TBL Accounting is a South African accounting firm for owner-managed businesses. We keep the books, payroll, VAT and tax right, and give you a named accountant who knows your business. We are part of The Caban Group.
We look after bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, tax, trusts, valuations and outsourced finance for South African businesses, across 16 services and 13 sectors.
Every client has a named, qualified accountant who knows their business and picks up the phone. We talk straight before we reach for the jargon, and we stay small enough to care whose name is on the door.
Our team holds Professional Accountant (SA), BAP (SA) and ACCA (UK) qualifications, and our accountants are registered tax practitioners.
We do not perform audits. We prepare your numbers so that your auditor or independent reviewer can sign them off without delay. And when the question turns to buying, selling or raising capital, that is a transaction, and it sits with our corporate finance colleagues at Caban Corporate Advisors.
Every client has a named accountant. These are the partners behind the name.
Partner
Professional Accountant (SA)
Dave Romero is a qualified Professional Accountant, venture capitalist and entrepreneur with a passion for making an impact.
A qualified Professional Accountant, Dave has been a director in multiple financial institutions. With a passion for nurturing entrepreneurs, he can often be found outside of the boardroom offering advice, creating innovative funding solutions and building communities through sustainable practices.
Partner
BAP (SA) · Xero Advisor
Ryan Mbaiwa is an accounting professional and consultant with practical experience supporting businesses with financial reporting, accounting systems, tax compliance, payroll, VAT, and day-to-day financial management.
His work focuses on helping business owners maintain reliable accounting records, strengthen financial controls, and turn their financial information into clear, useful information for decision-making. He has experience working with growing owner-managed businesses across a range of industries and is particularly focused on improving the processes behind accurate and timely financial reporting.
Ryan works with cloud-based accounting and finance platforms including Xero and supports clients with areas such as management accounts, reconciliations, VAT and tax compliance, payroll oversight, accounting process improvement, and finance-system implementation.
His approach combines sound accounting principles with a practical understanding of how finance functions operate within a business, with an emphasis on keeping systems efficient, understandable, and appropriate for the organisation’s needs.
Ryan holds the BAP (SA) professional designation and is a Xero Advisor.
Partner
ACCA Member · MSc International Accounting
Folake Rotimi is an accomplished accounting and financial management professional with extensive experience across financial reporting, management accounting, taxation compliance, payroll, financial controls and business advisory support.
As an ACCA member with an MSc in International Accounting and a BSc in Applied Accounting, Folake brings together strong technical knowledge, professional judgement and practical commercial experience.
Her accounting experience encompasses the preparation and review of financial and management accounts, VAT submissions, payroll administration, management reporting, HMRC and Companies House correspondence, internal controls and charity accounting. She has also supported trustees and organisational leaders with financial oversight, Gift Aid administration, internal controls and regulatory compliance.
Alongside her professional accounting work, Folake has held senior academic and leadership positions in Business Management and Financial Accounting. Her experience as a Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer has strengthened her ability to interpret complex financial information and communicate it clearly to clients, colleagues and senior stakeholders.
Folake takes a professional, diligent and solutions-focused approach to accounting. Her objective is not simply to maintain compliance, but to provide accurate and meaningful financial information that enables clients to improve control, understand performance and make sound financial decisions.
Core expertise: financial accounts, management accounts, payroll, VAT, HMRC compliance, Companies House matters, charity accounting, Gift Aid, internal controls, management reporting and financial management.
Partner
MBA · BSc Accounting and Finance
Seun Adewuyi brings an academic foundation in accounting, finance and business management, combining an understanding of financial information with a broader perspective on organisational performance.
He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Oxford Brookes University. These qualifications bring together the disciplines of financial analysis, business performance management and strategic decision-making.
His approach centres on helping organisations understand the relationship between their financial position and their business objectives. Clear reporting, sound financial controls and effective planning provide business owners and management teams with a stronger basis for making decisions.
Seun values clear communication and a practical approach to financial management, making financial information accessible and useful to the people responsible for running an organisation.
Areas of expertise: financial and management accounts, bookkeeping and financial reporting, payroll administration, VAT preparation and submission, HMRC and Companies House compliance, management reporting, budgeting and financial control, charity accounting, Gift Aid administration, internal controls, business financial management, and accounting training and financial education.
A South African professional accounting designation held by members of our team.
A South African business accounting designation held by members of our team.
Membership of ACCA, an international accounting body, held by a member of our team. Useful for South African companies with UK subsidiaries, investors or customers.
Our accountants are registered tax practitioners, so we can file returns and deal with SARS on your behalf.
Many South African owners also have a UK subsidiary, UK customers, UK investors or a UK-based director. Our team includes accountants with UK qualifications and UK accounting experience, so one firm can look after both sides.
UK work is carried out by team members with UK accounting qualifications and experience. Where a matter needs a regulated UK practising firm, such as a statutory audit, we will say so and point you to one.
One qualified accountant who knows your business and your numbers, and picks up the phone. Not a queue.
Plain English before jargon. We tell you what we would look at first, and what it means for you.
Monthly figures, tax dates and cash forecasts that help you decide, not just comply.
Buying, selling or raising capital is a transaction. It sits with Caban Corporate Advisors, with a clean handover.
Plain-English guidance for South African business owners. All insights
Year-end tax checklist for South African small businesses: what to do before the tax year ends on 28 February 2027, from stock counts to payroll and provisional tax.
Tax updateThe VAT registration threshold rose from R1 million to R2.3 million on 1 April 2026. Who must register, who can, and how to decide whether to deregister.
Decision guideTurnover tax vs normal tax in South Africa: turnover tax now covers turnover up to R2.3 million. How it compares with a company, with a worked example and decision guide.
TBL Accounting runs the finances. Caban Corporate Advisors does the deals: buying, selling, merging and raising capital. One group, seamless handover.
Go to CabanShort, plain answers to what South African business owners ask us most.
TBL Accounting's partners are Dave Romero (Professional Accountant, SA), Ryan Mbaiwa (BAP (SA) and Xero Advisor), Folake Rotimi (ACCA member) and Seun Adewuyi (MBA and BSc in Accounting and Finance).
TBL Accounting serves South African businesses and their UK subsidiaries, customers or investors. UK work is carried out by team members with UK accounting qualifications and experience. Where a matter needs a regulated UK practising firm, such as a statutory audit, we will say so and point you to one.
Yes. TBL Accounting runs the finances and Caban Corporate Advisors does the deals: buying, selling, merging and raising capital. One group, with a clean handover.
No. We do not perform audits. We prepare your numbers so that your auditor or independent reviewer can sign them off without delay.
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