What can I take out of the business this month?

The question we exist for. Each month, once your books are closed, we send your Position: what you owe across every tax — corporation tax, VAT, PAYE, your personal tax — when it's due, and what that leaves you to pay yourself. A number, not an estimate, and it's yours every month.

Why was my tax bill a surprise?

Because you found out once a year. Corporation tax arrives nine months after a year-end you've stopped thinking about, on profits you've already spent. If you know what you owe every month, there's nothing left to be surprised by.

The money's in the bank - is it mine?

Some of it. Your bank balance includes VAT you've collected, PAYE you've deducted and corporation tax accruing on this year's profit. Your Position separates what's yours from what's passing through.

How much should I be setting aside for tax?

Your Position tells you what's owed and when, every month. That is the set-aside. No percentage rule of thumb survives contact with a real year.

Can I take a dividend?

Only from profit after tax the company has actually made and kept. Your Position shows whether that profit is there; we'll tell you if it isn't.

Salary or dividends - what's the right split for me?

We set that up with you when you join, based on your circumstances, and revisit it when the rules change. Day to day, your Position shows you what your current structure is producing.

I'm a sole trader thinking about going limited - can you help?

Yes, if you're close to the decision. We'll work out the timing with you and take you on as we set the company up. Two Things starts at £350 a month, which is more than most sole traders need to spend before that point.

My business money and my personal money are all mixed up. Is that a problem?

It's who we're for. In a director-run company they're the same money, and most accounting pretends otherwise. We keep the books so the company is clean, and read them so you know what they mean for you.

My accountant only talks to me at year-end. Is that normal?

It's usual. It's also the cause of most of the questions above. We close your books monthly, so the conversation happens twelve times a year, not once.

Can I just use Xero and an AI instead?

For reports, if you're confident on your data then yes! What they don't hold is the whole picture: HMRC deadlines, Companies House, your drawings and four liabilities against each other in one number you can act on. If you're comfortable building and checking that yourself every month, you may not need us.

I want to know what to do next, not just where I am.

That's Two Things + Call — the same Position, plus a monthly call where we start from your P&L and look forward. On Two Things we'll explain anything the Position shows — what a figure is, why it moved, what to pay or hold — without limit. Planning is a separate conversation.

What do I have to do?

Get us your receipts and paperwork by the 8th of each month. Everything after that is ours.

Two Things is £350 a month. Two Things + Call - the same Position, plus a monthly call - is £575. Software (Xero, and Dext or Apron) is charged on top at partner rates so you always see what it costs. Payroll for up to two people is included; more is priced per head. Fees and subscriptions are billed on the 28th of each month, in arrears.

Is there a joining fee?

One month's fee, paid when you accept - £350 or £575. That covers getting you set up: your Xero file cleaned, your chart of accounts rebuilt, and your salary and dividend structure agreed. After that, your first bill - the month's fee plus subscriptions - is on the 28th, in arrears.

The monthly close and your Position. Year-end accounts, corporation tax return, VAT returns, payroll for two, Companies House filings and the directors' personal tax returns. Answers to anything the Position shows, without limit.

Forward-looking work — forecasts, models, whether to hire, restructure or sell. Forward-looking work is quoted in advance on either tier. Forward-looking conversation is what the monthly call on Two Things + Call is for. If your accounting system needs rebuilding, we'll say so and quote it before you accept.

Are you taking new clients?

Yes - a small number. We stop at 45 and we're not there yet. If you're a director who pays yourself through the company, tell us your turnover and what you're guessing at, and we'll say within two working days whether we're the right fit. (Updated September 2026.)

Two Things

What you owe, what's left, every month.

Two things run every business: time and money. Every director-run company trades one for the other - and most find out how the trade went once a year.

Your Position, every month.

We close your books each month and send you one document: what you owe — corporation tax, VAT, PAYE, your personal tax - when it's due, and what's left to pay yourself. It's a number, not an estimate, built from books that are closed and checked, and it arrives every month.

Year-end accounts, tax returns, VAT, payroll for two and Companies House are all included. They happen quietly. The Position is the point.

TWO WAYs

Two Things - £350 a month

The monthly close, your Position, all compliance, and answers to anything the Position shows. No limit on those.

Two Things + Call - £575 a month

The same Position, plus a monthly call with Lauren or Alex that starts from your P&L and looks forward: what's coming, what you're weighing up, what it means for the numbers.

