Rosemary Bookkeeping Reviews.
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Dear Mike,
I felt I must write to you following your appointment as external book-keeper to HR Dept, Reading several months ago.
During your time with us, I have been impressed not only with your attention to detail and customer focused approach, but also with your initiative and proactivity in suggesting improvements which could be made to our internal processes.
I have the utmost confidence our books are in order and I would not hesitate to recommend you to other business contacts.
Thank you for your commitment to HR Dept.
With Kind Regards
Thank you for preparing our 2015/2016 year accounts. I know it was quite a task as you had to prepare a whole year’s accounts in just two weeks.
I wish you every success in the future and would not hesitate in recommending your company to other businesses.
I have to share the fact that Mike has done a brilliant job for me with my book-keeping. He is such a font of knowledge and so helpful he has already paid for his services by the money he has saved in various areas !
I was really worried about passing my books onto someone else but since it’s not my main job and I needed to concentrate on that, I needed someone I trusted. Mike is definitely that person!
I would highly recommend Mike and will carry on using his services for a long time to come.
The best solution for any business is to use Rosemary Bookkeepers for all their bookkeeping needs.
The bookkeeping service provided by Alexis Draper of Rosemary Bookkeeping has been tailored to our rather unique system and requirements. Alexis has developed bespoke routines for the monthly sage imports and providing a tireless source of advice and guidance; whilst always having a willingness to understand and provide solutions to particular problems which may develop during the course of running a varied interweaving business.
We would have no hesitation in recommending the services provided by Rosemary Bookkeeping to any potential client looking for a personal and bespoke service.
Caroline is extremely professional and the quality and consistency of her work is unquestionable, she makes my life as an accountant so much easier. Caroline is also an enjoyable person to work with and always goes the extra mile. I would recommend Caroline to anyone looking for a professional, quality and approachable book-keeper.
As our bookkeeper, Chereen and I have worked closely together for the last 6 months. Implemenation of the Rosemary System was extremely simple, and now we are reaping the benefits.
Rosemary have significantly improved the way we manage our bookkeeping and accounts. We no longer need to pay for an in-house full-time employee; we send our paperwork on a weekly basis and they take care of the rest. Chereen manages all aspects of our accounts including VAT returns, and finalising company books to be sent to the accountant. With monthly profit & loss/balance sheets we now have accurate information of company performance to help us actively manage costs and plan ahead with confidence. Most importantly the time saved has allowed us to focus on what really matters, our customers.
I would recommend Chereen, and Rosemary Bookkeeping, to anyone looking to take the hassle of paperwork away so they can focus on running their business.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your patience and excellent work in assisting us firstly with selecting the right accounts platform to convert to but then also supporting us with the data transition and bringing the accounts up to date.
Not having had good experiences with our previous bookkeeper or accounting software, the whole idea of changing to a new system was not one that we looked forward to and, if I’m honest, one that we had been putting off for some time, compounding the issues. However, you made the process extremely simple, advised us clearly and concisely, and provided support consistently along the way.
We are now in a position, approaching year end, where our accounts are almost ready to pass to our Accountant to assess, some 9 months in advance of previous years – I’m not sure he’s going to believe us.
The service you provide is extremely professional, timely and cost effective; working with you is also a pleasure. I will not hesitate in referring your services to businesses and people that I know.
I engaged Alison Buck from Rosemary Bookkeeping to help me when I first started my business in early 2013.
Not only has she ensured my VAT returns happen and end of year accounts are filed, she has enabled me to take a view on what I am achieving and spending in order to ensure I am ‘steering a steady course’. I find being able to analyse my activity in a non emotional or fluffy way very helpful.
I have also benefited from being able to meet face to face on a regular basis to gain a better understanding of financial planning which is extremely helpful as a start up business. Alison communicates in a clear concise and friendly manner which I appreciate very much.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Alison and her services and would be very happy to speak to anyone about my experiences.
Steve operates an efficient and well balanced package for his clients. As a bookkeeper, Steve provides clarity and quality in the information he provides and therefore creates synergy in the coming together of his book keeping and our accountancy services.
Steve Brown and their team from Rosemary have proved to be invaluable in helping set up our accounts and bookkeeping processes. Being an internet subscription based business, we receive many thousands of small payments across the globe and we also have sites/services based in different countries. This created lots of complications in both bookkeeping and VAT registration/reporting across different regions.
It was actually Rosemary, not our accountants, who were able to understood the model and complications best – Rosemary created the workflow and attended meetings so our accounts and VAT advisors could get the information the required. This is not something we expected our bookkeeper to be able to do and has saved us a lot of headaches!
We have since learned that Rosemary have a few internet businesses with similar models and issues to ours, and as a consequence have been able to offer us further free advice.
