- +232 73 253666
- hello@slonec.com
- 1 Hannah Benka-Coker Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Books, payroll and accounts you can rely on
Bookkeeping, monthly management accounts, payroll, tax and year-end support from our Freetown team, so you always know where your organisation stands.
Prefer to talk? Call +232 73 253666 or message us on WhatsApp.
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Client groups: SMEs, start-ups, freelancers and contractors, property managers
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Free Sierra Leone tax calculator, online
NRA
Returns prepared and filed: PAYE, NASSIT, GST and income tax
2023
SLONEC founded in Freetown, Sierra Leone
SLONEC Accountancy looks after the finances of businesses and organisations in Sierra Leone. We keep your books, run your payroll, prepare and file your tax returns and help you through your audit. SLONEC was founded in Freetown on 4 April 2023 and works from 1 Hannah Benka-Coker Street.
Good decisions depend on knowing your numbers. We record your income and spending, reconcile your bank and mobile money accounts, and prepare management accounts that show how the organisation is doing. You get figures you can use to plan, to talk to your bank and to answer questions from investors, boards or funders.
We run your monthly payroll, prepare payslips and calculate PAYE and NASSIT deductions, so your staff are paid correctly and your returns match what has been paid. If you are growing your team, we can set new starters up on payroll from their first month.
We prepare and file your returns with the National Revenue Authority, including PAYE, GST, companies’ income tax and withholding tax, and handle NASSIT contributions. When the NRA raises a query or carries out a field audit, we deal with it alongside you.
Find out about Tax / Compliance or try the Sierra Leone tax calculator.
We prepare your year-end financial statements and help you get ready for your audit. That means organised records, clear schedules and answers for your auditor’s questions, which makes the audit quicker and less disruptive for your staff.
NGOs and donor-funded projects have to account for every grant separately and report to funders in their own formats. We set up grant budgets and coding, track spending against each grant, prepare donor financial reports and help you get ready for donor audits and reviews.
Most organisations in Sierra Leone deal with the same core obligations: PAYE and income tax with the National Revenue Authority (NRA), social security contributions to NASSIT for every employee, GST if you are registered for it, and withholding tax on certain payments to suppliers and contractors. Each Finance Act can change rates and rules, and the NRA expects returns on time whether or not anyone in the business has had time to prepare them.
That is where most problems start. Records are kept in different places, payroll is worked out by hand, and returns are pulled together at the last minute. When the NRA raises a query, the paperwork to answer it is hard to find. We set up a simple routine so the books, the payroll and the returns all come from the same records, and anything unusual is picked up early rather than at year end.
We work with organisations of every size within Sierra Leone and beyond, from sole traders to NGOs managing donor funds. Since 2023 our team has worked from 1 Hannah Benka-Coker Street in Freetown, so we know how the NRA, NASSIT and the banks work in practice, not only on paper.
Scope and fees are agreed in writing before work starts.
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We find out how your organisation works and how your records are kept today.
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We set out what we will do each month and at year-end, and send you a quote.
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We organise your records, systems and payroll so the monthly routine runs properly.
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We keep the books, payroll and returns up to date and review them with you regularly.
SLONEC won the Civic Champion Award 2024 in the Digitise Sierra Leone category.
We keep your books, run your payroll, prepare and file your tax returns with the National Revenue Authority, and help you with year-end accounts, audits and donor-grant reporting.
Yes. For NGOs and donor-funded projects we manage grant budgets and donor financial reporting as well as payroll and tax compliance.
Yes. We work with owners based abroad, including in the UK, who need a team they can rely on to look after their business finances in Sierra Leone.
Use the Request a quote form or book a discovery call. We agree the scope, what we need from you and who your contact will be, then send you a quote.
Yes. We agree a handover date, collect the records and files we need, check the opening balances and any returns that are outstanding, and then take over the routine. If there are gaps, we tell you what they are and how we plan to close them.
Freetown · 1 Hannah Benka-Coker Street
Your work is handled by the SLONEC Accountancy team at our Freetown office and overseen by Ishmael Bangura, who founded SLONEC in 2023 and is a professional accountant. When you get in touch, we tell you who your day-to-day contact will be and how to reach them, and we agree the scope and fee in writing before any work starts.
Prefer to talk first? Call +232 73 253666. For quotes and business enquiries, email bdteam@slonec.com. For general enquiries, email hello@slonec.com.
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SLONEC is an accountancy and consultancy firm that specialises and provides a wide range of accountancy and consultancy services to individuals, businesses, and organisations within Sierra Leone and beyond.