<div dir="ltr">Hi Frederik,<div><br></div><div>As the accounting is straightforward, i.e. you don't expect the accountant to proactively point out ways to pay less tax, you could consider an online service like Crunch Accounting. <a href="http://www.crunch.co.uk/referrals/?c2c=tapirtec">http://www.crunch.co.uk/referrals/?c2c=tapirtec</a></div><div><br></div><div>I use them for my consulting company for £70/mth</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div> Jez</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 2 May 2017 at 22:43 Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Just posted the below to osmf-talk but I want to cast the net a little<br>
wider!<br>
<br>
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Subject: [Osmf-talk] OSMF is looking for an UK accountant<br>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 23:39:42 +0200<br>
From: Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">frederik@osmfoundation.org</a>><br>
Organization: OpenStreetMap Foundation<br>
To: <a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a> <<a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
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Hi,<br>
<br>
our current accountant - of whom we are meanwhile the sole remaining<br>
client - is going to retire at the end of this business year. So we're<br>
looking for a replacement!<br>
<br>
The plan is for her to still do the year end reporting for this business<br>
year which will happen in mid-2018, but the regular 2018 business year<br>
should already start with the new accountant.<br>
<br>
As you know if you read my financial reporting, we're spending roughly<br>
£5000 per year on accounting. The accountant's tasks currently include:<br>
<br>
* process bank statements and paypal statements every month and match<br>
them up with invoices and paperwork that I will (should) have provided<br>
<br>
* write invoices when requested (about 20-30 per year)<br>
<br>
* prepare quarterly P&L and balance sheet reporting for the members<br>
<br>
* prepare year-end financial report for members and submit tax return to<br>
the authorities; this includes keeping an asset register and computing<br>
depreciation charges<br>
<br>
* generally ensure that we stay abreast of UK tax regulations<br>
<br>
Someone potentially interested in the job might also want to know<br>
<br>
* we're not VAT registered<br>
<br>
* we're a not-for-profit company which is limited by guarantee<br>
<br>
* we're not a charity but we might consider becoming one in the future;<br>
if the accountant has experience in working with charities that would be<br>
welcome but having no such experience would not be a hindrance<br>
<br>
* we're meanwhile doing more transactions in EUR than in GBP (and<br>
there's a sprinkling of USD in the mix too). While everything needs to<br>
be converted to GBP ultimately for the UK taxman, I'm not sure if our<br>
internal reporting should maybe switch to EUR. To be discussed.<br>
<br>
We currently use a SAGE 50 professional software package but we don't<br>
mind if the new accountant were to use something else, provided it can<br>
cope with multi-currency bank accounts. Ideally the accontant would be<br>
using an Internet based accounting system that would allow e.g the OSMF<br>
treasurer to log into the system and view reports and statistics without<br>
having to bother the accountant with it.<br>
<br>
Our current accountant is a small one-person business and this worked<br>
rather well; we'd be more than happy to work with an independent tax<br>
accountant again, but using a larger firm is also possible.<br>
<br>
I am writing this in the hope that someone here might be, or know, an<br>
accountant interested in taking us on as a client. I'm happy to discuss<br>
details of our requirements and workflow with interested candidates.<br>
<br>
Bye<br>
Frederik<br>
<br>
--<br>
Frederik Ramm<br>
Treasurer<br>
OpenStreetMap Foundation<br>
<br>
Name & Registered Office:<br>
Openstreetmap Foundation<br>
132 Maney Hill Road<br>
Sutton Coldfield<br>
B72 1JU<br>
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A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales.<br>
Registration No. 05912761.<br>
<br>
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