Profitability Advice for Construction and Growing Businesses in Oxfordshire and Essex
Know which jobs make money and which don’t. Clearer pricing, better quoting, and a real view of profit on every project.
ACCA qualified
Xero certified
Based across Oxfordshire & Essex
Transparent pricing
Plenty of busy businesses aren’t profitable ones. The difference is usually visibility.
Turnover is vanity. Profit is the bit that matters
A full order book feels like success. But if you don’t know your margin on each job — labour, materials, overhead, and the bits that always overrun — a busy year can still end with nothing in the bank.
This is the story behind one of our clients: a £4m turnover business making less than £40k profit. Once we gave them visibility over job profitability, tightened their pricing and quoting, and got control of materials and stock, profit climbed to around £400k on roughly the same turnover. The work didn’t change. The understanding did.
Want to talk it through? A quick call, no fee.
What Our Profitability Advice Service Includes
- Job and project costing, so you see the real margin on each piece of work
- Pricing and quoting reviews, to stop you winning work that loses money
- Overhead analysis — what your business actually costs to run
- Materials, stock, and labour cost tracking
- Break-even and margin targets you can manage against
- Regular profit reviews, not just a once-a-year look back
- Clear, plain-English reporting you can actually act on
- Practical changes, prioritised by the difference they’ll make
Want a clear proposal for your business? Ask on the call.
How It Works
Meet us
A video call to start, or we come to you if you're in Oxfordshire or Essex. We look at what you're doing now, what's working, and what's missing.
Agree the plan
We set up your books, confirm the services you need, and provide a clear proposal in writing.
Work together through the year
Regular check-ins, clear advice, and no surprise bills at year end.
Step one starts here. Fifteen minutes, no fee.
Who This Is For
Construction and trades businesses quoting job by job
Busy businesses that aren’t as profitable as they should be
Owners who don’t know which work makes the most money
Businesses with rising turnover but flat or falling profit
Firms that price on gut feel rather than real numbers
Any owner-managed business that wants to keep more of what it earns
Sounds like your business? Let's have a chat.
Transparent Pricing
Every client is different, so we don’t force businesses into one-size-fits-all packages.
We’ll discuss what support you need, agree the scope of work upfront, and provide a clear proposal before we start.
Many clients choose to spread the cost through monthly payments, helping them budget for their accountancy support throughout the year.
Want to know what your business would cost? Ask on the call.
Why SD Accountancy
Based across Oxfordshire and Essex. A small team. One standard of work. You meet the accountant doing your books. You always speak to them directly. You never get bounced to a help desk or a rotating cast of juniors.
That's how Samuel set up the firm in 2024 and that's how we still work as we grow.
Sound like your kind of accountant? Let's have a chat.
Common Questions
How is this different from management accounts?
Management accounts show overall performance. Profitability advice drills into which jobs, projects, or services actually make money — and what to do about the ones that don’t.
We’re busy but not making money. Why?
Usually pricing, overhead, or jobs that overrun without anyone noticing. Visibility on each job is the first step to fixing it.
Do you really get results like the £4m example?
That was a real client. Results vary, but the principle holds: better visibility and pricing improves profit far more reliably than chasing more turnover.
Will this work if I price job by job?
Especially then. Job-by-job costing is exactly where profitability is won or lost.
Do I need special software?
Not necessarily. We work with what you have, usually Xero, and add the reporting that shows profit by job.
Got a question not on the list? Ask us on the call.
Book Your Free Discovery Call
A short call to talk through your business, your current setup, and what’s on your mind. You’ll come away with a clear answer on whether we’re the right accountant for you. No fee and no obligation either way.