Vivien Cross Accountancy Services

11/09/2026

Sometimes it helps to register for VAT even if you are below the registration threshold (Annual sales of £90k)

Voluntary VAT registration — a real example from this week

Just helped a client voluntarily register for VAT — here's why it made sense for them:

✅ They've got a large capital expenditure coming up, and registering now means they can reclaim the VAT on it.

✅ Their customers are mostly VAT-registered businesses too, so charging VAT isn't a downside — those customers can reclaim it themselves.

✅ On your first VAT return, you can also claim back VAT on goods still in use in the business that you bought in the last 4 years — so it's not just about future spend.

The result: real cash back on a big spend, with minimal impact on pricing for their customer base.

👉 If you're about to make a big purchase and most of your customers are VAT-registered, it's always worth running the numbers worth running the numbers on registering early.

09/09/2026

A great day at Alice | The Award Winning Social Media Confidence Coach🪩 Social Media School today- with a road trip with these lovely ladies. A fabulous and informative day - it’s all happening again next year on 6 September!

09/09/2026

🚆 While the weather was still gorgeous I had a few work train journeys- laptop out, catching up before my next meeting — and it got me thinking about a question I get from clients all the time: "what travel costs can I actually claim?

Quick summary:

✅ Train fares, taxis, parking, tolls — claimable if the trip is genuinely for business (client visits, temporary workplaces, this kind of thing)

✅ Using your own car for business? The mileage rate went up this year to 55p/mile for the first 10,000 miles, then 25p after

❌ Your normal commute to your usual workplace — that one's never allowable, whatever you're travelling in

Rule of thumb: it has to be "wholly and exclusively" for business, and ordinary commuting doesn't count no matter how you dress it up.

Get in touch if you're not sure whether a trip qualifies — better to check than guess. 📩

26/06/2026

27/05/2026

Bring the question. Bring the wobble. Bring the “I don’t know what to do with this next” moment — and we work through it together 💪

That is exactly what Connector Code Club is here for ✨

Our founding members are absolutely flying and we’re only in month one 🤯

A few big themes from our sessions so far:

✋ We don’t need more random visibility. We need to use the assets we already have.

✋We don’t need vague asks. We need clear, specific asks that make it easy for people to help us.

💡 And sometimes we don’t need to create more. We need to start asking, inviting, testing and delivering.

There are only 3 spaces left at the specia founding price of £149 a month and once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Drop me a message to find out more or take a look at all of the details here https://cc.showthelight.ltd/connector-code-club

22/04/2026

So this week has been pretty amazing… the book collaboration I’ve written a chapter in is now a 6 times Amazon best seller after being published on Monday!

I’m gutted to miss the formal launch on Friday. But my cardboard cut out will be there!

When I was asked to collaborate last year I really wasn’t sure what to expect and now I can’t quite believe where we are. If you've not got your copy yet then check it out on Amazon🥇

20/04/2026

It’s official - we are No.1 Amazon Bestsellers 🎉

We’ve hit No.1 in Women & Spirituality - but we’re not stopping here.

Help us get to No.1 accross the board by supporting these amazing female authors.

Show Your Light Collective is Available NOW!

Kindle Edition - https://amzn.eu/d/0gAySoS8

Paperback Edition - https://amzn.eu/d/0hQjH3O5

And don’t forget to catch the authors going live here at 4pm.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CC92gqNMn/?mibextid=wwXIfr

19/04/2026

Meet Michelle Lowbridge and her chapter, ‘The Leap into the Void.’

Michelle is an energy therapist and the founder of Clear Energy Therapy, a modality known for producing consistent, powerful results for clients and practitioners alike. In this chapter, Michelle shares the story of how she walked away from a highly successful business built around money mindset work, even as it brought acclaim, financial freedom and a strong reputation, to follow a deeper calling.

Through moments of courage and self-denial, expensive lessons and ultimately clarity, she traces her journey to sharing the tools that allow other practitioners to become the go-to expert in their own fields. The Leap into the Void is a reflection on alignment, purpose and listening to our inner voice.

Grab your copy tomorrow.

19/04/2026

Available tomorrow.

Tomorrow, these stories step out into the world.
✨ Show Your Light Collective will be live on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.

What started as conversations…
became stories.

And now becomes something you can hold, read, and feel.

18 women.
18 voices.
18 moments of choosing to be seen.

If you’ve been following along, you’ve already felt a glimpse of what’s inside.

Tomorrow, you get the whole thing.

We’ll be sharing the link as soon as it’s live