A review-ready set
Draft accounts, year-end adjustments and the tax computation, prepared in your own accounts software the way outsourcers work today, so filing works exactly as it does now.
For UK accountancy practices
Year-ends, ready to sign.
Brought Forward prepares your small-company year-ends: FRS 102 Section 1A accounts, the year-end adjustments and the corporation tax computation, worked in your own software with the evidence behind every figure. You review, sign and file, as you do now.
- FRS 102 1A accounts and CT600 data
- Ready for the 2026 FRS 102 changes
- You keep the client, the signature and the filing
Where the time goes
Most practices tell the same story. Preparing the set isn't the bottleneck; the reviewer is.
- Jobs sit at 90% complete, waiting for a reviewer, worst from October to January.
- Work gets turned away because qualified reviewers are so hard to hire.
- Clients are slow to answer, first with the records, then with a second round of questions.
- 2027 adds work to every small-company set: the FRS 102 changes to leases, revenue and notes apply to years starting on or after 1 January 2026.
What we hand back
Evidence on every figure
One click from any number to the ledger lines and documents behind it. Your reviewer checks rather than rebuilds.
Client questions, pre-filled
Drafted from the books, Companies House and last year's file, so your client only confirms or corrects. They go out from you, under your brand.
A judgement log
Every judgement listed with its reasoning, and anything uncertain flagged first, ready for your representation letter.
How it works
Give us access
To the client's bookkeeping and your accounts software, as you would an outsourcer.
We prepare the set
Adjustments, accounts and tax computation, plus specific questions for your client, which you send.
You review
In our evidence view: judgements first, every figure traced to its source.
You sign and file
The approved set is in your software, ready for a final check. You sign and file, as now.
How it compares
| Question | In-house | Traditional outsourcing | Brought Forward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who prepares | Your staff | The outsourcer's staff | Brought Forward |
| Your reviewer | Reviews a familiar draft | Often reviews more: senior time spent to save junior time | Starts from the evidence and a list of judgements |
| Client questions | Written weeks in, after the books are analysed | Relayed back through you | Pre-filled at the start; sent by you |
| Turnaround | Weeks in the review queue | About 7 working days after the last client answer (published) | Target: a draft within 3 working days of the last client answer |
| Getting started | Not applicable | Weeks of set-up and calibration | Calibrated on your own past filed sets |
Your practice stays in charge
Nothing about your professional responsibility changes. You review and sign, as you would a junior's draft.
- You review, sign and file. We never sign, file or put our name on your accountant's report.
- We never contact your clients. Every question goes out from you.
- Your clients stay yours.
- Your data is handled in the UK under a data-processing agreement and never used to train AI models.
- Uncertainty is shown, not hidden: anything we're unsure of is flagged first, with the evidence.
Become a design partner
We're working with a small number of practices. Our target is to halve your reviewer's time per set. The back-test measures it on your own work, free, and you only go further if it meets the standard you set.
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Free back-test
Send one past, already-filed set. We return it as we would have prepared it; you compare it line by line and time your review.
2
Free pilot
Your first live sets free, with no obligation to continue.
3
Continue only if it works
If the back-test and pilot meet your review-time standard, we agree terms. If not, you walk away.
Start with one past set, ideally a fiddly one: a director's loan, an associated company. Email us and we'll set up a data-processing agreement and a 30-minute walkthrough with your reviewer.
Questions partners ask
What if a figure is wrong?
You review before anything is signed, as with any draft. Every figure carries its evidence and uncertain items are flagged first. The back-test shows you our error rate on your own work before you commit.
Our clients' books are messy.
We start from reconciled books. Where records need clean-up, we flag it before we start and agree it separately.
Which software do you work with?
We work in your accounts production software, the way outsourcers do today. Tell us what you use.
How quickly do you turn a set around?
We agree a turnaround with you in the pilot, measured from the client's last answer.
Can't our existing software do this?
Today's packages format, tag and flag. The adjustments, the tax facts and the notes are still your team's work. We work across bookkeeping systems and inside the software you already use.