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Every small business deserves a real finance department

BesTally is a virtual bookkeeping and compliance firm based in Harare. We work online every day and come to your office or site whenever being there helps. We exist so owners can stop guessing, stop scrambling and start running their business on clear, reliable numbers.

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Bes+Tally

Bes comes from our founder's middle name, Bester. A tally is the oldest way of counting: four strokes and a slash for five. Together they make BesTally, and if you say it quickly, your best ally.

Every number counted, checked and in order.

Why we started

Running a small business in Zimbabwe means keeping USD and ZiG straight, meeting ZIMRA deadlines, keeping tax clearance valid for tenders and convincing the bank you are worth a loan. Most owners do all of this on top of actually running the business.

The usual options did not fit. Generalist firms bill by the hour and send reports months late. Spreadsheets and shoeboxes of receipts break down as soon as the business grows.

BesTally brings the two things our founder knows best together: accounting and technology. Fixed monthly fees, our own tools doing the repetitive work, and real people checking every number and explaining it in plain language.

We are a new firm, and proud of it. Our first clients get founding-client pricing and a direct line to the founder.

What we stand for

Every number countsNo figure leaves us unchecked, however small.
Plain languageIf we cannot explain it simply, we have not done our job.
On time, every timeFixed dates you can plan around, kept every month.
Secure by defaultYour money and data protected as if they were ours.
Independent adviceWe recommend what helps you, and disclose any interest.
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Blessing Phiri

Founder

Blessing trained in accounting at Chinhoyi University of Technology and is completing the ACCA qualification at Strategic Professional level. He then spent years building and running secure cloud systems, which is why BesTally's tools work the way they do and why your data is treated with care.

He reviews client work personally, leads every health check for founding clients and is reachable on WhatsApp like the rest of the team.

BSc AccountingChinhoyi University of Technology, 2023
ACCAStrategic Professional level
FinOps Certified PractitionerCloud cost and finance discipline
Systems and data securityYears building secure cloud platforms
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Promises we put in writing

Every client gets an engagement letter that sets out exactly what we do, by when and for how much.

Books closed by the 10thReviewed reports delivered on a fixed day every month.
Replies within 4 working hoursOn WhatsApp or email, from a real person.
Two sets of eyesA second person reviews everything before it goes out.
Fixed fees, agreed up frontNo hourly billing. Any extra work is quoted before we start.
No access to your moneyWe never hold passwords, client funds or payment rights.
Your records, always yoursIf you leave, you take everything with you, in full.

How we are set up

The same standards we hold our clients to.

Registered company[Registration number]
Our own tax clearance[Current, valid to date]
Professional indemnity insurance[Insurer and cover]
Engagement letter for every clientScope, fees, deadlines, confidentiality

Kept separate, on purpose

BesTally is a bookkeeping firm. We do not build software or sell systems. The tools our bookkeepers use, Prism XP and Ledger OS, are built by Aidoqo, a technology company also owned by our founder, and licensed to BesTally on normal commercial terms.

The two businesses have separate contracts, invoices, logins and confidentiality agreements. BesTally never reviews systems Aidoqo installed, and if we ever recommend Aidoqo, we tell you in writing and offer at least one alternative.

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Ten places with pricing locked for 12 months, in return for your honest feedback and a referral if we earn it.