More Than Numbers

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Insights, guides and updates on tax, cloud accounting and running a healthy business.

Meet Cassie

Meet Cassie: accounting questions, answered simply We’ve always believed that good accountants should do more than give you numbers. They should help you understand them. And they should be there when you have those everyday questions that crop up when you’re running a business. So, meet Cassie.

2 Oct 2026 1 min read

News

Meet Cassie

2 Oct 2026Read

General

We’ve Put Our Pricing Online – Here’s Why

We’ve made a big change to the CASS website. You can now see indicative pricing before you even speak to us. It’s part of a wider move away from hidden pricing, standard packages and once-a-year compliance, towards more transparent, joined-up finance support that genuinely adds value to your business.

27 Sept 2026Read

News

We’ve been shortlisted for a 2026 LUCA Award!

We’ve been shortlisted for a 2026 LUCA Award! I’m delighted and proud to share that Cloud Accounting Support Services Ltd has been shortlisted for Medium Practice of the Year at the 2026 ICB LUCA Awards. It’s always nice to get recognition like this, but for me it’s also a chance to look back at how far CASS and #teamCASS have come.

25 Sept 2026Read

News

HMRC Fuel Rates - A Change from 1 September 2026

HMRC changed its advisory fuel rates from 1 September 2026. The main changes are: • Petrol cars over 2,000cc — 27p per mile • Diesel 1,601–2,000cc — 16p per mile • Diesel over 2,000cc — 22p per mile • LPG over 2,000cc — 20p per mile • Electric cars stay at 7p per mile for home charging and 15p per mile for public charging These rates are used when reimbursing business mileage in a company car, or when an employee repays the cost of private fuel.

7 Sept 2026Read

Client spotlight

20 Years in Business and Still Asking Questions About the Numbers

You can run a successful business for 20 years and still not feel completely confident about the numbers. Adventure Graphics’ experience highlights why having accounts is one thing, but understanding what they’re telling you is something very different.

28 Aug 2026Read

Financial Awareness Score | How Well Do You Really Know Your Business Numbers?

Business Growth

What's Your Financial Awareness Score? The Numbers You Don't Know Could Be Costing You

Most business owners know they're working hard. Many know they're busy. Far fewer know whether the numbers behind their business are actually telling the same story. That's where financial awareness comes in. Financial awareness isn't about being an accountant or understanding every line of a profit and loss report. It's about knowing the handful of numbers that tell you whether your business is genuinely moving forward or quietly drifting off course.

24 Aug 2026Read

Business Growth

Are You Really Ready to Grow? A Quick Reality Check

More sales won't fix a shaky foundation — they'll expose it. Here's how to tell whether your business is genuinely ready to scale, or heading for growing pains.

17 Aug 2026Read

Business Growth

5 Signs Your Business Depends Too Much on You

If the business only works when you're in the room, you don't own a business — you own a demanding job. Here are five warning signs, and what to do about them.

10 Aug 2026Read

News

CASS Named a Recommended Partner for InTouch

CASS (Cloud Accounting Support Services) has been selected as a recommended partner for InTouch, the award-winning multi-practice case management software built for growing law firms.

6 Aug 2026Read

Business Finance

Is Your Business Financially Healthy? 4 Areas to Check

Profit on paper doesn't always mean a healthy business. Here are the four areas that really determine your financial strength — and how to check each one.

3 Aug 2026Read

Book with the title “The Three Pillars of Smart Finance”

News

CASS Founder Paul Barnes Launches New Book: The Three Pillars of Smart Finance

Launching 1 September 2026, The Three Pillars of Smart Finance brings together years of real-world experience helping business owners understand their numbers, make better decisions and build stronger businesses.

1 Aug 2026Read

News

A New Website, But the Same CASS Promise: Giving You More Than Numbers

If you’ve visited the CASS website recently, you may have noticed things look a little different. We’ve launched our new website, and while we’re really pleased with how it looks, this project was never simply about giving the old site a facelift. The bigger reason for changing it was that CASS has changed. We’ve grown as a business, our team has grown, the services we provide have developed and the way we support our clients has evolved considerably. The old website told people what we did, but it didn’t really tell them enough about why we do it, how we work or the difference we want to make to the businesses we support.

27 Jul 2026Read

The acrobatics squad at A.R.T.S. (All Round Theatre School)

Community

Supporting grassroots talent: why CASS backed A.R.T.S. theatre school

At Cloud Accounting Support Services, we believe that being a good business means being a good neighbour. That is why, alongside supporting our clients to run their finances with clarity and confidence, we also look for opportunities to invest in the communities around us.

22 Jul 2026Read

Insights

Why Looking Back Is the Best Way to Move Forward

One of the reasons some business owners avoid forecasting is because they assume it's little more than educated guessing. It shouldn't be. A good forecast starts with facts. It starts with what your business has already proven it can achieve.

13 Jul 2026Read

Tactics Board with Technology Changes. Judgement Wins tagline

News

Thomas Tuchel Won't Let AI Pick His Team... And Neither Should Business Owners.

There's been a lot of talk recently about AI replacing accountants. Personally, I don't see it that way. In fact, I think AI is one of the biggest opportunities our profession has seen. Used properly, it can analyse information in seconds that would previously have taken someone hours. It can identify trends, highlight anomalies and challenge our thinking in ways we've never had before. That's exciting. But better information doesn't automatically lead to better decisions.

19 Jun 2026Read

Software

Xero Isn’t the Problem. Most Businesses Just Aren’t Using It Properly

“We’ve got Xero … but I’m not really sure we’re getting much from it.” And honestly, I get it. For many businesses, accounting software slowly becomes nothing more than a digital filing cabinet. Receipts get uploaded. Invoices get raised. VAT returns get submitted. But very little of the information inside the system is actually being used to help make better business decisions.

28 May 2026Read