Built for Cambridge's businesses
Cambridge has real strength in biotech, deep tech and university spinouts, and creators and online business owners here don't need a generalist down the road — they need specialists who answer quickly and price fairly. Because we work online, you get exactly that, plus a nudge towards the right local support: the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is a good first stop for grants and advice, and our Swoop-powered funding portal searches 1,000+ lenders and grant schemes on top.
When do you recognise course and membership income?
Selling a course, a community or a membership means taking money now for something delivered over months, and that changes the accounting. Under accruals accounting, income is recognised as you deliver, so an annual membership sold in March is spread rather than banked in one go — which usually lowers the profit reported in the year you sold it. Refund policies and rolling subscriptions complicate it further. For VAT, the tax point is generally when you receive payment or issue an invoice, whichever is earlier, so the VAT can fall due well before the income is recognised. Worth structuring deliberately before a launch, not after.
