Accounting that actually moves your business forward
For growing UK businesses turning over £50k to £2m
Tired of an accountant who only shows up at year-end? Salis is your real partner — for compliance you can trust, numbers you can actually understand, and hands-on support that helps you grow, not just report.
Grounded in integrity · Driven by excellence · Optimised for growth
The problem
Most accounting feels like a box-ticking exercise — not a relationship.
You hand over your books, get a bill and a set of accounts back, and that's it. The same three frustrations come up again and again:
Accountants who go quiet
Emails unanswered for weeks. A single meeting a year. You're left guessing whether anything's been handled.
Numbers without meaning
Spreadsheets and returns that tell the past, but never tell you what to do next — or where the money's leaking.
No help with growth
You want to scale, hire, invest — but there's no one translating the figures into a plan that actually moves the business forward.
The guide
Meet Daniel — your faithful steward of the numbers.
I'm Daniel Marie, a CIMA-qualified accountant and the founder of Salis. I set up Salis because too many business owners are sold compliance when what they really need is a partner — someone who knows their numbers, picks up the phone, and helps them run a better business, not just a more accurate one.
The name "Salis" comes from the Latin for salt — essential, preserving, the small addition that transforms. That's the standard I hold: trustworthy, precise, and quietly improving everything I touch.
Trusted steward of your finances — bringing integrity, insight, and attention to detail.
How it works
Three simple steps to a clearer financial picture.
Book a consultation
A free, no-pressure call. We talk through where your business is today and what you actually need — not a sales pitch.
Get a tailored plan
You receive a clear, written proposal: the right mix of Compliance, Advisory and Virtual FD support, with a fixed monthly fee.
Grow with a real partner
Responsive support, meaningful reporting, and proactive advice — so the numbers start working for the business, not the other way around.
Services
Three tiers that stack — from solid foundations to strategic leadership.
Each layer builds on the last. Start with Essential for solid foundations, add Plus to sharpen the numbers, then bring in Premium for strategic leadership when you're ready to scale.
Essential
The essentials, done right
- Bookkeeping
- VAT
- Payroll
- Self-assessment & corporation tax
- Annual accounts
- Company formation & secretarial
Plus
Understand & improve the numbers
- Management accounts & reporting
- Budgeting & forecasting
- Business advisory
- Systems optimisation
Premium
Strategic financial leadership
- Strategic financial planning & board input
- Investor / fundraising support
- Cash flow & working capital management
- KPI / performance oversight
Salis AI — let automation run the manual work.
An optional AI layer that automates the repetitive parts of your finance processes — and brings the same intelligent automation to the rest of your business. Less manual admin, faster closes, more time back to grow.
Book a discovery call- Automated invoice & receipt capture
- AI bookkeeping & reconciliation
- AI-driven cash flow forecasting
- Workflow automation across ops & admin
- Custom AI assistants for your team
- Automation across other business areas
10 Tax-Deductible Items Every UK Director Needs to Know
A scannable two-page cheat sheet covering the expenses most directors miss — and the HMRC rules you need to pass to claim them legally.
- Mobile phones & business mileage
- Homeworking — flat rate vs actual costs
- Employer pensions & salary extraction
- Trivial benefits & staff parties
- The 'wholly & exclusively' golden rule
- HMRC red flags to avoid
2026 Edition
10 Tax-Deductible Items Every UK Director Needs to Know
+ 5 more items inside…
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Common questions from UK business owners and care-home providers about accounting, Virtual FD services and working with Salis.
We offer a full stack of UK accounting services — bookkeeping, VAT, payroll, self-assessment and corporation tax, annual accounts and company formation — plus management accounts, forecasting and board-level Virtual FD support. Services are delivered digitally, so we work with businesses across England and Wales.
Let's talk
Book a discovery call.
Tell us a little about your business and what you need. Daniel will personally reply within one working day to arrange a call — no pressure, no jargon.
Send a message
We'll get back to you within one working day.