Simpsons Cloud Accounting

Monthly Accounting

Structured monthly accounting and month-end close for owner-managed businesses that need reliable books before VAT and year end.

Ongoing accounting services

Turn bookkeeping into a controlled monthly process.

Our ongoing accounting service is built around two fixed review points, an Exception Pack and a formal monthly close.

The objective is straightforward: identify missing evidence and accounting issues in-period, make ownership clear, resolve what can be resolved, and keep closed periods closed.

Choose the operating model

Managed bookkeeping or independent oversight.

The control process is the same. The difference is who performs the day-to-day bookkeeping.

01

Managed bookkeeping

We perform the bookkeeping as well as the monthly review. This is the most complete operating model.

  • Transaction processing and reconciliation
  • Invoice and evidence review
  • Initial and final Exception Packs
  • Queries and corrections
  • Formal month close and lock
Managed bookkeeping details
02

Monthly oversight

You or your team perform the day-to-day bookkeeping. We provide the independent accounting-control layer.

  • Monthly bookkeeping review
  • Missing evidence and unreconciled items identified
  • Initial and final Exception Packs
  • Accounting corrections agreed
  • Formal month close and lock
The monthly close

Four stages. Two fixed review points.

The timetable moves document chasing and accounting questions closer to the transaction date, then keeps resolved periods closed.

01
First Friday

Review 1

The Initial Exception Pack identifies missing evidence, unreconciled items and questions that need action.

02
Action

Exceptions

Items are assigned and resolved while the transactions and supporting evidence are still current.

03
Second Friday

Review 2

Remaining items are reviewed and the final close position is made explicit.

04
Control

Close & lock

Resolved periods stay closed. Late documents are handled as controlled post-close adjustments.

Why closing monthly matters

Cleaner books now reduce reconstruction later.

A reconciled bank account can still contain missing invoices, unexplained transactions and unsupported VAT treatment.

Monthly review makes those exceptions visible while the transaction is still current. Year-end work then starts from cleaner books rather than reconstructing twelve months of unresolved questions.

After close

Closed periods stay intelligible.

Transactions stop drifting between periods. VAT claims can be tied back to appropriate records. Late documents can still be dealt with, but as explicit post-close adjustments rather than quietly changing previously reviewed periods.

Important: monthly close is an accounting-control process, not an audit. Directors remain responsible for maintaining complete business records and providing the information required for the accounts and tax returns.