About LDGERS

Built by the people who ran the numbers.

We're not a software vendor that wandered into hospitality, and we're not a bookkeeper with a login. We're a finance function built by operators who ran finance for some of hospitality's busiest groups, and built the platform we always wished we had.

Our story

Finance built from the operator's side of the table.

We spent years inside hospitality finance, closing months across dozens of outlets, chasing missing invoices, matching POS against the bank, and maintaining spreadsheets nobody else wanted to touch. We watched EPOS, inventory and accounting run in silos, errors surface only at month-end, and owners make decisions on numbers that were already out of date.

The options on the market made it worse: software you had to staff yourself, or bookkeepers who only kept records. Nobody actually ran the finance. So we built what we always wanted, a platform made for the way hospitality works, run by a team that has done the job, and delivered it as one service.

Our belief is simple: hospitality doesn't need another tool, or another bookkeeper. It needs someone to own the finance function, the platform and the people, and stand behind the number.

What LDGERS combines
The platformFive proprietary modules
The teamDedicated finance experts
The scopeThe whole function
The focusHospitality only
Platform + people, as one service.
What we've delivered

Proof, not promises.

For operators from a single café to groups of 80+ outlets, led by finance and technology people with a decade-plus each, across the GCC and the UK. This is what running the finance function properly actually delivers:

Big-4 audits, cleared

Books that stand up to Big-4 audit and buy-side due diligence, no scramble, no surprises.

M&A, carried through

Numbers ready for the deal, through mergers, acquisitions and changes of ownership.

The hard calls, on real data

In distress, the decision to keep a venue open or close it, made on the numbers, not gut feel.

Money recovered

Supplier credit notes, refunds and rent reliefs claimed back that would otherwise have been left on the table.

FTA penalties waived

Tax penalties challenged and overturned with the Federal Tax Authority.

Every deadline met

Bank, regulator and reporting deadlines hit, on time, every period.

The team

Who runs LDGERS.

Operators, finance leaders and engineers, building the finance operation we always wanted.

Abed Hamwi
Abed Hamwi
Founder & CEO

A CPA with over a decade in hospitality finance. He began at Grant Thornton, led finance and financial systems for a major GCC F&B group, then ran the GCC operations of a regional hospitality-finance platform, working hands-on with top restaurants, before founding LDGERS.

Harsh Shah
Harsh Shah
Co-Founder & Head of Operations

Over 15 years in hospitality finance across the UK and UAE. He leads delivery and client operations, making sure every client's books close cleanly, on time, every cycle.

Mostafa Addam
Mostafa Addam
Chief Technology Officer

15+ years building scalable, user-focused platforms. He owns LDGERS's architecture, integrations and engineering, every module runs on what he builds.

What we believe

Our guiding principles.

Integrity

We do the right thing, even when no one's watching. Trust is the foundation of every relationship.

Clarity

We make the complex simple: financials you can actually read, and act on.

Partnership

We work as part of your team, not as a vendor at arm's length.

Precision

In finance, the detail is everything. We're rigorous by default.

Innovation

We build the tools that kill the busywork and sharpen the numbers.

Ownership

We stand behind the number. When the finance function is ours to run, the buck stops with us, not with you.

Work with us

Let's run your numbers, properly.

Book a demo and meet the team that would run the finance function across your group.