Monthly books closed by the 10th, reports you can act on, grant claims done right, and fixed-price catch-up when you are behind.
Most boards get a 40-page export and no explanation. You get one page of numbers and three sentences on what they mean.
The figures on this page are an invented example, not a client's.
| Line | Budget | Actual | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants and contributions | 412,000 | 398,500 | (13,500) |
| Program fees | 58,000 | 63,200 | 5,200 |
| Salaries and benefits | 301,000 | 296,400 | 4,600 |
| Program delivery | 96,000 | 104,900 | (8,900) |
| Operations | 49,000 | 47,100 | 1,900 |
| Surplus (deficit) | 24,000 | 13,300 | (10,700) |
What to know: a funder instalment of 15,000 arrives in October, so the grants gap is timing. Program delivery is over because the fall session ran two extra weeks; it stays within the annual budget if winter runs as planned.
For small businesses and nonprofits with IRAP, CanExport, WAGE, IRCC, FedDev Ontario or Ontario Trillium Foundation funding.
We read the contribution agreement, set the grant up in your books with project codes and the funder's own categories, prepare claims and reports on time, and support the close-out. Add it to any monthly plan from $400 a month per active grant, or $1,200 and up per claim.
Program pages: NRC IRAP claims · CanExport SMEs claims
$300 per month of backlog, or $450 for months with payroll, several accounts or inventory. Minimum $1,500. Up to six months caught up in four weeks; up to twelve in six to eight.
Not sure where to start? Books Health Check, CA$495 launch price (until 31 March 2027; then CA$750). We review your QuickBooks Online file: bank and card reconciliations, the balance sheet, HST, uncategorised transactions and anything that will cause trouble at year end. You get a one-page priority list and a 30-minute walkthrough. If you go ahead with a monthly plan or catch-up work within 30 days, the fee is credited in full.
What you get at sign-off:
Confidential, no preparation needed and no obligation.