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Monthly management accounts aren’t just numbers – they’re your decision-making toolkit – helping you steer your business with clarity and control. Yet many SMEs treat them as paperwork rather than the foundation of better pricing, hiring, resource allocation, and long-term strategy.
When revenue and costs are grouped into broad buckets, you lose sight of the activities that are really driving profitability. But when accounts are segmented properly, by service line, department, project, or contract, everything becomes clearer: accountability, performance, opportunities, and risks.
In this guide, webring everything together in one place, showing why management accounts matter, how segmentation transforms insights, how to set everything up in Xero + Fathom, and how great reporting underpins valuation, fundraising, and exit planning.
Below, you can dive deeper into each area.
Why Monthly Management Accounts Matter for SMEs
Learn why generic financial reporting leads to poor decisions – and how segmented management accounts give you the clarity to act with confidence.
Management Accounts: Key to Raising Finance Success
See exactly how one SME uncovered hidden performance issues and increased profitability by £0.3m in 9 months through segmented reporting.
How to Set Up Management Reporting in Xero + Fathom
A practical, detailed walkthrough of how you can build structured, insightful management accounts using Xero and Fathom.
How Strong Management Accounts Support Fundraising, Valuation & Exit Planning
Explore how clean, consistent financial reporting builds credibility with lenders and investors – and why it matters for future sale or succession.
Ready to Get Clarity, Confidence and Control Over Your Numbers?
If you want deeper insight into what’s really driving your business – and the confidence to make smarter, faster decisions – we can help.
Our ABS team will make sure your systems, coding, and reporting structure are set up properly, giving you clear, reliable monthly management accounts that actually support decision-making.
Our Corporate Finance team will help you use those stronger accounts to:
- Build a credible growth story
- Strengthen valuation
- Prepare for fundraising, succession, or sale
Together, we give you the visibility and strategic support you need to plan for whatever’s next.