Insight Professional Partners is a CIMA-regulated practice based at Clopton, near Oundle in North Northamptonshire, working with owner-managed businesses across Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, north Hertfordshire, Rutland and the Fens. Fixed monthly fees, delivered on Xero, with a Chartered Management Accountant personally accountable for your numbers.
Book a 30-minute initial review →Everything we do runs on your existing Xero, which means location matters less than it used to. What it still affects is whether we can sit across a table when something needs talking through properly — a first meeting, a difficult year end, a decision that shouldn't happen over email.
The towns below are the ones we're set up to serve on that basis. If you're outside them but within reasonable reach, the answer is usually still yes; ask.
Engineering, distribution and professional services with stock and work in progress.
Fast-growing manufacturing and logistics businesses that have outgrown their bookkeeping.
Distribution, fit-out and trade businesses along the M1 corridor.
Warehousing and construction — high volumes, heavy supplier activity.
Retail, leisure and trade with mixed card, cash and platform income.
Distribution, logistics and construction — high volumes and subcontractor complexity.
Consultancies, spin-outs and R&D-heavy businesses with lumpy revenue and awkward cut-off.
Engineering, defence and aerospace supply chain, and project-based work.
Contractors, trades and consultancies where the owner is also the bookkeeper.
Hospitality, food processing and agricultural supply, with real seasonal swing.
Fenland haulage, agriculture and engineering — asset finance done properly.
Light manufacturing, engineering and construction that has grown past its books.
Science-adjacent suppliers and consultancies on the Cambs–Herts border.
Light industry, agencies and studios with project income spanning month ends.
Independent professional firms, retail and hospitality on the Rutland border.
CIS deductions, domestic reverse charge VAT, retentions and contract cut-off.
True cost per unit, overhead absorption, work in progress and margin by line.
Subsidy income, diversification VAT, machinery finance and seasonal cash flow.
Restricted funds, SORP-ready records and grant reporting.
NHS UDA reconciliation and the exempt vs standard-rated VAT split.
SRA Rule 8 client account reconciliation, WIP and lock-up.
I'm Peter Edwards. CIMA-qualified Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA CGMA) with twenty years of senior finance experience across pharmaceutical distribution, manufacturing, and professional services.
I keep my client list deliberately small so every engagement gets proper senior attention. No junior delegation. No offshored bookkeeping. No black-box software making decisions on your behalf.
Tax matters that fall outside CIMA's remit — Corporation Tax returns and personal Self Assessment — are referred out to a UK Chartered Accountancy firm we work with.
Run our free Bookkeeping Health Check — a self-serve diagnostic that scores your books out of 100 and shows you exactly what's wrong. No login, nothing uploaded, no obligation.
Or book a 30-minute initial review and we'll talk it through.