I couldn’t recommend Steve enough. We had some very tight deadlines to work to and Steve had to go far beyond the extra mile to help us meet these – no doubt he was working some very unreasonable hours! Had we been working with any other company or bookkeeper I dare say it would not have been possible for us to get through half what we needed to.
Additionally I’ve been incredibly impressed by the attention in setting up our books. We deal with a lot of international, multi currency payments and holding of funds in different currencies. As a result there are a lot of exchange rate adjustments that need to be made. Steve wanted to put in place a system that allowed us to track this far more accurately than our accountants had previously. This was a complete success and we’re now able to report our Forex gains/losses far more accurately than ever before.
TJ is as excellent accounts professional with a detailed knowledge of Sage accounting software. She is extremely diligent in all her work that she has undertaken for us but also keeps to our deadlines. TJ has become a valued member of our team and has integrated with our operation identifying system shortfalls accompanied with designing and training in all new processes.
I highly recommend TJ and her team to assist in taking your business forward.
Steve and TJ are two of the best bookkeepers I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. They are conscientious and professional, but at the same time very approachable and very easy to work with. We have worked together with several clients and the quality of their work is consistently high.
I have recommended them to business contacts and clients and I will continue to do so, because I know they provide an excellent service for a very reasonable fee.
When SMC Solar Ltd grew from a typical self-managed £65k turnover electrical contractor to a £1.2m solar panel installation business in less than 12 months, rapid and robust book-keeping and financial management had to be achieved. No longer could book-keeping be the Saturday evening pastime of the owner/manager – the typical plight of so many small businesses.
After a meeting with Steve Brown, a local book-keeper working under the ‘Rosemary’ franchise and using the ever popular SageTM accounting software, SMC Solar was able to get on with its business of installing renewable technologies while ‘Rosemary’ kept the books. The structured management of information, the gentle reminders on important deadlines, and the calm attention to detail by Steve Brown and his team provide SMC Solar with up-to-date management accounting information, payroll management and VAT management in a highly professional and cost-effective way suited to any small business with insufficient time or competence to do book-keeping in-house.
I would like to thank TJ for all her support and hard work in keeping my books and accounts in order. As a busy Holistic Therapist travelling to different therapy centres and people’s homes to give treatments, it leaves little time to spend on one of the most essential parts of any business- Bookkeeping.
TJ’s professional yet extremely friendly approach put me at ease, and gave me all the tools I needed to keep my payments and receipts in order. TJ is extremely patient and very understanding, taking the time to explain the Rosemary System®, an investment which has allowed me to be able to spend more time with my family.
TJ and Rosemary Bookkeeping provide a first class service and are without a doubt excellent value for money. I have no hesitation in recommending TJ and Rosemary to all my friends, family and work associates, Thank you TJ.
Daria’s bookkeeping on SAGE is excellent. Her systems and approach mean that the accounting records presented to us the accountants are neat, tidy, complete and accurate making our job easier and therefore enabling us to provide the accounting solution the client needs without worrying about correcting bookkeeping errors!
Daria has been performing our bookkeeping duties since this task became too much for us to do internally. We found the transition easy and simple. Daria’s expert knowledge and advise makes what was a time consuming task now cost effective and more efficient. Daria’s service is second to none and I would highly recommend it to any business or individual
Paula came to our rescue and has completely transformed our financials into a professional, accurate and scalable operation. We have grown quickly from one man and a desk into 15 full and part time staff with a turnover of circa £1m yet, previously, our internal book-keeping processes had not. Rosemary were recommended to us and soon put in place ‘grown up’ systems that are standing us in good stead as we grow further. I would highly recommend Paula and her colleagues.
Our previous bookkeeper retired on ill health and then began a series of individuals who were not really committed to the work and things got into a mess. We contacted Belinda Whitaker of Rosemary who reviewed everything, corrected errors and re-established the system. She took all the pressure of us, by liaising with our accountants and answering their queries, only referring to myself when necessary. Travel agency from an accountancy position is not easy, but Belinda soon understood the business and its operational requirements.
I would recommend Belinda and Rosemary to any business, who wants a good bookkeeper from a responsible well trained individual.
In March 2012, I returned to the freelance consulting I had done in my more footloose days, after 10 years spent in senior academic, managerial and executive director posts, employed by universities and both large and small International Development charities.
After a total of over 30 years of PAYE employment across my professional career, having the benefit of Caroline’s accountancy experience and meticulousness has given me new confidence in that decision and, as importantly, as I find my feet afresh she is assisting me to do so within my current budget.
She has shown me how to keep the many different ‘threads’ of my current work ‘untangled’, and has enabled me to prepare a coherent tapestry’ of my affairs for self-employed tax purposes…AND her calm, competent communication with me is helping me deal with my anxiety at the change in outlook and habits that all this has meant for me!
Thank you, Caroline and Rosemary Bookkeeping!
