Bookkeeping Services in Cheltenham
Gro Profit First Accountants run an in-house bookkeeping team from our office at 122 Bath Road, Cheltenham (GL53 7JX). We handle the day-to-day numbers — bank reconciliation, sales and purchase invoicing, expense tracking, VAT returns and monthly management reports — for businesses across Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Stroud and Cirencester, and remotely for clients right across the UK. Pricing starts from a fixed £50 a month with no hidden extras, and your books are reconciled and reviewed by our in-house team — not outsourced offshore, not handled by a chatbot.
Your in-house Cheltenham bookkeeping team
Bookkeeping at Gro is run by a small in-house team based in our Cheltenham office, working under the supervision of qualified accountants. Every set of books is coded to the same standards — clean reconciliation, VAT-ready, Profit-First-ready — and reviewed before management reports are released. You have a named point of contact for the day-to-day, and a chartered accountant on hand whenever the numbers raise a question that needs one.
Why Cheltenham businesses choose us for bookkeeping
We've been part of the Cheltenham business community for 25 years (originally as Cheltenham Tax Accountants, now Gro Profit First Accountants). That matters for two reasons. First, when something goes wrong with your VAT return or HMRC writes a stroppy letter, you can drive to our office on Bath Road and sit across the table from the person fixing it — not wait three days for a callback from a Manchester call centre. Second, because we run your bookkeeping under the same roof as your accounts, payroll and tax, your numbers feed straight into your annual accounts, your CT600 and your Profit First allocations. No double entry, no version-control problems, no "the bookkeeper said one thing and the accountant said another".
What's included
Every bookkeeping client at Gro gets the same core service: monthly bank-feed reconciliation in Xero; sales-invoice and purchase-invoice processing; expense capture via Xero's mobile app or Hubdoc; quarterly VAT returns filed under Making Tax Digital; monthly management reports showing your P&L, cash position and Profit First allocation balances; and unlimited email and phone support during the month for any "what does this cost code mean?" or "should I push this purchase to next month?" question. If you're a higher-tier client we also produce a written commentary on the month and a 13-week rolling cash forecast.
Cloud accounting with Xero, set up free
We're a Xero Platinum partner. We migrate your historical data from QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent or spreadsheets onto Xero as part of onboarding, set up your bank feeds, configure your chart of accounts to match your management reporting, and connect Hubdoc, Stripe, GoCardless and any other apps you need — all included free in the first month. You see your live numbers from your phone or laptop the day onboarding finishes; we do the work behind the scenes.
Profit First built into every transaction
Unlike a traditional bookkeeper, we don't just record your transactions — we map them into the Profit First allocation system. Every sale routes to your Income account, your Profit, Owner's Pay, Tax and Operating Expenses get allocated on the 10th and 25th, and your management report shows you the balances that actually matter (how much is yours to take, how much HMRC will want, how much you've got to spend on the business). Our Profit First clients average over £20,000 in extra annual profit and cash within the first 12 months.
Talk to Stephen
Call us on 01242 528412 (Mon–Fri 9am–5pm) or book a free 30-minute strategic meeting. We'll look at your current bookkeeping set-up, tell you honestly what's working and what isn't, and quote you a fixed monthly fee — no obligation, no sales pitch.