Software is charged on top at partner rates. Payroll beyond two people is priced per head. Fees and subscriptions are billed on the 28th of the month, in arrears. Anything beyond your monthly Position — a restructure, a sale, a second company, a valuation — is quoted in advance.

How Does it Work?

One month's fee to start.

Paid when you accept; it covers getting you set up: Xero cleaned, chart of accounts rebuilt, salary and dividend structure agreed. If your accounting system needs rebuilding, we'll say so and quote it before you accept — not after.

JOINING

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By the 8th.

You get us your receipts and paperwork by the 8th of each month. With your inbox connected, for most clients that's an hour. After the 8th, the month is ours. Year-end stops being a thing, and your books get kept for you — not just for HMRC.

YOUR SIDE

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Directors who pay themselves through the company.

Usually one or two people, often a couple. Past the start-up scramble, on Xero, where a decision about the company is a decision about your income. We stop at 45 of you.

Not for companies with a finance team. Not for anyone who wants the cheapest filing. Not for sole traders - unless you're close to going limited, in which case see below.

Who is it for?

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THE PROBLEMS

The question we exist for. Each month, once your books are closed, we send your Position: what you owe across every tax — corporation tax, VAT, PAYE, your personal tax — when it's due, and what that leaves you to pay yourself. A number, not an estimate, and it's yours every month.
Because you found out once a year. Corporation tax arrives nine months after a year-end you've stopped thinking about, on profits you've already spent. If you know what you owe every month, there's nothing left to be surprised by.
Some of it. Your bank balance includes VAT you've collected, PAYE you've deducted and corporation tax accruing on this year's profit. Your Position separates what's yours from what's passing through.
Your Position tells you what's owed and when, every month. That is the set-aside. No percentage rule of thumb survives contact with a real year.
Only from profit after tax the company has actually made and kept. Your Position shows whether that profit is there; we'll tell you if it isn't.
We set that up with you when you join, based on your circumstances, and revisit it when the rules change. Day to day, your Position shows you what your current structure is producing.
Yes, if you're close to the decision. We'll work out the timing with you and take you on as we set the company up. Two Things starts at £350 a month, which is more than most sole traders need to spend before that point.
It's who we're for. In a director-run company they're the same money, and most accounting pretends otherwise. We keep the books so the company is clean, and read them so you know what they mean for you.
It's usual. It's also the cause of most of the questions above. We close your books monthly, so the conversation happens twelve times a year, not once.
For reports, if you’re confident on your data then yes! What they don't hold is the whole picture: HMRC deadlines, Companies House, your drawings and four liabilities against each other in one number you can act on. If you're comfortable building and checking that yourself every month, you may not need us.
That's Two Things + Call — the same Position, plus a monthly call where we start from your P&L and look forward. On Two Things we'll explain anything the Position shows — what a figure is, why it moved, what to pay or hold — without limit. Planning is a separate conversation.
Get us your receipts and paperwork by the 8th of each month. Everything after that is ours.

The Service

Two Things is £350 a month. Two Things + Call - the same Position, plus a monthly call - is £575. Software (Xero, and Dext or Apron) is charged on top at partner rates so you always see what it costs. Payroll for up to two people is included; more is priced per head. Fees and subscriptions are billed on the 28th of each month, in arrears.
One month's fee, paid when you accept - £350 or £575. That covers getting you set up: your Xero file cleaned, your chart of accounts rebuilt, and your salary and dividend structure agreed.
After that, your first bill - the month's fee plus subscriptions - is on the 28th, in arrears.
The monthly close and your Position. Year-end accounts, corporation tax return, VAT returns, payroll for two, Companies House filings and the directors' personal tax returns. Answers to anything the Position shows, without limit.
Forward-looking work — forecasts, models, whether to hire, restructure or sell. Forward-looking work is quoted in advance on either tier. Forward-looking conversation is what the monthly call on Two Things + Call is for.
If your accounting system needs rebuilding, we'll say so and quote it before you accept.
Your receipts and paperwork by the 8th of each month. Some of our clients use the call to check everything is complete together.
Yes - a small number. We stop at 45 and we're not there yet. If you're a director who pays yourself through the company, tell us your turnover and what you're guessing at, and we'll say within two working days whether we're the right fit. (Updated September 2026.)

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Stop finding out once a year.

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