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Accountants for climbing gyms

Running a climbing gym is hard enough
without the numbers keeping you up at night.

We keep your gym's finances healthy and clear, so you can stop worrying about money and get back to the wall. Run by a climber who's also an ACCA accountant.

Book a free 30-minute chat No pitch, no jargon. Just a conversation.

You didn't open a climbing gym to become an accountant

Does any of this sound familiar?

Getting the numbers wrong doesn't just cost money. It can cost you the community you've built.

The accountant who actually gets your world

Before I was an accountant, I trained as a mountaineer in the Indian Himalayas and spent years on the wall and on real rock. I even built a business in that world once. So I know a climbing gym isn't just a business with a wall in it. It's a community, and I know the pull of a place where everyone knows your name.

Then I qualified as an ACCA accountant and learned the numbers cold, the capital allowances, the membership income, the VAT, the cashflow that makes or breaks a gym. So you get both: someone who understands what you've built, and someone who can keep it standing.

Most accountants can offer you one of those. We're here to give you both, and to take the money worry off your plate for good.

Ritin Bhatia Founder · Climber · ACCA accountant

What that means for you

Peace of mind

The money worry off your plate, so you sleep at night.

Numbers you understand

Clear figures and plain English, never jargon.

A gym that lasts

Healthy finances that keep your doors open and your community climbing.

Three ways to climb

Take as much or as little as you need. Start where you are, and move up as your gym grows. Each level builds on the one before it.

Basecamp

The essentials, handled properly

For the gym that needs the basics done right and on time.

Year-end accounts, corporation tax, bookkeeping, VAT returns, and payroll for your team. Everything filed correctly, nothing late, no surprises.

Ascent

Understand your numbers

For the gym that wants to know what its numbers are actually saying.

Everything in Basecamp, plus monthly bookkeeping, quarterly management accounts, and a quarterly review to talk through where you're heading.

Summit

Your virtual finance department

For the gym ready to grow, with a finance partner in its corner all year.

Everything in Ascent, plus monthly management accounts, a monthly review, cashflow forecasting, and advice whenever you need it. Effectively your finance director, just not in the building.

Not sure which fits? That's what the chat is for. Book a free call

You won't spend half the meeting explaining your business

The financial quirks of a climbing gym are specific. Speaking your language is the whole point of a specialist.

Membership income

Recognised properly over the term, so a healthy gym never looks broke on paper.

Wall & fit-out allowances

Capital allowances on a six-figure build, claimed in full and done right.

VAT on memberships

The single biggest trap in the sector, handled before it becomes a problem.

Instructors & setters

Employed or self-employed? Getting status right before HMRC ever asks.

And when you're ready to grow, we're here for that too, whether it's financing a second site, or one day selling up for the right price. From surviving the early years to thriving and beyond.

You hold the community together.
We hold the numbers together.

Let's have a chat about your gym

Thirty minutes, free, no pressure. Just an honest conversation about your gym and your numbers.

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