Regional communities can oftentimes rely on the small-medium businesses to help give the community life, passion, pride & growth. They can do this by being the driving force behind community events, showcasing local history and resources, highlighting the unique locals and helping each other out in times of stress.

They can also be a big part of drawing in people and events from other areas with their unique offerings and hospitality - collaborating on events, boosting the local economy and ensuring that the regional towns have a voice and a face in Australia.

They are often owned and run by passionate locales who love their town and want to showcase the amazing things they can offer. Starting as sole traders before scaling up to a company, employing other locals and boosting their community pride and economy.

While this is all amazing, it can be incredibly daunting to start from scratch with a business idea, putting your plans into action and using a lot (if not all) of your time, energy and funds into recreating your dreams and being the face and backbone of a business.

Sometimes, the idea or reality of the business admin & compliance can be overwhelming when you also have to keep on top of building your business in the day to day tasks, developing marketing strategies & paying the bills.

This is where your Bookkeeper will shine.

We can help alleviate the stress by taking on:
Payables and Receivables - Processing your bills and sending out invoices.
Payrolls and Superannuation contributions - Processing, lodging and paying via ABA file.
Monthly Bookkeeping - keeping track of all the incoming and outgoing finances to give you a clear idea of where your business is heading.
BAS & IAS - Reports, lodging and compliance with the ATO and Fair Work.
Cloud Based Software - Storing all your data and documentation securely and neatly, ready for your Accountant and Auditor when needed.

But mostly, as Bookkeepers we support businesses with care and compassion so they can be their best self at their highest potential.

From the Founder of Blue Gum Bookkeeping:

Prior to starting Blue Gum Bookkeeping, I have spent the majority of my career working with the early education childcare sector. This included working for a government funded company that specialised in working with Long Day Cares and Preschools in NSW.

This experience has allowed me to hone my skills on the needs and legislative requirements for small businesses and not-for-profits within the early education childcare sector - turning it into a passion.

Bookkeeping and Payroll can easily become overwhelming when your heart and time are devoted to nurturing children and managing your centre. At Blue Gum Bookkeeping, we understand the unique challenges you face, and we’re here to gently support you with caring, personalised services—so you can focus on creating a warm, enriching environment for the children in your care.

Monthly Bookkeeping

Is your committee asking you questions about the financial status of the centre that you are struggling to find the answers to? Regular bookkeeping throughout the month makes reviewing reports and information for the committee much less stressful.

Blue Gum Bookkeeping can handle all the data entry, set up automatic Bank Feeds through your software, pay your bills, handle the monthly reconciliations and any relevant journals and do a monthly review on the financial reports before sending them through to you, letting you focus on the day-to-day tasks essential to the centre.

Funding & Acquittals

Department of Education funding acquittals can be daunting. At Blue Gum Bookkeeping, we love to work with you and your software to track the funding uses and give you easy to understand reports for your acquittals each year.

This process is easily adapted to most types of funding or budgeting that requires tracking throughout the financial year. This means we can give you accurate and up to date data on the status of the income and expenses being tracked, ready for your committee meetings and AGM's.

Invoicing Fees

Struggling to keep on top of invoicing the families attending your centre, or coping with the new digitalised systems required for reporting systems?
We would love to work with you and can either assist your current Admin or take on the task of managing the invoicing for you.
This includes any relevant funding subsidies and following up on families that have fallen behind.

Let us take the stress out of family fees and payments for you!

Payroll & Superannuation

The best centres will always prioritise their staff, making sure they are happy in their positions and with their financial security. Whether your centre chooses to pay staff weekly, fortnightly or monthly can make a big difference to your cash-flow, especially when you consider the superannuation implications and deadlines too.

Blue Gum Bookkeeping will take some of the stress out of payroll and super by monitoring the annual Fair Work Increase, relevant Industry Awards, Classifications & Payrates (This includes any Enterprise Agreements, Individual Flexibility Agreements and Above Award percentage payments).

We can manage the accruals and uses of staff Annual Leave, Personal Leave, Long Service Leave, Rostered Days Off and Time in Lieu. This will include the journal entries for the monthly and quarterly provisions.