SJ Accounting

18/08/2026

Hello clients and followers. Another little update from me… I am currently sitting at my desk whilst 39 weeks pregnant desperately trying to finish off the last few bits and pieces before I disappear on a short maternity leave and before I go I just wanted to introduce you all to Becky.

Becky joined me at the end of May and has been working away behind the scenes for the past few months helping me get up to date. I previously mentioned that we had some catching up to do, we are getting there but please do bear with us and we will keep churning out the work over the coming weeks. The recent introduction of MTD for ITSA has increased our workload massively and this work has had to take priority due to the tight deadlines attached to it. The constant heatwaves have also been challenging to work through! The timing of my pregnancy has not been ideal!

Becky has 8 years experience working in the accountancy sector, she began her career in 2018 and trained at a local firm (where I have previously worked as well) so rest assured she is very well trained and very good at what she does! Becky is both AAT and ATT qualified.

Becky currently works with me on a Tuesday and a Thursday and is very experienced in the preparation of accounts, tax returns, bookkeeping, payroll and CIS and VAT returns. On the days when Becky isn’t working here at SJ Accounting she actually works on her family farm where she is involved all aspects of farming including animal husbandry, tractor driving, farm record keeping and bookkeeping so she has a very varied role. A girl of many talents it would seem! In addition to this Becky is the treasurer of a local Young Farmers Club.

Becky has helped me so much over the past few months, there has been a lot to learn and a lot to get through in a very short space of time and she is absolutely smashing it. It feels like Becky has always worked here, she fits in perfectly. A big thank you to Becky for all your hard work!

Finally if you need help whilst I’m away please contact Becky directly by email, her email address is [email protected]. Becky and I will be in constant communication so if she needs my input with anything she will let me know. Lucy will be returning from her summer of travel soon and will be helping Becky so it shouldn’t take long for us to get up to date.

Over and out from me for now! As always thank you for continued support and patience.

Sarah

30/07/2026

IMPORTANT UPDATE - PLEASE READ

All hands on deck! Literally! 😂

It is incredibly busy here at present but we are slowly catching up. The new Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) rules came in to place for some clients on 6 April 2026 - this is the biggest change to our tax system for many many years and the first ever quarterly submissions are due by 7 August 2026. This means that we have had just a few weeks to get the first quarterly submissions completed and over the last week in particular the MTD for ITSA work has had to take priority over everything else.

We are currently working through tax returns that relate to the 2025/26 tax year as well as making submissions for the current 2026/27 tax year - this is proving quite challenging at times as our work load has massively increased. On top of this the VAT submission deadline is also 7 August 2026! Not to mention to the payroll processing and company accounts preparation that is also taking place behind the scenes. So there has been a lot to juggle and it has taken quite a lot of navigating. Working through the ongoing heatwaves has not been easy either!

I am very conscious that the turnaround times have not been as quick as I would like and I am really sorry that there have been some delays over the last couple of months. I just want to reassure my clients that everything will settle down and we will catch up - by the end of next week we should be pretty much back on track. I am currently working my way through emails and hope to respond to everybody in full by the end of this week so please be assured that if you are waiting for an email reply you will hear from me very soon.

As many of you will already know, I am expecting a baby in three weeks so I do need to take some time out, if I’m honest I am absolutely exhausted and the timing of a new baby and MTD for ITSA probably couldn’t be any worse 😂 - I will of course still be around in the background and Becky is here to the hold the fort in my absence so you are in very safe hands. I received an overwhelming response to my request to have records much earlier this year so we are actually ahead of schedule in terms of the 2025/26 tax return preparation which is really positive and I am hopeful that the next few months will not be quite as intense as recent months have been.

For now as a very small team we are unable to take on any new clients as we are at capacity with me taking some time out and also we do not want to jeopardise the service provided to our existing clients. We hope to open up some space towards the end of this year and will post further updates on here should space become available.

Finally thank you all so much for continuing to support SJ Accounting year on year. I love what I do, I love helping you all and I am working as quickly as I can. Thank you also to Becky and Lucy who help keep this show on the road.

Sarah 💕

28/06/2026

Very proud of my Son and his teammates this season - they are such a lovely group of boys. I was very happy to sponsor them this season - Thanks to the coaches and the ladies on refreshments for being so committed to the team. Looking forward to next season! ⚽️ ’s

Our U9 boys rounded off a memorable season with their annual presentations, celebrating a year of outstanding progress, teamwork and enjoyment both on and off the pitch.
Full report via this link: https://tinyurl.com/bdcwxtv2

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24/06/2026

A little update for my clients … I have had an overwhelming and very positive response to my recent email update regarding some important changes here at SJ Accounting, so many of you have provided your records early which is fantastic and I am really grateful, however, I do now have a bit of a back log of work to get through and as a result the current turnaround time is not as quick as I would like it to be.

My new employee Becky has now joined me, over time Becky will be taking on more of a client facing role and will be able to help you if I am not available and I will introduce you all to her in the coming weeks, some of you will know that Lucy has also been helping me behind the scenes for quite some time now and will continue to do so as well. With the correct team in place I am confident that we will catch up very quickly so please do bear with us!

That said, working in this heat is proving to be extremely challenging and my son’s school has now closed due to the red weather warning which has also caused some additional disruption to my working hours. The office is very very hot and we all need to work safely so once again please do bear with us!

I think that’s all for now! Thank you reading until the end 😂 and for continuing to support SJ Accounting.

Sarah ☀️

28/04/2026

We are looking for local businesses to sponsor colours at this exciting school event, in return for sponsorship we will advertise your business over the next couple of months - this is a great way to get your business name out there in our local community. If this appeals to any of my local clients please get in touch. 🌈

Evening everyone following our PTA meeting we are all very excited to start co-ordinating the colour run event being held on Friday 19th June.

In order to help raise some funds for IKB, we are looking for local businesses to sponsor a colour. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💕💜

This is an exciting opportunity to not only help with publicity for their business but to also see the children’s enjoyment of trying to see which colour paint they can get covered in most! 😆

Cost of sponsoring a paint colour in this run is £50 and the business will get to choose from a choice of 7 colours, linked to IKB’s logo 🌈. The aim is to have 2 local businesses sponsoring each colour, and if a business wants to really stand out they can pay £100 to be the only business associated with that particular colour ⭐️ 🤩

We need your help to find these local businesses. Please can you spread the word and if any business would like to sponsor a colour can they get in touch with IKBFC who will send an invoice direct to the business 😊
[email protected]

Thank you for your continued support 😀