Year-end accounts
We prepare full working paper files and draft statutory accounts in your software, to your file standards, ready for manager review.
Outsourced accounts production for UK accounting firms
Our Pretoria team prepares white-label accounts, bookkeeping, VAT, payroll and personal tax for UK firms. The same team does this work for Buzz Accounting's own UK offices. We work in your systems, and you review and sign off every job.
Run by a UK accounting practice
Buzz Accounting has UK offices in London, Hertford, Greater Manchester and Northern Ireland, and our Pretoria team does production work for those offices. The team already works to UK workflows, UK software and UK deadlines.
Your jobs go to people who prepare UK working papers for our own offices.
Production work we take on
Bookkeeping
We do ongoing client bookkeeping on Xero, FreeAgent, QuickBooks or Sage, with Dext or AutoEntry processing where you use it.
VAT returns
We prepare and reconcile quarter-end VAT under MTD, list any queries, and pass the return to you for review and submission.
Personal tax returns
We prepare Self Assessment returns in volume through the year, so the January workload is spread over the months before it.
Payroll processing
We run client payrolls in your payroll software and produce RTI-ready output for your team to file.
Management accounts
We build monthly and quarterly packs to your templates for you to present to your clients.
South Africa as a production base
Your working day
South Africa is within one to two hours of UK time all year, so your team and ours work the same hours.
Written and spoken English
Our team works in English on calls with your team and in the file notes your reviewers read.
Accounting training
South African accountants train under professional bodies such as SAICA and SAIPA.
Cost
South African salary costs are lower than UK salary costs for the same work, which lowers your cost per job.
How an engagement starts
- 1Discovery call
You talk to Peter Allen, Buzz's co-founder and finance director. We look at where work is backing up in your team and where extra capacity would help.
- 2Pilot jobs
We start with a small batch of real jobs in your systems, to your standards, and you judge the results on the files.
- 3Your named team
A named team member or small team learns your clients and your ways of working. They work full-time, part-time or for seasonal peaks, depending on your workload.
- 4Growing the team
You add team members as your firm grows. Your firm deals with the clients and we do the production work.
Your data stays in your systems
Our team works inside your environment, using your accounting and tax software, your document management and your access controls, over secure connections. Client data stays in your systems.
- GDPR-aligned working practices for UK client data
- South Africa's POPIA privacy regime applies locally
- Confidentiality agreements for every team member
- Access granted and revoked by you, on your systems
What UK firms ask us
Is the work white-label?
Yes. We work in your software under your file standards, and everything goes through your review and sign-off before a client sees it. Your clients deal with your firm, and your firm's name is the only one on their paperwork.
What software can your team work in?
We use Xero, FreeAgent, QuickBooks and Sage for bookkeeping, Dext and AutoEntry for processing, and the main UK accounts production, tax and payroll software. If you use less common software, we will tell you whether we can work in it.
How do you keep quality up?
Every job goes through an internal review before it reaches your reviewer, and pilot jobs are closely supervised until the team has learned your standards. The team works to the standard we set for our own UK offices.
What about the timezone and communication?
South Africa is within one to two hours of UK time all year, so your team and ours are online together for most of the working day. We answer queries on Teams or Slack during those hours.
How do engagements work commercially?
We offer dedicated full-time team members, part-time capacity, or seasonal overflow for January and year-end peaks. Tell us about your workload and we will propose an arrangement that fits it.
Can we test the work before committing?
Yes. We start with a pilot of three real jobs in your systems, and you judge the results. Our Pretoria team works to the same standard for Buzz Accounting's own UK offices.