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For Perth small businesses

Know where your cash is going before it’s gone.

Xero bookkeeping from a Chartered Accountant, plus one page each month that tells you your profit, your cash, and the one thing to fix next. No jargon.

Chartered AccountantLevel 2: Xero Professional CertificationPerth and Australia-wide
Example monthly summary
Money in$38,400
Money out$29,150
Profit$9,250
Cash lasts2.4 months
Recommendation: chase the three overdue invoices ($6,200) to lift your cash buffer past 3 months.

Illustrative figures. Every summary fits on one page.

See exactly what you get

Your monthly one-pager, for your kind of business

Pick your industry. This is the summary you’d receive each month: real numbers, plain English, and a clear next step.

Residential plumbing business, October
$62,400Money in
$9,100Profit kept (15c per $1)
$28,500Cash in the bank
$14,600Finished work not invoiced
What I’d tell this owner: $14,600 of finished work hasn’t been invoiced and $11,800 is over 30 days late. Invoice within 2 days of finishing a job, and call the two late builders this week.
Café in Perth’s southern suburbs, October
$62,500Sales
$8,100Profit kept (13c per $1)
$21,800Cash in the bank
37%Wages as a share of sales
What I’d tell this owner: Wages are 37% of sales (aim for 32 to 35%). Trimming about 15 quiet weekday hours adds roughly $1,900 a month in profit.
Boutique retailer in Perth’s western suburbs, October
$48,200Sales
$4,800Profit kept (10c per $1)
$14,600Cash in the bank
$9,800Stock older than 6 months
What I’d tell this owner: Cash fell $3,800 even though you made a profit, because of Christmas stock. Mark down the old stock by 25 to 30% to free around $8,000 before your next order.

Sample figures only. Email me for the full one-page PDF for your industry.

Why Solid Ledger

Bookkeeping that tells you what to do, not just what happened

Most bookkeepers hand you a report and leave you to work out what it means. I do the books properly, then tell you in two minutes what matters. You get the answers without the meetings.

Early warnings

Slow-paying customers, rising costs, thin margins and cash squeezes get flagged while you can still fix them.

Written for busy owners

One page, plain English, ready each month. Call me or email me whenever you want to talk it through.

Chartered Accountant standards

Month-end checks, reconciliations and budget reviews, the way large businesses do them, applied to yours.

Pricing

Fixed monthly fees, quoted before we start

Your fee depends on your transaction volume, staff and complexity. You get a fixed quote up front. No hourly surprises, and no GST is charged.

Essentials

from $200 / month
Books done right
  • Monthly Xero bookkeeping and bank reconciliation
  • Invoices and bills processed
  • Month-end report pack
Most popular

Advisory

from $450 / month
For owners who want to see where the business is heading
  • Everything in Essentials
  • One-page monthly summary with a clear recommendation
  • Profit, cash flow and margin insights
  • Email any time, plus an optional quarterly call

Clean-up and setup

from $90 / hour
Or a fixed quote
  • Catch-up on backlogged books
  • Xero setup and chart of accounts (from $450)
  • One-off reviews and ad hoc help
Scope

What I do, and what I don’t

I keep your books clean and your numbers working for you. For BAS and tax, I work with your registered agent, or introduce one, so they get clean records and their job is faster and cheaper.

Included with Solid Ledger

  • Bookkeeping and reconciliations in Xero
  • Management reports and cash flow tracking
  • Budgets and simple forecasts
  • Profit and pricing insights
  • Payroll and supplier payment preparation
  • Records ready for your tax or BAS agent

Handled by a registered agent

  • BAS preparation and lodgement
  • Tax returns
  • Tax advice and tax planning
  • GST advice

I am not a registered tax agent or BAS agent. I will always tell you when something needs one.

Who you’ll work with

Ben Pradmuang, CA

I’m a Chartered Accountant with 8 years in industry accounting, across oil and gas, engineering and resources. I spent those years on budgets, forecasts, reconciliations, audits and explaining numbers to people who aren’t accountants.

Solid Ledger brings that discipline to owner-run businesses. You get straight answers, a fixed fee, and someone who will tell you when something doesn’t look right.

  • Chartered Accountant
  • Level 2: Xero Professional Certification
  • Bachelor of Business, UTS
  • Perth-based, working across Australia online
  • ABN 83 664 532 660

Book a free 15-minute call

Tell me about your business and I’ll tell you the top three things I’d look at in your numbers. If we’re a fit, I’ll send a fixed quote. No obligation, no pressure.

1. We talk

15 minutes on your business and your Xero.

2. I show you

Where I’d look first and what I’d fix.

3. You decide

A fixed quote, only if it suits you.

0401 670 213
ben@solidledger.com.au

Prefer to write? Email me your industry, whether you use Xero, and roughly how many transactions you have a month.