Association bookkeeping
Associations are not an edge case for us, they are a specialism. The questions are different from a limited company's, and we do this every month, not once a year when the financial statements come round.
About 30 minutes. No obligation.
Price
Our packages start at €129 / month (excl. VAT) and include an annual payslip allowance: 12 in Bronze, 24 in Silver and 36 in Gold. The full price list is here.
If your association has paid staff, the packages probably will not be enough. Fifteen employees means roughly 180 payslips a year, several times the Gold allowance. We always quote these associations separately: payroll is €30 per payslip (excl. VAT).
We say this plainly, because the alternative is letting you work out a package price and meet the real one later. Request a quote. It is free and commits you to nothing.
A named accountant
You get your own accountant whose number you know. An association's board changes, the chair changes and the treasurer changes. The accountant does not.
In practice that is what keeps the knowledge in the building when the people around it turn over.
What is different about an association
Grants have to be allocated
A grant belongs to a particular project and a particular financial year, and the provider wants to see where the money went. When the allocation is made in the bookkeeping straight away, the project report comes out of the books rather than out of detective work afterwards.
A board needs reporting it can read
Board members are rarely accountants, and they are responsible for the association's finances all the same. We deliver monthly reports in a form that lets a meeting make decisions without interpretation.
The audit comes round every year
The activity audit or the statutory audit, whichever the association has. We keep the material in order through the year, so the audit does not start with a search for documents.
Paid staff change the scale
Payroll, the Incomes Register and employer obligations arrive with the first employee.
Our authorized accounting firm is audited regularly: its procedures, its liability insurance and the competence of its staff. That is a basis a company can rely on when choosing to work with us.
How to get started
Book a free conversation and we will go through your association's situation: grants, people on the payroll, document volumes, and what the board needs to see.
About 30 minutes. No commitment.
Frequently asked
- What does bookkeeping cost for an association?
- Packages start at €129 per month (excl. VAT). If the association has paid staff, the price follows the number of payslips and we quote separately.
- Do you handle association payroll as well?
- Yes. Payroll is priced per payslip at €30 (excl. VAT). Packages include an annual allowance, and anything beyond that is charged separately.
- Can you allocate grants correctly?
- Yes, this is everyday work for us. We allocate grants to the right project and the right financial year, and organise the material so the grant provider can be reported to per project.
Tell us what you need, and we will work out what it actually takes.
A free conversation, about 30 minutes: we go through document volumes, the number of people on the payroll and the services you need, and tell you the exact price. We do not charge for preparing a quote, and the conversation commits you to nothing.