. We also offer practical business advice, including recommendations on software solutions that can enhance efficiency and organisation for catering business owners.

With SBX, you’re not just getting accounting services; you’re gaining strategic partners dedicated to enhancing your catering business’s success.

Self Assessment for catering

Expert Self Assessment Services for catering

Completing a self-assessment as a catering can be time-consuming and stressful if you’re unsure what to declare or how to file accurately. At SBX Accountants, our Chartered Accountants handle every stage of your catering Self Assessment tax return to make sure it’s correct, compliant, and submitted to HMRC on time.

We provide tailored support for catering in all business structures, including:

• Self-Employed catering Self Assessment: We manage your accounts and help you claim every allowable expense so you only pay the tax you owe as a catering.
• catering Company Director Self Assessment: Ideal for catering limited company directors who receive dividends and salary income, ensuring full HMRC compliance and correct reporting.
• catering Partnership Self Assessment: Specialist support for catering business partners who need to report individual income shares accurately and maintain transparent partnership records.

Our catering Self Assessment service includes accurate tax calculations, HMRC submission, and full-year advice to help you plan for future liabilities and cash flow management in your catering business.

Starting a catering Business

Start Your catering Business the Right Way with SBX Accountants

Getting your catering business set up right from day one saves time, tax, and future headaches. At SBX Accountants, we guide new catering through every step of business setup and incorporation, from choosing the right structure to registering with HMRC and setting up your accounting systems for your catering business.

• catering Business Structure Advice: Understand whether to trade as a self-employed catering, partnership, or limited company, and structure your catering business for growth, compliance, and tax efficiency.
• HMRC Registration for catering: We register your catering business correctly for Self Assessment, Corporation Tax, VAT, PAYE, and CIS, ensuring full compliance from the start.
• catering Business Incorporation: From company formation to shareholder setup and confirmation statements for your catering company, we manage the technical details and keep your records accurate and up to date.
• catering Business Process Optimisation: We streamline your catering business operations, integrating efficient workflows and systems that improve cash flow and reduce admin time.
• QuickBooks for catering: As QuickBooks Advanced Certified Advisors, we set up your cloud software for your catering business, automate bookkeeping, and provide ongoing training and support.

Whether you’re launching a new catering business or transitioning from self-employed to a limited company, SBX Accountants gives you a clear, compliant foundation to build on.

Company Secretarial for catering

Keep Your catering Company Records Compliant with SBX Accountants

Staying compliant with Companies House and keeping your catering company records accurate is a legal responsibility for every limited catering business. Our company secretarial services make it simple. From filing your confirmation statement to updating director details or closing your catering company, SBX Accountants handles every step quickly, correctly, and on time.

• Confirmation Statement Filing for catering: We prepare and submit your catering company’s annual confirmation statement, review all information for accuracy, and cover the Companies House filing fee.
• catering Company Record Updates: Whether you’re appointing a new director, changing shareholders, or updating your catering company’s registered address, we handle all filings to keep your company records compliant.
• catering Company Dissolution Services: Ready to close your catering company? We manage the full process, from filing DS01 forms to settling accounts and removing your business from the Companies House register.
• catering Company Restoration: If your catering company has been dissolved or struck off, we manage the entire restoration process so you can return to trading quickly and compliantly.

Our expert team ensures your catering company remains compliant, up to date, and properly registered with Companies House, saving you time and protecting your professional credibility.