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Accountants that actually help you
grow your business.

Annabel Norris AAT provides bookkeeping, management accounts, tax planning and fractional FD support for UK founders. 16 years of operational finance experience. Fixed monthly fees. Month-end accounts 5 days before close, every month.

★★★★★ Rated 5.0 on Google AAT Licensed Prestige Awards Winner 2025/26
Annabel Norris AAT — Founder, Next Level Business Insights
16
Years experience
5
Days before month-end
£700k → £2.5m
SaaS founder · 9 months
£10,500
Recovered from HMRC
30 Days
10-month backlog cleared
£70k → £150k
Retail founder · 6 months
Annabel Norris AAT

Founder & Director,
Next Level Business Insights

Annabel Norris AAT is a licensed accountant with 16 years of operational finance experience — working inside businesses as a finance manager and operator, not in audit. She is based in Dorset and works with clients across the UK.

NLBI specialises in bookkeeping, management accounts, tax planning and fractional FD support for scale-up founders, first-time founders and businesses switching from a previous accountant.

Fixed monthly fees. No tie-in contracts. Cancel any time.

South England Prestige Awards Winner 2025/26
AAT Licensed Accountant

Qualifications & Recognition

AAT Licensed Accountant — regulated by AAT
16 years of operational finance experience inside real businesses
Prestige Awards — Boutique Accountancy Practice of the Year 2025/26
Visionary Woman Founder to Watch 2026
Xero, QuickBooks and FreeAgent proficient — MTD compliant
5-star Google rating — all verified reviews

On social media

1M+
TikTok views
500k+
Views, one video
Client Results

Three clients. Three outcomes.

SaaS · Scale-Up
£700k → £2.5m
Revenue · 9 months

Margin analysis by product line, cash flow forecasting and management accounts 5 days before month-end. The founder could make decisions based on current data through the growth period.

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CIC · Switcher
£10,500 recovered
30 days · 10-month backlog

Ten months of bookkeeping behind, two HMRC fines and Companies House warnings. Full backlog cleared in 30 days, both penalties appealed and overturned, £10,500 recovered.

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Retail · First-Time Founder
£70k → £150k
Revenue · 6 months

Business structure, bookkeeping and VAT threshold planning from scratch. The founder crossed the VAT threshold deliberately — on a plan — rather than by accident.

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K
Kirsty Heap
Verified Google Review
★★★★★

“Working with Annabel has been fantastic. She has made the whole process of changing accountants so smooth and stress-free. Her step-by-step guidance and clear communication made everything easy to follow, even for someone who does not naturally ‘speak accounts.’ Her support and knowledge have been superb, and I now see her as a vital part of my business and its continued growth.”

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H
Huttons Hair and Beauty
Verified Google Review
★★★★★

“I switched accountants to work with Annabel because I felt she truly cared about helping businesses take control of their finances. She opened my eyes to how an accountant should actually work with you. She has fixed so many lazy, unprofessional mistakes by my old accountant by being meticulously thorough, offered amazing business advice and saved me thousands. I 100% trust Annabel.”

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