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Shiran Hewathennage
For accountancy practices

Senior-level capacity for your practice, without the recruitment cycle.

I prepare and review year-end accounts, corporation tax, VAT and personal tax work inside your systems, in your hours, from Sri Lanka — so partners only see files that are ready to sign.

Who this is for

Practices with more year-ends than hands

  • 01

    A year-end backlog

    Small and mid-sized UK practices with a queue of FRS 105 and FRS 102 1A files that keeps growing every January.

  • 02

    MTD onboarding

    Practices bringing sole-trader and landlord clients into Making Tax Digital and needing quarterly capacity.

  • 03

    Review before the partner

    Practices that want junior work checked and tidied before it reaches a partner's desk.

Services

What I can take off your desk

Senior-level compliance work and the bookkeeping behind it, prepared inside your practice's software and engagement — for accountancy practices in the UK and Ireland.

  • 01

    Year-end accounts

    Statutory accounts for micro and small companies with review-ready working papers and lead schedules.

    • FRS 105
    • FRS 102 1A
    • Working papers

    Deliverables

    • Statutory accounts (FRS 105 / FRS 102 Section 1A)
    • Adjusting journals, accruals and prepayments
    • Lead schedules and working papers
    • Cover note listing judgements and open points

    What I need from you

    • Bookkeeping file or trial balance
    • Bank statements and year-end confirmations
    • Prior-year accounts and tax computation
  • 02

    Corporation tax

    CT computations and CT600 preparation — capital allowances, marginal relief — submitted through your software.

    • CT600
    • TaxCalc
    • Capium
    • IRIS

    Deliverables

    • Corporation tax computation
    • CT600 prepared in your software, ready for your review and submission
    • Capital allowances and marginal relief workings

    What I need from you

    • Final accounts
    • Fixed-asset additions and disposals
    • Prior-year computation
  • 03

    VAT returns

    Quarterly VAT returns prepared, reconciled to the ledger and submitted through your software under Making Tax Digital.

    • MTD
    • Xero
    • QuickBooks
    • Sage

    Deliverables

    • Quarterly VAT return prepared and reconciled
    • VAT control-account reconciliation with a query list
    • MTD submission through your software once you have approved it

    What I need from you

    • Access to the cloud file
    • Sales and purchase records for the quarter
    • Scheme details (standard, flat rate)
  • 04

    Personal tax

    Self-assessment returns for directors, sole traders and landlords, with payments on account and deadline tracking.

    • SA100
    • Payments on account

    Deliverables

    • SA100 with supplementary pages
    • Tax computation and payments-on-account schedule
    • Deadline tracking per client

    What I need from you

    • Income records (P60, dividends, rental, self-employment)
    • Prior-year return
    • Reliefs and pension contributions
  • 05

    Management accounts & review

    Monthly or quarterly management accounts, and review of junior work so partners only see files that are ready to sign.

    • Syft
    • Review notes
    • Team lead

    Deliverables

    • Monthly or quarterly management pack
    • Review of junior-prepared files with clear review notes
    • Escalation of anything a partner needs to decide

    What I need from you

    • Cloud file access
    • Reporting template or KPIs
    • Review checklist
  • 06

    Bookkeeping & reconciliations

    Day-to-day bookkeeping in your cloud file with bank, credit-card and control-account reconciliations — including catch-up work when a year-end arrives with the books behind.

    • Xero
    • QuickBooks
    • Sage
    • Dext

    Deliverables

    • Transactions posted and categorised in your cloud file
    • Bank, credit-card and control-account reconciliations
    • Catch-up and clean-up of incomplete records, with a query list

    What I need from you

    • Access to the cloud file
    • Bank and credit-card feeds or statements
    • Receipts and invoices, or a Dext/Apron feed
  • 07

    Purchase & sales ledgers

    Bills and sales invoices processed, supplier and customer ledgers kept current and reconciled, with aged reports your team can act on.

    • Dext
    • Apron
    • Aged reports

    Deliverables

    • Bills and sales invoices processed and matched
    • Supplier and customer ledgers reconciled
    • Aged debtor and creditor reports with the items worth chasing

    What I need from you

    • Access to the cloud file
    • Bills and invoices, or a Dext/Apron feed
    • Supplier statements and customer remittances

All work is delivered inside your practice's systems and engagement, under your agent authorisation with HMRC.

How I work

Predictable, documented, reviewed

The best thing an offshore accountant can be is predictable: files that arrive when promised, working papers a reviewer can follow, questions asked early.

  1. A short call

    Twenty minutes: what you need, which software, what "done" looks like.

  2. Onboarding inside your systems

    Your software, your templates, your review checklist. No data leaves your environment.

  3. A weekly rhythm

    Work queued Monday, progress visible mid-week, files delivered with a cover note listing judgements and open points.

  4. Review and sign-off

    You review; I fix; nothing goes to a client until you're happy.

  • UK & Irish morning overlap (09:00–12:30, to 13:30 in summer)
  • Written data-handling agreement
  • Named references on request
  • Deadlines tracked per entity
Security & compliance

Your systems, your engagement, your sign-off

  • I work inside your software and file structure — no data leaves your environment.

  • A written data-handling agreement before any client data is shared.

  • Familiar with the UK GDPR Article 28 processor obligations and the international data transfer paperwork practices use for work done outside the UK.

  • Work is delivered as a subcontractor under your AML supervision and your agent authorisation with HMRC.

  • Named references from managers and clients on request.

Capacity & availability

How much, and when

Open to remote work with UK & Irish practices

Capacity is agreed on the call — a fixed number of hours a week, or a defined set of files for a season. Calls happen in the UK morning; the work happens in Sri Lankan hours, so files arrive before you start.

Call overlap 09:00–12:30 UK & Irish time (to 13:30 in summer)

Toolkit

Software I work in, every day

  • Capium
Contact

Let's talk about your year-end backlog.

One call is usually enough to know whether I can help. Pick a slot, send a message, or WhatsApp me — whichever is easier for you.

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