Our Services
Bespoke Accounting Services & Expert Advice
We’ll sit down with you and figure out what services you need from us, and tailor these to your business. All clients subscribe to our Core Package, with some outsourcing their fundamentals to us.
We include a Business Health Check for all of our business clients, giving you a taste of what expert advice we can provide. All businesses have goals, and our advisory services help you set, monitor and achieve those goals.
How can you decide on the next step for your business if you haven’t got the fundamentals right first?
Our in-house payroll and bookkeeping teams will make sure that your numbers are present and correct any time you need to take stock, helping you chase debts, make supplier payments, keep your employees and subcontractors paid on-time, and make real-time informed decisions about where you want to take your business next.
As a business, there are all sorts of legal and financial obligations you need to fulfil. While most accounting services provide a simple compliance offering (submitting accounts and tax documents), we will work with you, advising on potential tax savings, explaining how your profit and tax is calculated, and planning for an exciting and commercially successful future.
With compliance burdens lifted, you can be free to enjoy a healthy work-life balance.
Every successful business should have its finger on the pulse. Producing a set of regular management accounts provides you with an invaluable tool that allows you to see where you are today, how that compares to yesterday, and where you could be tomorrow.
We can take it one step further and build annual budgets & forecasts to plan where you want your business to go, monitor performance, and achieve your goals.
Why work with us
Who are A G Smith & Co?
A G Smith & Co is an established, independent firm of Chartered Certified Accountants and Business Advisors. We provide innovative and strategic services to a diverse range of clients in Grimsby, Louth and throughout the wider Lincolnshire region.
For over 20 years, our expert advice has helped our clients navigate the business world with confidence, and has made us one of the most reputable and trusted accountants in the region. We don’t just crunch numbers – our results are defined by the long-term success of our clients.
We take care of your numbers, so you can focus on what you do best.
We like to meet face-to-face, at your place or ours, to see what we can do for you.
We work hard to ensure a smooth transition for existing businesses, or a quick and easy start-up for a new venture.
We’ll help you identify your goals, and your challenges, and offer you the services you need.
Contact Our Team
We offer FREE discovery calls to limited companies, sole traders and tax-return prospects.
FAQs
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We provide a full range of accounting services, including tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll management, VAT returns, business advisory, and financial planning.
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Both! We assist individuals with personal tax needs and businesses of all sizes with accounting, compliance, and strategic advice.
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After your initial proposal meeting, we’ll set up your account, gather necessary documents and identification and introduce you to your team. We aim to make this process as seamless as possible.
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Most clients are fully onboarded within 5–10 business days.
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You’re one signature away. When you come onboard as a client, we’ll take care of all the admin – all we need from you is a signed letter of authority stating that your previous accountant can release information to us. We’ll even give you our template letter, so all it needs is your John Hancock.
There’s an unwritten professional agreement between accountants to provide information when requested. We don’t usually have any trouble communicating between accountants, and if they’re qualified, it’s usually even easier.
You can contact your previous accountant before we do if you want to smooth the transition – usually a phone call or email from you will set the scene for the handover. But don’t worry if not, that’s what our information requests are for.
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The best way is to give us a call! You’ll initially see one of our directors or practice managers. It’s their job to assess your business needs, and ensure we’re the right fit for your business.
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Bring yourself, and an open mind. We do things differently to other local accountants – we’re here to learn about your business and give you the best advice, for you, not for us. If we’re not the accountants for you, we’ll tell you.
If we are, we’ll guide you through the services we think you need, and why. If you come to us looking for what you’re getting now, for a similar (or cheaper) price, then the meeting isn’t going to be of any value to you.
It does also help if you bring last year’s accounts or tax returns, so we don’t get any surprises when we take you on as a client.
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Anyone can set up from their living room, call themselves an accountant, and start filling in forms and giving uneducated advice. It’s not a regulated industry, like financial advisory. When you’re looking for an accountant, make sure that they are registered with a professional body i.e. qualified.
We are members of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), but there are other bodies such as ICAEW, CIMA & AAT which are professional regulators too. By being a member of a professional body, this means we volunteer to be regulated. ACCA will hold us accountable to make sure our team are skilled professionals (40 hours CPD per year) and behave as professional accountants should.
ACCA are there to support you as a client, and us as accountants, to rectify any issues, and ensure you’re getting the right advice, from qualified accountants.