Here's what's inside

All your accounting. Kept simple.

A quick look at the features our customers use every day.

Made for your business

See how Clear Books works for you.

Same simple software, tailored to the way you work. Pick your business type for the features that matter most.

01 · Dashboard

Your business at a glance.

Open Clear Books, scan the dashboard, get on with your day. See cash position, who owes you, what's due and what's coming up, all in one place.

  • Live bank balance across all accounts
  • Outstanding invoices and overdue chasing
  • Upcoming HMRC deadlines
  • Income, expenses and profit at a glance
The Clear Books business dashboard showing bank balance, sales and a profit and loss chart
You're in good shape
02 · Invoicing

Professional invoices, sent in seconds.

Send professional invoices straight from your account. Clients can pay by card, direct debit or bank transfer, automatic reminders handle the chasing for you.

  • Beautiful, customisable templates
  • One-click pay buttons (Stripe, GoCardless)
  • Automatic late payment reminders
  • Automated recurring invoices
  • Multi-currency for international clients
Creating an invoice in Clear Books with line items, VAT and running total
Invoice paid · 4 mins ago
03 · Bills

Bills tracked, coded and paid on time.

Snap a receipt, forward an email, drag a PDF, Clear Books captures supplier bills however they arrive. We pre-fill the supplier, date and total, you give it a quick once-over and move on.

  • Capture bills by email, upload or mobile snap
  • Auto-extract supplier, date and amount
  • Approve, schedule and pay
  • Real-time view of what you owe and when
Auto bills

Got a receipt to capture, a bill to file or an invoice to process? Auto Bills extracts the supplier, date and amount automatically, so you can review, approve and move on without the manual data entry.

Explore purchases & expenses
The bills list in Clear Books showing suppliers, amounts and payment status
Bill scheduled
04 · Banking

Bank feeds that keep your books up to date.

Connect your business bank account and Clear Books imports transactions automatically throughout the day. Auto Explain learns from your regular transactions and codes them for you.

  • Feeds from all major UK banks
  • Auto-categorisation that gets smarter
  • Bulk reconcile in seconds
  • Match payments to invoices and bills automatically
Explore banking
Bank feed transactions in Clear Books matched to invoices and bills
05 · VAT & Making Tax Digital

VAT returns, sorted.

Live VAT liability on your dashboard. When return time comes, it's a guided submission direct to HMRC. Clear Books is on the official MTD-recognised software list.

  • Real-time VAT liability tracking
  • Direct submission to HMRC (no bridging)
  • Cash, accrual and flat-rate schemes
  • Digital records linked from invoice to return
An MTD VAT return in Clear Books ready to submit to HMRC
Submitted to HMRC
06 · Payroll

Pay your team on time, every time.

HMRC recognised payroll built into the same software. Run pay, file RTI submissions, manage pensions , without bouncing between three tabs.

  • Real Time Information filing
  • Auto-enrolment for pensions
  • Payslips emailed automatically
  • Statutory sick & maternity pay
An employee payslip produced by Clear Books payroll
07 · Reports

Reporting that's easy to read.

Profit & loss, balance sheet, cash flow, VAT, debtors, creditors, project profitability, built fresh every time you open them.

  • Real-time P&L and balance sheet
  • Aged debtors & creditors
  • Custom date ranges & comparisons
  • Export to CSV or PDF
Explore reports
A Clear Books management report with a profit and loss chart and year-on-year comparison
Profit ↑ 18%
08 · Tailor it

The right features. No more, no less.

Clear Books fits your business, not the other way round. Head to Settings › Toggle Features and switch on the bits you actually use — everything else stays tucked away so the screens you see day to day stay clean.

  • Budgets
  • CIS
  • Fixed Assets
  • Multi-currency
  • Employee Expenses
  • Quotes

Turn things on as you grow. Turn them off the moment they're no longer useful.

See the full feature list
Clear Books settings showing feature toggles to tailor the app
Tailored to you
And a bit more

The clever extras.

Mobile app

iOS and Android apps for invoicing on the move and snapping receipts the second you get them.

Integrations

Stripe, GoCardless, PayPal, Plaid, Revolut Business and other tools your business already uses.

Multi-user

Add your team, your accountant, your bookkeeper, with the right permissions for each role.

Secure hosting

Encrypted at rest, hosted in secure EU data centres, with two-factor authentication available.

Project tracking

Track time, costs and profitability per project. See which work makes you money.

Easy migration

Coming from Xero, QuickBooks or Sage? We'll help you move your data over for free.

Convinced?

See it for yourself. Free for 30 days.

No commitment. Have a play, send a few test invoices, see if it fits.