Services
Full Bookkeeping and Payroll
Do you not have the time, capacity, tools or knowledge to fulfil this role within your organisation?
Are the wrong people in your organisation spending too much time doing basic bookkeeping and payroll tasks?
Solid Base offers a cost effect solution.
We offer a complete payroll service that is fully compliant with current legislation. Services include:
We will fully manage your payroll service and produce reports and payslips.
Switching to our payroll service is quick and easy. We will support the transition from your existing arrangement or take on the management of the existing payroll systems.
Are the wrong people in your organisation spending too much time doing basic bookkeeping and payroll tasks?
Solid Base offers a cost effect solution.
We offer a complete payroll service that is fully compliant with current legislation. Services include:
- Payroll, private pension contributions and auto enrolment
- Setting up with HMRC and resolving queries from HMRC
- GDPR compliance for the storing and handling of data
- RTI (Real Time Information) compliance
- Attachment of earnings
- Advice, support and training
We will fully manage your payroll service and produce reports and payslips.
Switching to our payroll service is quick and easy. We will support the transition from your existing arrangement or take on the management of the existing payroll systems.
Bespoke Monthly Management Accounts and Reports
Solid Base can help you make informed decisions by providing you with timely and accurate data.
Solid Base can help you truly understand your organisations financial position and performance in all key areas.
Monthly Package Includes
This is achieved by hand on immersion within the organisation itself to fully understand all areas of income, direct costs and overheads and by the creation of a bespoke chart of accounts for your organisation.
Solid Base can help you truly understand your organisations financial position and performance in all key areas.
Monthly Package Includes
- Profit and Loss
- Profit and Loss Account – Actual vs Forecast
- Project Analysis
- Variance Commentary
- Balance Sheet
- Balance Sheet YTD
- Executive Summary
- Financial Health Summary
- Reserve Trend
- Liquidity Ratio
- Solvency Ratio
- Income Reliance
- Gross Profit by Margin
- Voluntary Fund Analysis
This is achieved by hand on immersion within the organisation itself to fully understand all areas of income, direct costs and overheads and by the creation of a bespoke chart of accounts for your organisation.
Finance Manager
Do you need your organisations finances manged but can’t afford a member of staff?
Do you want the next level of reporting to be produced from your existing finance function?
Do you not have the time, capacity, tools or knowledge to fulfil this role within your organisation?
Solid Base offers a cost-effective solution for this. Find out more!
Solid Base can provide a full or bespoke service that suits your organisational need.
Do you want the next level of reporting to be produced from your existing finance function?
Do you not have the time, capacity, tools or knowledge to fulfil this role within your organisation?
Solid Base offers a cost-effective solution for this. Find out more!
Solid Base can provide a full or bespoke service that suits your organisational need.
Funders Reports
Do you want to track individual funds v budget and v forecast?
Do you struggle to report on individual grant/project spending?
Solid base can help you; we can help you ring-fence and manage all restricted income pots – making it straightforward and easy to be completely transparent when reporting back to funders.
If you have been successful in securing a grant or project funding bid, we can help you understand the reporting requirements of different funders as well as the Charity Commission.
Do you struggle to report on individual grant/project spending?
Solid base can help you; we can help you ring-fence and manage all restricted income pots – making it straightforward and easy to be completely transparent when reporting back to funders.
If you have been successful in securing a grant or project funding bid, we can help you understand the reporting requirements of different funders as well as the Charity Commission.
Accountancy/Bookkeeping and Coaching
Do you ultimately want to be self-sufficient in your finance function?
Solid Base can provide the ongoing knowledge, support and tools to attain your goals. Charity finance has its own challenges such as the treatment of restricted and deferred income, have all this explained in straightforward terms.
Solid Base can provide the ongoing knowledge, support and tools to attain your goals. Charity finance has its own challenges such as the treatment of restricted and deferred income, have all this explained in straightforward terms.
Bespoke Financial Modelling
Are you thinking about submitting a bid or tender?
Are you creating a new project or developing a new income stream?
Solid Base can provide guidance and support to organisations looking to explore contracting opportunities, or perhaps cost and price services for managing personal budgets as well as general business planning.
Solid Base also offers bespoke support in a wide variety of financial related and budgetary areas to help organisations plan to deliver specific projects, manage relevant change, and give management boards necessary assurance. This includes business planning – with financial modelling including detailed scenario planning, ‘what if’ and sensitivity analysis
Are you creating a new project or developing a new income stream?
Solid Base can provide guidance and support to organisations looking to explore contracting opportunities, or perhaps cost and price services for managing personal budgets as well as general business planning.
