Bookkeeping services for limited companies in Stourbridge

Bookkeeping for Stourbridge limited companies

Bookkeeping is recording every sale, cost and bank transaction so that your VAT return, Corporation Tax and annual accounts come from accurate numbers. HMRC expects company records to be kept for six years, and clean books are the cheapest way to keep year-end accounting costs down.

Bookkeeping for limited companies for Stourbridge businesses: local facts

Stourbridge is in the Dudley council area, in the West Midlands region. Dudley has around 10,100 VAT- and PAYE-registered businesses, and 8,815 of them, about 87%, have fewer than ten employees (ONS UK Business Counts, 2026). That is the group the micro-entity rules were written for.

The largest groups of micro businesses in Dudley are wholesale and retail (1,725), construction (1,660) and professional, scientific and technical services (1,080). If you work in wholesale and retail in Stourbridge, closing stock and the VAT treatment of different product lines are the usual pressure points, so we value stock carefully and check your VAT records. That puts wholesale and retail at 20% of the local micro-business base.

Zooming in, the ONS neighbourhood area around Stourbridge (Dudley 035) has 500 VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses, and 445 of them (89%) are micro businesses.

Dudley ranks 358 of the 1105 areas we serve by number of micro businesses, and its micro share of 87% is below the 89% average across them. In construction (1,660 micro businesses in Dudley), Construction Industry Scheme deductions, retentions and stage payments can distort profit, so we reconcile your CIS statements before the accounts are prepared. In professional, scientific and technical services (1,080 micro businesses in Dudley), fee income, work in progress at the year end and how directors are paid are the key decisions, so we plan these with you before the accounts are finalised.