Management accounts

Every choice you make as a business owner is heavily influenced by how well the business is doing financially.

If you want to know where your business stands financially, management accounts are a great tool to use. This will help you make any required adjustments and focus your efforts where they are most needed.

How can you get the most out of these reports and use them to grow your business?

Adjust to the needs of your company.

Management accounts serve their purpose best when they are adapted to meet the specific requirements of each individual business.

You should tailor your management accounts to your business after considering what has been effective in the past.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Management accounts usually include key performance indicators. The aim of these is to find out where your company thrives. As a result, you can track progress and identify problem areas.

Key performance indicators allow you to assess whether or not you’ll be able to attain your goals within the time frame you’ve set.

Here are a few examples of KPIs that you might want to include in your management accounts:

  • Employee performance
  • Customer/client invoicing
  • Departmental performance

Profit and loss 

Management accounts should include a profit and loss statement that breaks down the money made and spent by the business. Through this analysis, you can determine which areas are profitable and which are not.

These are some of the items that could show up on your profit and loss statement:

  • Comparison
  • Departmental assessment
  • Rates of sales
  • Gross profit margins.

Balance Sheet

A balance sheet provides a picture of your company’s financial health at a given point in time. Assets, short-term debt, and other financing mechanisms are common components.

Managing debts well requires balancing the value of what your company possesses with the value of what it owes.

Get in touch

If you need help or advice on how to produce your management accounts, our team can help. Just get in touch with us at enquiries@aitaccountants.co.uk

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