Record
Reliable books, reconciliations and close.
RESTAURANT FINANCE · UAE
Your restaurant is busy.
Is it actually profitable?
Know your food cost. Know your labour cost. Know your cash. Know which outlet actually makes money. We turn restaurant accounting into decisions you can act on.
Food costactual vs theoretical
Outlet profitsee every location clearly
Cash13-week visibility
Decisionsnumbers with an action
FINANCE CONTROL CENTREAUG 2026
RevenueAED 3.84m+6.1% vs plan
Month-end closeDay 73 actions open
Cash outlook13 weeks
Receivables overdueAED 286k
Gross margin42.8%
Operating cashAED 1.14m
Next payment runAED 418kThursday
Finance diagnosticInput-basedNo preset result
UAE RESTAURANT FINANCE •FOOD COST •LABOUR •OUTLET P&L •CASH •CFO
BUSY DOES NOT MEAN PROFITABLE
Sales can be up.
Cash can still disappear.
We find the gap before the bank balance does.
A strong restaurant finance function connects POS sales, purchases, inventory, labour, delivery fees, rent and cash. When those numbers reconcile, management stops guessing.
ONE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Accounting → Reporting → Performance → CFO.
Reliable books are the base. Restaurant performance intelligence sits on top. CFO judgement turns both into decisions.
Protect
Tax-ready records and controlled deadlines.
Understand
Management accounts, KPIs and variances.
Improve
Cash, cost, working capital and process.
Decide
Forecast, allocate capital and plan growth.
WHAT WE TAKE CONTROL OF
From clean books to better restaurant decisions.
Start with the gap hurting you now: books, compliance, outlet reporting, cash or CFO decisions. The system can grow without changing finance partners every year.
Accounting & Bookkeeping
Clean books, reconciliations, month-end close, AP/AR visibility and dependable financial statements.
- Monthly bookkeeping
- Bank & balance-sheet reconciliations
- Month-end close
- Catch-up accounting
Tax & Compliance Support
Tax-ready records and filing support within the appropriate scope.
Explore compliance →Payroll & Finance Operations
Payroll reconciliations, payment schedules, expenses and controls.
Explore operations →Management Accounting
Budgets, KPIs, branch reporting and monthly management packs.
Explore reporting →Virtual CFO
Senior financial leadership for cash, forecasts and strategic decisions.
Explore CFO → THE QUESTIONS THAT MATTER
You do not need more numbers. You need the right answer.
Our reporting starts with the operating decision, then traces the answer back to reconciled data.
Why is revenue growing but cash is not?
Which outlet is actually making money?
Where is food cost leaking?
What are delivery platforms really contributing?
Can we afford another location?
Which menu categories actually contribute profit?
What happens to cash over the next 13 weeks?
Do the POS, bank and ledger agree?
BUILT AROUND RESTAURANT ECONOMICS
Every outlet should tell the truth.
We connect sales, inventory, labour, aggregator settlements and accounting so one busy outlet cannot hide a weak margin inside a healthy group total.
Food cost should not be a monthly surprise. Outlet profitability should not be a spreadsheet argument.
Explore restaurant finance →FOOD COSTActual vs theoretical
PRIME COSTFood + labour
STORE EBITDAOutlet economics
DELIVERYContribution after fees
RENT-TO-SALESOccupancy pressure
CASH13-week visibility
THE MONTHLY FINANCE CYCLE
Finance should run on a rhythm, not on reminders.
A well-run outsourced finance function makes responsibilities, cut-offs and outputs predictable every month.
Record
Transactions and source data.
Reconcile
Banks, suppliers and balance sheet.
Close
Adjustments and reliable statements.
Report
KPIs, budget variance and cash.
Review
Drivers, exceptions and owners.
Decide
Actions for the next cycle.
FREE INTERACTIVE TOOL
How financially healthy is the business?
Assess performance resilience, cash visibility, working capital and finance controls from your own inputs. The score uses transparent weights and hard-stop rules rather than a preset result or a vague market benchmark.
CLEAR COMMERCIAL STARTING POINTS
Pay for the level of financial control you actually need.
Three levels. One diagnostic. No maze of overlapping public price lists. Final scope is fixed in writing after we understand the operation.
