Planning to start a business or looking to grow your company? Then using an expert accountancy firm could be the right solution. From our Southend offices, our business planning advisors work with entrepreneurs across Essex to develop effective business strategies and financial forecasts tailored to their goals. This article looks at the benefits of using an accountant to support your business planning, and outlines how the team at TBL can support you at every stage of your business’ lifecycle.
Benefits of Our Business Planning Services
At TBL Accountants, we understand that business planning is essential for any business to succeed. We can help to:
- Ensure that your business is on track to meet its long-term goals
- Make sure that all aspects of your business are aligned with each other
- Identify potential risks and create strategies to mitigate them
- Develop an actionable plan for achieving success
- Improve financial forecasting and budgeting accuracy
- Monitor performance and make adjustments as needed
Support At All Stages of Your Business Lifecycle
Our team of experienced accountants can help you plan for the future of your business, no matter what type, size or stage it is at.
Start-Up Business Planning
At the startup stage, a business is just beginning to get established. This means that there is a need to determine the best structure for their business and prepare a solid business plan, and for setting up financial systems (such as accounting and reporting software) in order to track performance and ensure compliance with any applicable regulations.
Our business planning consultants can provide guidance on setting up these systems, as well as providing advice on how to effectively manage cash flow. We can also help to find appropriate sources of investment, and develop strategies for long-term growth.
Business Planning For Growth And Expansion
During the growth or expansion stage, the focus is on growing the business, increasing revenues, and potentially even acquiring other businesses.
Our business planning advisors can assist with analysing financial data in order to identify opportunities for further expansion. We can also provide advice on how best to access funding sources, if needed, and evaluate the most suitable sources of raising finance for your business. We can even help to make contact with commercial lenders or find alternative funding sources. Additionally, we can help with developing plans for mitigating any potential risks associated with growth.
Business Planning For Maturity And Transition
As the business reaches maturity, you may be considering restructuring the existing ownership or transitioning into new ownership.
Our business planning experts can help to develop your exit strategy, and advise on business valuation. We can also provide assistance with the transition process by developing strategies for reducing debt levels, improving profitability and making sure taxes are paid correctly.
Additionally, they can provide advice on retirement planning and overall wealth management.
Our Business Planning Services
We offer a range of services to ensure that your business has the best chance of success. In addition to all the services you would expect from a well-established form of chartered accountants, our Business Planning consultants can provide comprehensive advice and support throughout your entire business lifecycle, including:
- Strategic planning: We can work with you to develop a detailed plan for the future growth of your business. This includes identifying opportunities, setting objectives, and creating actionable steps for achieving them.
- Financial planning: We can provide guidance on how to manage finances effectively in order to reach your goals. This includes budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and more.
- Risk management: We can help you identify potential risks and create strategies to mitigate them throughout your business lifecycle. This includes assessing current risk levels and developing plans for mitigating those risks in the future.
- Performance monitoring: We can monitor your business performance against targets and make adjustments as needed in order to ensure success.
- Raising Finance: We can provide guidance on the various financing options available to your business, including debt, venture capital, and angel investing. We can help to identify potential sources of funding and negotiate terms with investors. Additionally, we can ensure that all required documentation is in order and assist with financial modelling to demonstrate the viability of a project.
- Business Acquisition: We can help to assess whether a purchase is financially viable and provide advice on how best to structure the transaction. We can also provide assistance with due diligence to identify any risks associated with an acquisition of a business.
- Valuation & Sale / Disposal: We can help with valuing a business for sale or disposal, analysing financial information to determine an accurate valuation of the business and/or its assets. Additionally, we can provide guidance on how best to market the business in order to attract potential buyers.
Why Choose Us?
TBL Accountants have years of experience helping businesses across Essex reach their goals through effective business planning. Our team of business planning advisors is dedicated to providing a high-quality service tailored specifically to your needs, backed by a comprehensive range of accounting services.
Our team of highly qualified experts are available to help you and your business.
Speak with our team on 01702 466 886 or fill out a contact form and we’ll get back to you.
