With specialist accounting knowledge and strategic financial advice for electricians, plumbers and air conditioning businesses across Queensland. We help tradies to stay compliant, improve their profit margins, downsize their debt, and get more time back for their lives away from work with family and friends.
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I’m Always Busy, But I’m Not Getting Ahead
Running a trade business can feel like a balancing act. You’re flat out on jobs/on site, managing a crew, utes and vans, suppliers and customers, yet the numbers never quite match your effort. This means cash flow feels tight, BAS deadlines creep up faster each quarter, and your tax bills seem higher than you expected.
Do you ever feel like:
Each year you’re working harder, but not getting further ahead- You wonder why you’re paying so much tax but still stressing about cash
- It’s unclear which jobs are profitable and earn the best profit margin
If any of the above sound familiar, then don’t worry, you’re not failing, and you’re not alone. Most tradies are brilliant at what they do, but are missing some financial structure, reliable reporting, and advice that's a bit more than lodging your tax return and telling you when the tax is due for payment.
That’s where Lightbeam Accountants come in.
Built For Your Service-Based Trade Business
Lightbeam offers financial control, clarity and confidence for established businesses across Queensland, including Bulimba, Brisbane, and the surrounding areas.
Our Core Clients
We specialise in working with electricians, plumbers, air conditioning and HVAC businesses, those who typically focus on repairs, maintenance, and smaller installs with multiple daily jobs. They usually employ between three and 30 people, many of whom will use company utes and vans.
HOWEVER...
We also work with carpenters, painters, landscapers and trade businesses working on longer-term/industrial projects.
FYI: We don’t work with builders due to the QBCC regulatory and licensing requirements being so different.
If your sales are between $300k and $3M*
and you want your business to work harder for you, you’re in the right place.
How We Help Your Tradie Business Get Ahead
(And Stay There)
Compliance is unavoidable, but it shouldn’t overwhelm you. We help handle the fundamentals, so there are no surprises, and you’re being proactive, not reactive.
We look at:
- BAS and GST lodgements
- Payroll Tax Management
- Income Tax Planning
- Quarterly Financial Reviews
- Tax Depreciation for Trade Businesses
- Proactive ATO Support with Solid Communication
On top of this, we use your compliance data to help you make better decisions, so you keep more cash in the business, while staying in the ATO’s good books.
Strategic Commercial Solutions = Improved Profit
Most other accountants stop here; it’s where we really get started. Our strategic commercial solutions help you to review and optimise your business structure for asset protection, and improve your profit margins across various jobs and teams. We also help to reduce your business debt, improve cash flow, and plan for growth, succession or partial exits.
So, if you’re looking for more than just someone telling you what happened last year, we’ll help you understand the why, and what to do next.
Built for family-backed tradies looking for long-term freedom, and another busy year.
Get a Tech Stack That Actually Works For You
Most trade businesses don’t have a problem with their numbers, but with their systems. We’re experts in setting up and managing your accounting software including:
- Xero
- ServiceM8
- Simpro
- Tradify
- Fergus
- NextMinute (commonly used by landscapers)
By syncing your job management with Xero, we automate the backend, cleaning up your reporting, and giving you real-time visibility into important factors like job profitability, labour costs and cash flow.
Less admin means cleaner data and better decisions.
Proud to support queensland trades
We work with tradie businesses across Brisbane and South East Queensland, providing expert accounting advice tailored to the unique demands of running a trade business.
Our clients aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet, they’re local businesses, people and families, working through issues including labour shortages, compliance responsibilities and growth challenges, among other things.
We’re More Than Just Your Accountants
We don’t just see ourselves as your accountants, but more as your advisors and commercial partners too. We don’t want just to be the firm that lodges your tax, because alongside our accounting services, we also publish guides and insights for tradies, on:
- Improving your profit margins as a trade business
- The right structuring as you grow
- Reducing debt without slowing your momentum
- Using Xero and trade software in the most effective way
If you’re serious about building a business that supports your lifestyle, without taking it over, we’re the partners for you.
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