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September 2026 · trial balances at 30 Sep from Xero, Sage and QuickBooks

Consolidation

Holdings, Trading and Services mapped to 43 group accounts and 12 intercompany pairs eliminated. The group does not tie: Trading and Services are £1,368.58 apart, because Services has not booked Trading invoice WT-208358 yet.

Group, SeptemberDoes not tie£1,368.58 apart
  1. Check 1Every company trial balance balancesHoldings £3,084,688.80, Trading £6,577,625.63, Services £2,745,711.66
  2. Check 2Every intercompany pair agrees10 of 12 agree. Trading and Services, current account: £1,368.58 apart; Trading and Services, parts sales and purchases: £1,140.48 apart
  3. Check 3Eliminations net to zero£1,368.58 unmatched on the balance sheet, £1,140.48 in profit
  4. Check 4Group balance sheet balancesNet assets £4,216,699.89 = equity £4,216,699.89
  5. Check 5Group profit = the three companies, less intercompanyGroup £364,874.99 = the three companies £364,874.99, of which £1,140.48 is profit Services has not booked
Last run 08:05 by the system, again at 10:42
What is out

Trading invoice WT-208358 to Services, £1,368.58 (£1,140.48 of parts plus £228.10 VAT). Trading booked it in Sage on Wed 30 Sep. It reached Services through the intercompany link today at 07:12 and waits for Mark Ellison, the budget holder. Until Services books it in QuickBooks, Trading's current account with Services is £1,368.58 higher than Services' side, and Trading shows £1,140.48 of sales that Services has no cost for. The eliminations park both in the unmatched accounts (G2490 and G6990).

Open the invoiceThe intercompany pairAs Group FD you can approve in place of the budget holder; the audit trail records it.
Figures in £; debits positive, credits in brackets.
Group accountStatement lineHoldingsTradingServicesEliminationsGroup
G1100 Land, buildings and fixtures: costTangible fixed assetsTangible fixed assets1,934,000.00---1,934,000.00
G1110 Plant, vehicles and equipment: costTangible fixed assetsTangible fixed assets38,400.00370,500.00120,000.00-528,900.00
G1120 Accumulated depreciationTangible fixed assetsTangible fixed assets(378,900.00)(200,091.65)(77,400.00)-(656,391.65)
G1200 Investments in subsidiariesInvestments in subsidiariesInvestments in subsidiaries75,000.00--(75,000.00)-
G1300 Intercompany loan receivableIntercompany loanIntercompany loan75,000.00--(75,000.00)-
G2100 StockStockStock-1,095,467.89--1,095,467.89
G2200 Trade debtorsTrade debtorsTrade debtors10,800.001,199,878.67373,238.50-1,583,917.17
G2300 Prepayments and accrued incomePrepayments and accrued incomePrepayments and accrued income14,862.0010,959.0048,500.00-74,321.00
G2400 Intercompany balancesIntercompany balancesIntercompany balances76,637.50(11,491.14)(63,777.78)(1,368.58)-
G2490 Unmatched intercompany balancesIntercompany balancesIntercompany balances---1,368.581,368.58
G2500 Cash at bankCash at bankCash at bank490,391.45164,378.41549,474.41-1,204,244.27
G3100 Trade creditorsTrade creditorsTrade creditors(4,651.20)(555,762.17)(63,488.64)-(623,902.01)
G3200 AccrualsAccruals and deferred incomeAccruals and deferred income(12,400.00)(19,853.00)(4,800.00)-(37,053.00)
G3210 Deferred incomeAccruals and deferred incomeAccruals and deferred income(9,000.00)-(190,000.00)-(199,000.00)
G3300 VATTax and social securityTax and social security(59,019.91)(50,553.47)(212,428.85)-(322,002.23)
G3310 PAYE and NITax and social securityTax and social security(11,393.25)(21,901.59)(41,633.58)-(74,928.42)
G3320 Pension contributionsOther creditorsOther creditors(2,652.00)(5,273.60)(9,945.60)-(17,871.20)
G3330 Corporation taxTax and social securityTax and social security(32,886.16)(125,952.08)(115,532.27)-(274,370.51)
G3400 Intercompany loan payableIntercompany loanIntercompany loan--(75,000.00)75,000.00-
G5100 Share capitalShare capitalShare capital(10,000.00)(50,000.00)(25,000.00)75,000.00(10,000.00)
G5200 Retained earningsRetained earningsRetained earnings(2,161,079.88)(1,659,904.59)(90,610.94)-(3,911,595.41)
G6100 Revenue: parts and sparesRevenueRevenue-(3,242,138.50)--(3,242,138.50)
G6110 Revenue: maintenance and repairsRevenueRevenue--(1,776,094.00)-(1,776,094.00)
G6120 Revenue: rentRevenueRevenue(18,000.00)---(18,000.00)
G6190 Revenue: intercompanyRevenueRevenue(381,000.00)(137,298.01)-518,298.01-
G6990 Unmatched intercompany tradingUnmatched intercompanyUnmatched intercompany---(1,140.48)(1,140.48)
G7100 Cost of sales: materialsCost of salesCost of sales-2,330,389.84160,003.44-2,490,393.28
G7110 Cost of sales: engineer labourCost of salesCost of sales--677,049.08-677,049.08
G7120 Cost of sales: fleet, carriage and hireCost of salesCost of sales-60,661.57181,255.85-241,917.42
G7130 Cost of sales: subcontractCost of salesCost of sales--94,569.14-94,569.14
G7190 Cost of sales: intercompanyCost of salesCost of sales--136,157.53(136,157.53)-
G8100 Staff costsStaff costsStaff costs235,168.69447,895.94158,098.38-841,163.01
G8200 PremisesPremisesPremises68,654.97---68,654.97
G8210 Rent: intercompanyPremisesPremises-57,000.0039,000.00(96,000.00)-
G8300 VehiclesVehiclesVehicles-22,290.75--22,290.75
G8400 IT and communicationsIT and communicationsIT and communications17,010.0023,880.0025,832.94-66,722.94
G8500 Professional feesProfessional feesProfessional fees10,705.169,706.768,134.81-28,546.73
G8600 Management fees: intercompanyManagement feesManagement fees-168,000.00117,000.00(285,000.00)-
G8700 Other overheadsOther overheadsOther overheads6,672.8767,617.2414,852.81-89,142.92
G8800 DepreciationDepreciationDepreciation23,100.0019,641.6510,200.00-52,941.65
G8900 InterestInterestInterest(893.90)---(893.90)
G8910 Interest: intercompanyInterestInterest(2,812.50)-2,812.50--
G9100 Corporation taxCorporation taxCorporation tax8,286.1631,952.0829,532.27-69,770.51
Debits less credits0.000.000.000.000.00
Group trial balance: debits £11,165,381.31 = credits £11,165,381.31.Tap a line to see the Xero, Sage and QuickBooks accounts behind it.
Three ledgers, one group chart
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