Design & creative studios
Project invoicing, contractor payments, and retainers reconciled so your utilization and cash picture stay clear.
Bookkeeping & payroll · Redwood City, CA
The numbers will be handled before you think to ask.
Monthly books, payroll runs, and quarterly reporting for small service businesses — reconciled, filed, and quietly squared away each month so you can stay with your clients.
Looking after the studios, trades, and clinics of the Peninsula.
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A quieter way to close the month.
You hand us the receipts, the bank feeds, and the payroll details — we do the rest, on a steady rhythm, and tell you only what you actually need to decide on. Consider the ledger handled.
What you can expect every month
A clean set of books by the 10th, payroll run on time, and a short note from a real person — never a wall of spreadsheets, never a surprise invoice.
Start with one tidy month
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Built around how service businesses actually earn.
Trades & home services
Materials, job costs, and crew payroll tracked job-by-job — so you know which work actually pays.
Clinics & practitioners
Patient billing, superbills, and provider payroll handled with the discretion the work deserves.
Consultants & solo owners
Quarterly estimates, clean 1099s, and a tidy handoff to your CPA when it counts.
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Reconciled, not rushed
Every bank and card feed matched line by line, with questions grouped into one short monthly note instead of a steady trickle of emails.
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Your month-end package lands in your inbox by the 10th — books closed, payroll filed, nothing left open.
Payroll, on the dot
Scheduled runs, direct deposit, and the quarterly filings prepared for you — so staff are paid on time and the agencies stay satisfied.
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“We’d rather you forget the books exist — and simply trust they’re done.”The working principle at Aldergate Books
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What arrives in your monthly package.
Reconciled ledger
Every account matched to the penny, categorized, and tied out.
Profit & loss
A one-page view of where the month earned and where it went.
Balance sheet
Assets, liabilities, and equity in a form your CPA will thank you for.
Payroll summary
Who was paid, what was withheld, and which filings went out.
Cash-flow note
A plain-language line on what to watch over the next 30 days.
Open questions
Any uncategorized items, gathered into a single short reply.
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Engagements, priced plainly.
Each business is billed per engagement — a flat monthly fee agreed up front, with no hourly meter running. Pick the rhythm that fits; we’ll fine-tune the details on our first call.
Talk it through — (650) 722-8634Steady Books
$385/mo- Monthly reconciliation of up to 2 accounts
- Categorized transactions & clean ledger
- Profit & loss and balance sheet by the 10th
Books & Payroll
$640/mo- Everything in Steady Books
- Scheduled payroll for up to 8 people
- Direct deposit & quarterly payroll filings
- One short monthly note instead of email back-and-forth
Full Quarter Care
$980/mo- Everything in Books & Payroll
- Quarterly financial reporting & review call
- Estimated-tax prep and clean year-end handoff to your CPA
Larger teams or more complex books? We’ll put together a fitted quote on our first call — no obligation.
Hand off the books, keep your evenings.
Send a line about your business and we’ll reply within one business day to set up a short, no-pressure call — evenings by appointment if the day is full.