Solid Base also offers bespoke support in a wide variety of financial related and budgetary areas to help organisations plan to deliver specific projects, manage relevant change, and give management boards necessary assurance. This includes business planning – with financial modelling including detailed scenario planning, ‘what if’ and sensitivity analysis
Budgeting and Forecasts
Plan, Plan Plan!
Solid Base can help you create a full overview forecast profit and loss for upcoming financial years and individual project budgets. All of which are integrated into your monthly management accounts.
Solid Base can also provide you with vital cash flow forecasting, all vital to the understanding of your future outlook. This is essential for trustee reporting, strategies and forward planning.
Solid Base can help you create a full overview forecast profit and loss for upcoming financial years and individual project budgets. All of which are integrated into your monthly management accounts.
Solid Base can also provide you with vital cash flow forecasting, all vital to the understanding of your future outlook. This is essential for trustee reporting, strategies and forward planning.
Organisational Financial Health Review
Are you benchmarking your organisations practice, processes and procedures?
Do you understand your current risks?
Are you financially competent in the eyes of stakeholders and potential funders?
By completely a full review of your organisations finance practices and process – Solid Base can complete a RAG report with recommendations for improvement in all areas of your financial function, including:
Do you understand your current risks?
Are you financially competent in the eyes of stakeholders and potential funders?
By completely a full review of your organisations finance practices and process – Solid Base can complete a RAG report with recommendations for improvement in all areas of your financial function, including:
- Management accounts and reporting
- Monitoring income & expenditure
- Monitoring cash flow
- Financial ratios
- Cash handling
- Bank reconciliation
- Budgeting and forward planning
- Managing financial risk
- Financial roles and responsibilities
- Financial controls and practice
- Authorisation of staff expenses
- Cash and bank and petty cash, handling
- Insurance arrangements
- Relevant Charity Commission, HMRC, Companies Act registration, reporting and filing
- Volunteer expenses
- Payroll procedures and practice
Organisational Financial Literacy Training and Support
Is your balance sheet a mystery?
Does your board of trustees or senior management team understand the balance sheet?
How healthy are your organisations finances?
Solid Base can provide individual or group training and coaching to help all key stakeholders understand your organisations true financial position and KPI’s.
We can also provide courses or workshops tailored specifically for your organisation or for a cluster of organisations working in the same field or on the same project. This also includes bespoke sessions for management teams and trustee committees and trustee boards.
Does your board of trustees or senior management team understand the balance sheet?
How healthy are your organisations finances?
Solid Base can provide individual or group training and coaching to help all key stakeholders understand your organisations true financial position and KPI’s.
We can also provide courses or workshops tailored specifically for your organisation or for a cluster of organisations working in the same field or on the same project. This also includes bespoke sessions for management teams and trustee committees and trustee boards.
Sage/XERO/Quickbooks Coaching
Do you need help installing, setting up or getting to grips with any aspect of SAGE 50 Accounts and Payroll or SAGE cloud Accounts and Payroll?
Our experienced SAGE experts are fully certified in the use of SAGE 50 accounts and SAGE 50 payroll and fully experienced in the use of SAGE cloud products. Learn all the functionality of SAGE 50 accounts from accredited SAGE Business Client Manager. We provide an on going one to one service to ensure you are fully aware and confident in all areas of SAGE software use.
Our experienced SAGE experts are fully certified in the use of SAGE 50 accounts and SAGE 50 payroll and fully experienced in the use of SAGE cloud products. Learn all the functionality of SAGE 50 accounts from accredited SAGE Business Client Manager. We provide an on going one to one service to ensure you are fully aware and confident in all areas of SAGE software use.
Updating and Modernising Financial Systems
Does your organisation have a digital strategy with regards to financial systems?
Do you want to incorporate cloud-based accountancy systems into your organisation?
With the ever-evolving workplace environment, get ahead of the competition and increase funder and stakeholder confidence by modernising and professionalising your finance function.
Do you want to incorporate cloud-based accountancy systems into your organisation?
With the ever-evolving workplace environment, get ahead of the competition and increase funder and stakeholder confidence by modernising and professionalising your finance function.
Financial Facilities Management
Are you getting the best deal on utilities and premises costs?
Are you simply wasting money and are unaware of it?
Solid Base can help through a proven track history of overhead analysis yielding results.
Are you simply wasting money and are unaware of it?
Solid Base can help through a proven track history of overhead analysis yielding results.
Facilities and Operations
Are all your building’s legal certificates and risk assessments in order?
Is your building safe, clean and legal?
Do you know what scheduled maintenance you need and when?
Solid Base can help educate and recommend in areas such as asbestos management, water hygiene and fire risk.
Is your building safe, clean and legal?
Do you know what scheduled maintenance you need and when?
Solid Base can help educate and recommend in areas such as asbestos management, water hygiene and fire risk.
All above services are bespoke, hands on and cost effective.
