bbodance Members

Atek is proud to partner with bbodance to bring its members industry specific accounting services and business advice. Helping dance school founders, owners, directors, teachers and freelancers achieve financial clarity and confidence.
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Helping bbodance Members Achieve Financial Clarity

Atek is pleased to offer a range of benefits tailored exclusively for bbodance members.

Alongside expert accounting services and business advice, these benefits are designed to bring financial clarity and confidence to everyone in the dance and performing arts community, from school founders, owners and directors, to teachers, production creators and innovators.

Academies & Dance Schools:

  • We work with performing arts academies and dance schools that:
  • Need clear insight into which areas, programmes, or performances are truly profitable
  • Want better cash flow management around term fees and seasonal income
  • Struggle with VAT and tax compliance
  • Are planning growth, expansion, or new programmes

Dance Teachers

We work with Dance Teachers to help them to:

  • Navigate the challenges of tax and compliance

  • Need to support to meet the Government requirements of Making Tax Digital

  • Need clear insight into which areas, programmes, or performances are truly profitable
  • Want better cash flow management around term fees and seasonal income

If this sounds like you, we can help you navigate your financial journey with confidence.

How We Can Help bbodance Members

Programme & Class Profitability

Running multiple classes, workshops, or productions without clear financial oversight can quickly eat into profits. Costs can spiral before term fees are collected.

✓ We keep budgets clear and up to date, so every class, hire, and expense adds real value.

How we do it:

  • Compare projected vs actual costs to spot profit leaks
  • Track staffing, teacher hours, and programme resources
  • Support business cases for extra hires or equipment
  • Flag financial risks before costs spiral out of control

Tax & Compliance

Taxes for performing arts school can be complicated. VAT on fees, exams, and teaching services, and PAYE and corporation tax, can be tricky to manage.

✓ We handle compliance and make payroll and tax simple to manage.

How we do it:

  • Apply VAT correctly for fees, exams, and materials
  • Structure payroll for permanent staff and contract teachers
  • Prepare HMRC-ready reports for smooth compliance

Strategic Planning & Reporting

Without clear financial insight, future planning around things like new programmes, or grant applications can be tricky.

✓ We provide scenario modelling, budgeting, and reporting that gives school leaders confidence in their decisions.

How we do it:

  • Model multiple scenarios for programs, productions, and capital projects
  • Track profitability by class or performance
  • Provide investor- or funder-ready reporting

Cash Flow Management

Term-based fees, grants, and irregular income can create profit gaps, leaving schools short on cash.

✓ We create rolling cash flow forecasts and funding plans so schools can manage term cycles, shows, and expenses

How we do it:

  • Forecast cash required across multiple revenue streams
  • Plan for seasonal income fluctuations and grant schedules
  • Advise on cash reserves and contingency planning

About Atek

Atek gives creative businesses the financial confidence and direction they need to grow.

With roots in both performing arts and technology, the team combines lived insight with modern, digital-first accounting, making finance easier to navigate and better aligned to the way creative businesses actually operate.

We understand how creators, innovators and founders think.

We know the pressures of production schedules, seasonal income, funding cycles and the need for financial resilience, and we tailor our guidance accordingly. Rather than an outsourced service, we act as an extension of your team: responsive, experienced and straight-talking, helping you make stronger, more informed decisions.

Atek helps businesses move forward with confidence and control.

Proving clarity for creators and innovators.

Atek x bbodance Partnership – Member Key Benefits:

  • 1st Year Fees New members will receive a discount code applicable to their annual bbodance membership fee for the following membership year.

  • Annual Prize Draw As an Atek client, members are automatically entered into an annual prize draw open to all bbodance members.

  • Webinars & Information Sessions Members gain access to Atek-hosted information webinars held throughout the year, covering topics relevant to, or created specifically for, bbodance members.

  • Regular Member Communications bbodance members will receive ongoing updates from Atek, including tips and tricks, and downloadable resources tailored to their needs.

We make it easy to get started with Atek

Whether you’ve reached the stage of needing an accountant for the first time or you are looking to switch from your current accountant.