Refreshing approach to accounting
I don’t normally review service based businesses but I find myself talking about SAS a lot to the business people I meet so I thought it best to leave a public review to help those considering SAS to make a better informed decision when deciding on who their accountants should be.
I initially was introduced to one of the SAS brands SAS micro as an IT contractor in 2019. I was attracted to SAS micro as they are an energetic team who are highly tech focussed, a refreshing change from the traditional accountancy firms I had experienced in the past.
Soon after signing up I decided to set up my own e-commerce business. The SAS micro team were on hand from day 1 to advise on strategy for the startup, introduced us to banking partners as well as setting up our accounts package. They also were able to set up crucial accounting automations that allow us to focus our energy on selling and serving customers, rather than spending hours upon hours manually inputting data and dealing with paper receipts.
It was of great peace of mind to have a reasonable single monthly fee that covered our needs which eliminated large bills at year end.
In year 1 with some help from the increased online shopping demand due to the pandemic we unexpectedly achieved sales of over £2 million which meant we had quickly outgrown SAS micro (and our home office in the corner of the living room) and we transitioned over to SAS.
Fast forward to year 3, now have 3 businesses in our group which SAS manage the accounting needs for and are forecasted to achieve an 8 figure turnover this year.
SAS have put in special resources for us to cover our day to day bookkeeping, VAT and payroll requirements, have regular monthly management account meetings and ongoing strategic support. We have maintained a single point of contact throughout and work directly with a few key members of the team who have always given us a 5* professional service no matter if we need to quickly pull off a report or have any queries about financial matters.
SAS are more than accountants, more of a hub of knowledge, connections and access to a range of service that can help your business flourish and scale but at the same time keeping a close eye on important areas such as tax and your bottom line.
We cannot thank the SAS team enough for their support and we look forward to many more years of working together and we will continue to recommend them without hesitation.
