Bay Bookkeeping Solutions

09/10/2026

Hiring your first employee is an exciting time for any business but it's a milestone that comes with responsibilities. Check out our latest blog to find out more.

Taking on your first employee is a big moment. It often means the business has reached the point where you simply cannot or don't want to do everything yourself anymore. You've found the right person, agreed their hours and salary and decided when they're going to start. Excellent! Now you just need...

07/10/2026

Management Information: Turning Numbers Into Answers 📈
Here's a term you might have heard: management information.

Put simply, it's financial information that helps you make decisions.

You might look at:

📈 Sales trends
💷 Profitability
📉 Changes in costs
🧾 Outstanding customers
💰 Cash flow
📊 Performance compared with previous periods

Annual accounts tell you what happened.

Regular management information can help you understand what's happening now.

And that's where up-to-date bookkeeping becomes incredibly useful.

05/10/2026

Your Bookkeeper Should Give You More Than Tidy Records 📊

A good bookkeeper isn't simply there to record what you've spent and what you've earned.

Regular bookkeeping can help you understand:

Where your money is going
Which costs are increasing
What customers still owe you
What bills are coming up
How the business is actually performing

Think of your bookkeeping as the dashboard of your business.

You wouldn't drive without looking at the dashboard occasionally. Your business shouldn't be any different!

03/10/2026

The Conker Problem 🍂😂
Children in October:

“I found you something!”

hands you 47 conkers

And obviously you're required to keep every single one because apparently they're all VERY different.

We don't make the rules. 😂

02/10/2026

Ecommerce Bookkeeping: Set Up Properly From Day One. If you run an online store, this post breaks down how to handle payment provider fees, platform records, app integrations and refunds so your financial reporting is reliable from the start.

Read it here: https://wix.to/ra9oQAW

Starting an ecommerce business has never been easier. You can build a website, upload some products, connect a payment provider and potentially make your first sale before you've given much thought to the bookkeeping. Therein lies the problem because while ecommerce makes selling remarkably easy, it...

30/09/2026

The Supermarket Betrayal 🛒
You went in for milk.

You came out £37 poorer with:

🕯️ a candle
🍪 biscuits
🪴 a small plant you didn't need
🧀 some suspiciously fancy cheese
..and forgot the milk.

Please tell us this isn't just us. 😂

28/09/2026

Your Bookkeeper Knows the Story Behind the Numbers 🔎

Software can show you that an expense increased.

A good bookkeeper can help you notice why.

That's the difference between simply having financial data and having someone regularly looking at what's happening in your business.

Numbers are much more useful when somebody is paying attention to them.

26/09/2026

Your Sales Aren't Cash Until Customers Pay You 💷

You've sent the invoice. Great.

But how long is it taking customers to actually pay?

Regularly reviewing your debtors helps you identify overdue invoices, spot customers whose payment habits are changing and understand how much money is still owed to you.

£20,000 of invoices sounds lovely.

£20,000 sitting unpaid? Slightly less lovely.

25/09/2026

Aged Debtors and Aged Creditors are often misunderstood but they’re essential tools for every business owner. Our new blog explains what these reports reveal about your cash position, how they inform forecasting and practical actions you can take to improve cashflow.

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There are some accounting reports that sound considerably more complicated than they actually are. Aged Debtors and Aged Creditors are perfect examples. They may sound like reports destined to be opened once a year by your bookkeeper, stared at thoughtfully for a few minutes and then filed away some...

23/09/2026

Your Bookkeeper Can Be Your Early Warning System 🚦
Good bookkeeping can tell you something important before your bank balance does.

Customers taking longer to pay? Costs creeping upwards? Sales increasing but cash getting tighter?

Regular bookkeeping helps highlight changes and patterns early, giving you time to respond rather than react.