GP Practices

We are one of the leading firms of accountants in the medical sector and founder members of the Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants (AISMA), which provides essential support to GP practices via a consortium of professional services member organisations.

GP Practices

At BHP, we offer a full range of tailored services designed to meet the unique needs of GP practices. As a founding member of AISMA (The Association of Specialist Medical Accountants), we are connected with a network of leading medical accountants across the country.

This membership allows us to stay at the forefront of industry developments and best practices, ensuring that we deliver the highest level of service to our GP practice clients. Through AISMA, we actively engage in discussions on emerging issues and share knowledge with other experts, enabling us to offer informed and effective advice tailored to the unique needs of GP practices.

With BHP, you can trust that you’re receiving expert guidance from a team that is committed to helping your practice thrive and ensuring that you are well-supported in all aspects of financial management, compliance, and planning.

We provide a full range of services including:

Accounts:

  • Annual Accounts Preparation – Preparation of your practice’s annual accounts.
  • Accounts Report – Comprehensive report providing supporting information to your annual accounts which is a key management tool to help you manage your practice day-to-day.
  • Superannuation – Completion of Annual Certificates of Pensionable Profits and estimates of future liabilities.
  • Tax and Superannuation Estimates – Presented with the draft accounts so that practices can plan for future payments.

Tax:

  • Personal Taxation – Preparation of personal tax returns, including personal expense claims.
  • Partnership Taxation – Preparation of partnership tax returns and expert advice on partnership tax matters.
  • Annual Allowance Pension Savings Charges – Management of pension savings and related tax charges.
  • Inheritance Tax Planning – Reviews and planning to manage your inheritance tax liabilities.
  • VAT Returns & Specialist Advice – Preparation of VAT returns and provision of specialist VAT advice tailored to GP practices.
  • PAYE Health Check and Employment Tax Advice: Ensure your payroll operations are fully compliant with PAYE regulations

Financial planning advice:

  • Financial planning – tailored financial planning, including pension and investment advice.
  • NHS pension expertise – Specialist advice on NHS pensions to help you navigate your options.

Practice management support:

  • Bookkeeping assistance – expert advice on systems and best practice, along with support from our Xero-certified team
  • Payroll outsourcing – Streamline your payroll processes with our reliable outsourcing service
  • Business advice – Strategic advice to help you manage and grow your practice.
  • Advice on partnership changes – Support with partnership admissions, retirements, and other changes.
  • Cashflow forecasts and budgeting – Accurate forecasting to help you manage practice finances effectively.
  • Drawings calculations and partnership funding – Support in determining partner drawings and funding requirements
  • Property issues – Advice on surgery premises financing and new builds.
  • Practice profile – Detailed financial benchmarking reports, including practice profitability per partner session and per patient.

Seminars to trainee GPs

  • Finance training provided to approximately 25 VTS training schemes nationwide on an annual basis
  • Finance training provided in conjunction with LMCs on a range of topics including understanding GP practice accounts, income tax position of salaried GPs and GP partners, employment tax matters and financial considerations applicable to new GP partners
  • Other topical webinars delivered throughout the year

 

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Tax

Practice management support

Financial planning advice

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