International groups
Finance, tax and compliance for the UK and Irish entities of international groups.
For Group CFOs, Finance Directors, Group Controllers and international finance teams. We run the recurring local work, or work alongside the providers you already have, and report to head office in your framework and your language.
What we take on
- Statutory accounting and statutory accounts
- Group and management reporting, in your framework
- Corporation tax, VAT and statutory compliance
- Audit preparation, and coordination between component and group auditors
- Finance governance, controls, process improvement and remediation
When groups call us
- A difficult audit, or a component audit that keeps overrunning
- A missed group reporting deadline
- A UK acquisition that needs a finance function from day one
- A new Group CFO who wants an independent view of the UK entity
- Directors at head office still to verify with Companies House
Reporting to head office
Your UK entity, explained in the language and framework head office works in.
Group reporting packs mapped to the parent's chart of accounts, and bridges from FRS 101 or FRS 102 to IFRS, HGB, French, Lux, Swiss, Austrian, US or Japanese GAAP. Reviews and board papers in English, French or German, so nothing is lost between the subsidiary and head office.
Engagement models
When THOTH runs the recurring UK work.
Typical starting point
Active UK subsidiary of an international group
Clean quarterly reporting to head office
Group Reporting Office
Typical investment£1,500 – £2,200per month + VAT
£1,500: clean, automated records, low volume, a straightforward group pack. £2,200: higher volumes, several currencies and bank accounts, a more detailed pack.
- UK statutory compliance: unaudited annual accounts, corporation tax, VAT returns (MTD), payroll and the annual Confirmation Statement
- Bookkeeping to an agreed monthly volume
- Multi-currency accounting and reconciliation
- Quarterly management accounts
- Group chart-of-accounts mapping and reporting-pack alignment to the parent's framework
- Quarterly review with your senior lead, in English, French or German
Scope assumptions
One UK entity, up to 200 monthly transactions, up to 5 employees, up to 3 bank accounts and 3 currencies, quarterly group reporting, records in a supported accounting or ERP environment, information supplied on time.
Standard monthly UK payroll with no expatriate arrangements, share schemes, complex benefits in kind or global-mobility requirements. No inventory, marketplace reconciliation, complex VAT (OSS/IOSS/import), statutory audit or material historical remediation.
The annual Confirmation Statement is included. Share allotments, capital changes, PSC remediation and exceptional company secretarial work are scoped separately. UK corporate tax compliance is included; cross-border tax advice is scoped separately.
Group close discipline required
Reliable monthly UK reporting into your group
Controlled Monthly Close
Typical investment£3,500 – £5,000per month + VAT
£3,500: one entity, clean data, few intercompany counterparties. £5,000: two entities, several counterparties, a demanding group pack, tight deadlines.
- The recurring UK accounting and statutory compliance for the agreed monthly cycle
- Monthly management reporting by working day 10, subject to complete information by working day 3
- Multi-currency accounting and remeasurement
- Reconciliation of agreed intercompany accounts and recharge schedules
- Management consolidation of up to two UK entities
- Agreed KPI pack
Scope assumptions
Up to 2 UK entities, up to 400 monthly transactions, up to 10 employees, up to 4 bank accounts and 3 active currencies, typically up to 3 material intercompany counterparties, one agreed reporting template and cycle.
This is management consolidation, not statutory consolidation. Additional entities, pack versions and statutory group accounts are scoped separately.
Finance function largely outsourced
Senior finance leadership, without the full-time hire
Strategic Finance Office
Typical investment£5,500 – £8,000per month + VAT
£5,500: a lower-complexity close, two agreed senior finance days. £8,000: a demanding close, broader board reporting, three senior finance days.
- The agreed monthly close scope
- Budget and rolling forecast
- Treasury and cash planning
- Board and head-office reporting
- Routine coordination with your existing auditors and tax advisers
- Agreed senior finance capacity for decision support
Scope assumptions
Two to three agreed senior finance days per month, defined in your proposal. A fourth day, or capacity beyond it, is agreed before it is used.
First-year audit readiness, extensive remediation, statutory consolidation and bespoke audit packs are specialist engagements. Third-party technical tax advice is excluded; M&A, fundraising and restructuring are scoped separately.
Low-activity UK subsidiaryWithin a wider group engagement. Capped transactions, one bank account, one currency, no payroll other than directors.
from £450 / monthDormant group entityAnnual compliance only, within an existing group relationship.
priced annually
Already have a local accountant? THOTH can work next to them on the agreed interfaces: group reporting, audit coordination, intercompany and controls. Replacing them is not a prerequisite.