Finance Control
AED 2,950per month, from
Clean books, disciplined close and a dependable monthly view of the business.
- Bookkeeping & reconciliations
- Monthly P&L / balance sheet
- VAT & CT coordination
- Restaurant chart of accounts
F&B Performance
AED 6,500per month, from
The finance function for operators who want to know where margin, cash and outlet profit are moving.
- Everything in Finance Control
- Outlet P&Ls & prime cost
- Food-cost & labour analysis
- 13-week cash forecast
- Monthly performance meeting
Fractional CFO
AED 12,500+per month
Senior financial judgement for multi-outlet decisions, capital, expansion and stakeholders.
- Rolling forecast & weekly cash
- Expansion / capex modelling
- Board, bank & investor support
- Multi-entity consolidation
- Decision support with Babar
FIXED-SCOPE ENTRY PRODUCT
Start with a free Profit Review →Restaurant Profit Diagnostic
AED 4,500 one-off. We review revenue, COGS, food cost, labour, prime cost, delivery fees, discounts, outlet contribution, cash conversion and break-even — then show you where profit is leaking.
UAE FINANCE RADAR
The rules are moving. Your finance stack should not be surprised.
We track changes that affect restaurant finance, systems, tax and reporting — and turn them into an operating action, not a news feed.
See UAE eInvoicing readiness →AED 50m+ businesses: ASP appointment deadline 30 Oct 2026
Mandatory implementation starts 1 Jan 2027. Restaurant B2C bills are currently outside the mandatory scope; B2B/B2G and supplier flows still matter.
Check readiness →VAT Executive Regulation updated
The UAE announced amendments on 8 Sep 2026, including clarification around employee accommodation and input-tax recovery — relevant to operators carrying staff-housing costs.
Keep finance tax-ready →Gross delivery sales are not delivery profit
Commission, promotions, ad spend, refunds, fees and settlement timing can turn a busy channel into a weak contribution margin. Reconcile it platform by platform.
See the workstream →Last reviewed: 16 September 2026 · Official-source dates should be rechecked before acting.
CALM CONTROL, NOT SALES THEATRE
You are handing us the numbers behind the business. We treat that access accordingly.
Bank authorisation stays with your signatories. Access is role-based. Reconciliations leave an audit trail. Scope and ownership are written down. And we do not publish a client result, logo or credential we cannot substantiate.
Founder-led and intentionally lean: scope, ownership and who is responsible are made explicit before work begins.
Meet F&B Performance →One accountable finance function
Books, reporting and decision support operate as one chain instead of separate vendors blaming each other.
Payment control stays with you
We do not need your banking password and do not replace your authorised signatories.
Traceable numbers
Reconciliations and schedules are designed so a number can be traced back to its source.
Proof before claims
No result, logo, testimonial or credential appears as proof unless it can be backed up.
UAE CORPORATE TAX
Most Corporate Tax problems are accounting problems wearing a tax costume.
The 9% rate is the easy part. The arithmetic that produces the number it applies to is where UAE businesses get caught — and it is built in your ledger, months before the filing window opens.
Free zone ≠ 0%
A licence makes you eligible to be assessed as a Qualifying Free Zone Person. It does not confer the rate. Substance, qualifying income, de minimis limits and audited accounts all have to hold — annually.
Small Business Relief is an election
Not an automatic exemption. You still register and file. And electing in a loss-making year can forfeit losses worth more than the relief saves.
Nine months is not nine months
Worked backwards through audit, close and computation, a 30 September deadline means your books need to be closed and reconciled by February.
F&B PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENCE
Useful before you ever hire us.
Practical finance guides built around real management questions.
UAE Corporate Tax for Dubai SMEs
The 9% rate, Small Business Relief, free zone conditions, deadlines and the records that have to support it all.
Read →Free zone 0%: the real conditions
Why a free zone licence is a precondition, not a qualification — and what failing the test actually costs.
Read →Restaurant prime cost explained
Why food + labour is a core controllable economics lens.
Read → START WITH THE PROBLEM
Tell us what does not reconcile.
You do not need to diagnose the service before contacting us. Tell us what is happening in the restaurant and we will tell you the smallest sensible next step.