Complete outsourced finance function and CFO

Finance that scales

We’re your outsourced accountancy, finance function and CFO, specialising in driving growth and building financial infrastructure for science and technology-led companies.

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Introduction

A finance function isn’t one person

It’s a CFO, an operations officer, a financial controller, a finance manager and a bookkeeper: five roles, each with their own unique focus. Countex is all five, in one team.

We’re ICAEW chartered accountants with combined expertise in accounting, tax and strategic advice, working with science and deep tech companies. We’re embedded in your business and run everything from the VAT return to the board pack.

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Our services

Build your finance function

Accounting and compliance

The fundamentals, taken care of

Bookkeeping and reconciliation
Payroll, pensions and P11D
VAT returns
Statutory accounts and corporation tax
Companies House filings and HMRC correspondence
Company secretarial services

CFO and advisory

The strategic work behind the numbers

Monthly management accounts and KPI reporting
Financial modelling and cashflow forecasting
Budget setting and variance reporting
Scenario modelling
CFO attendance at leadership and board meetings
Treasury management
Stakeholder and funder reporting

Specialist support

Added to any package when you need it

R&D tax services
EIS and SEIS, including Advance Assurance
Share option schemes
Cap table and share issue administration
Grant applications and funder reporting
Innovate UK independent accountant’s reports

Packages from monthly compliance to full CFO

PRICING

Accelerate your growth

The partner ecosystem behind your finance function

We’ve spent years inside the science and deep tech community in the South West and beyond - incubators, accelerators, university spinouts, sector networks and the funds that back them. We know how these organisations work, what they look for and who to introduce you to.

Countex is based at Future Space, UWE, one of the UK’s leading homes for science and deep tech, which means many of the founders, funders and specialists we introduce you to are people we see every week. Our network reaches across the country, but it started here in Bristol.

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WHY COUNTEX

Chartered accountants who know how science and tech companies work

Generic finance tells you what you spent this month. We tell you what it bought, how close you are to your next R&D milestone, commercial contract or funding round and translate that into terms your board, investors and team can all act on.

You get a finance function that helps you hit the next milestone, not just report on the last one.

01 Expertise

ICAEW chartered accountants who work for science and technology companies. We understand development cycles, grant conditions and why a delayed trial changes your runway.

02 Collaboration

A people-centric finance partner, embedded in your team. In your Slack, your leadership meetings and your board pack, not waiting at the end of an email chain.

03 Agility

Efficient, compliant processes built on the right technology and shaped around the way you already work. Compliance takes hours, not weeks.

04 Ecosystem

Access to the network we’ve built across science and deep tech; incubators, accelerators, universities, investors, lawyers, IP experts and banks to name a few.

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Testimonials

“The Countex approach is to integrate themselves into the company team and processes as far as possible. One of the key challenges of working with external accountants is ensuring a seamless service when working remotely from the team and company facilities. Countex has been extremely proactive in suggesting and implementing cost-effective software solutions and processes that have streamlined our financial operations and enabled remote working to operate successfully.”

Co-Founder/Chief Scientific Officer, Countex client

"Our vision at Extracellular is ambitious, so having Countex onboard has helped us accelerate our timeline for scale. Their work building processes, frameworks and supporting us with everything from our every day to our big picture finance needs, continue to be a critical element of our growth and success."

Will Milligan, CEO & Co-Founder, Extracellular

"Working with Countex has been a pleasure. Our everyday focus is to help those suffering from tinnitus, so having an expert take over the bookkeeping, forecasting and planning, tax requirements - and all the other essential financial requirements which make up a business - is helping us further our mission."

Co-Founder & CEO, Countex client

"Countex has given us the financial foundation to focus on growing our business. As a growing company, it's been invaluable having a trusted finance arm at hand to alleviate the resource burden, plus Countex have been so collaborative throughout our development journey."

Toby de Burgh, Company Director, Cineon Training

Discover finance that scales

Whether you are newly incorporated, recently funded or preparing for the future, contact us to discuss how we can help.

support@countex.io
0117 450 1908

Future Space
UWE North Gate
Filton Road
Bristol
BS34 8RB