Bookkeeping, payroll, governance and the paperwork that keeps a small business or charity running — delivered with the rigour of the public and charity sectors, made simple for a small organisation.
Take on as much or as little as suits you. Every service is delivered to the same standard — accurate, on time, and explained in plain English.
Books kept current, with VAT, payroll and filings prepared and submitted on time to HMRC, Companies House and the Charity Commission — no last-minute panic.
Your team paid correctly and on time, with payslips, pension auto-enrolment and RTI submissions all handled behind the scenes.
Constitutions, board and trustee governance, and setting up new charities, CICs and community groups — from people who run one.
Clear, proportionate policies and procedures, drawing on policy work delivered in the NHS, the BBC and the charity sector.
Standing up new teams, systems and projects — the structure and rhythm to make change stick, from 20+ years leading complex work.
A steady sounding board, plus the local know-how to make the right connections — funding, partners and the people who can help you grow.
Good support is a rhythm, not a rescue. Here's how we'd approach the work you're most likely to need.
The worst admin surprise is a filing you forgot. We map every deadline you have into one calendar we own — then work to it, not to the last minute.
Whether it's a charity, a CIC or a community group, we've done it from the inside — and we make the governance genuinely fit the organisation.
Policy shouldn't be a document nobody reads. We write to the standard of large, scrutinised organisations — then make it proportionate to your size.
When you're growing or changing, we bring the structure to make it stick — two decades of leading high-profile projects, scaled to what you actually need.
The help you get is grounded in how things really work — not just how they look on paper.
Our team, ready to be your team.
After more than twenty years leading projects across the public and charity sectors, I kept noticing the same thing — the local organisations doing the best work were the ones drowning in paperwork. Helping our local charities get their governance, policies and finances straight showed me just how badly that same support was needed by small businesses, and how rarely they could find it in one place.
So I started Skylark. Red tape only ever grows, and nobody goes into business to spend their evenings wrestling with it. My aim is a simple one: for our team to be your team — keeping the admin straightforward and the weight off your shoulders, so you can get on with what you do best and grow your business. We'll keep the rest running.