Click any register, dashboard or report on the left to see exactly what it looks like and what it does. This is the real structure of the UK Sole Trader Accounting Suite — Professional Edition, with illustrative sample data standing in for your own.
| Field | You enter |
|---|---|
| Business Name | Your Business Name |
| Owner / Trader Name | Your Name |
| Tax Year Start Date | 06 Apr 2026 |
| Tax Year Label | 2026/27 (fills in automatically) |
| Income Sources (up to 6) | e.g. Colour & Cut, Full Restyle, Consultation |
The very first thing you touch. Type your business name, your name, and your tax year start date into a handful of clearly-marked cells — every dashboard, report and quarterly period across the whole Suite picks it up instantly. This is also where you name your own income types (up to six), which then appear as dropdown options in the Income Register.
Feeds every dashboard's title, drives the Income Register's dropdown, and sets the dates used throughout the MTD Quarterly Update.
| Client ID | Status | Full Name | Phone | Occupation / Service | Preferred Contact | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL0001 | Active | J. Carter | 07700 900123 | j.carter@example.com | Colour & Cut | |
| CL0002 | Active | R. Osei | 07700 900456 | r.osei@example.com | Full Restyle | Phone |
| CL0003 | Lead | M. Ahmed | 07700 900789 | — | Consultation |
A single, centralised register of every client — their contact details, current status (Active, Lead, Inactive), and how they'd like to be reached. Built with enough optional fields to suit care-related or health-adjacent trades (medical history, NHS reference), while staying just as simple for a hairdresser, plumber, or any client-facing sole trader who only needs the basics.
Every entry here gets a Client ID, which the Income Register uses to tie each payment back to a real client — and client counts and status feed straight into the Trade Dashboard.
| Date | Client ID | Full Name | Income by Source | Payment Method | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/09/2026 | CL0001 | J. Carter | Colour & Cut | Card | £85.00 | Completed |
| 05/09/2026 | CL0002 | R. Osei | Full Restyle | Cash | £120.00 | Completed |
| 08/09/2026 | CL0003 | M. Ahmed | Consultation | — | £0.00 | Booked |
Every payment logged against a client, a category, and a payment method — automatically grouped into MTD-style monthly periods as you go, so nothing needs re-sorting come tax time.
Pulls the client's name straight from the Client Database via Client ID, and feeds the Master Dashboard, Trade Dashboard, Annual I&E Report and HMRC Annual Summary.
| Date | Expense Code / Description | Category | Business % | Total Amount | Payment Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/09/2026 | COG001 — Colour & Styling Products | Cost of Goods | 100% | £42.00 | Card |
| 04/09/2026 | VEH001 — Fuel | Vehicle & Travel | 60% | £35.00 | Card |
| 10/09/2026 | RNT001 — Chair Rent | Rent, Rates & Insurance | 100% | £150.00 | Bank Transfer |
Every expense logged with an HMRC-aligned category and a "Business %" for anything mixed-use — so a vehicle or phone used partly for personal life gets split automatically, and nothing gets missed as a deductible cost.
Its category dropdown is supplied by Expense Description, and every entry here flows into the Master Dashboard, Annual I&E Report and HMRC Annual Summary.
| Expense Code | Category | Item Description | Business % Allocation |
|---|---|---|---|
| COG001 | Cost of Goods | Colour & Styling Products | 100% |
| VEH001 | Vehicle & Travel | Fuel | 60% |
| RNT001 | Rent, Rates & Insurance | Chair Rent | 100% |
The master reference list behind the Expense Register — a pre-built set of categories, codes and default business-use percentages specific to your trade, so logging a new expense is a quick pick from a list rather than re-typing (and potentially mis-categorising) it every time.
Supplies the dropdown lists used in the Expense Register — set it up once during onboarding, tailored to your trade.
| Date | Amount | Description | Month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/09/2026 | £400.00 | Owner Drawing | September |
| 20/09/2026 | £350.00 | Owner Drawing | September |
Money you personally withdraw from the business, tracked separately from business expenses — because HMRC doesn't treat drawings as a deductible cost, and this Suite is built to never blur that line by accident.
Shown clearly labelled — not deducted — on the Trade Dashboard, Annual I&E Report and HMRC Annual Summary, so your taxable profit is never accidentally understated.
| Month: September 2026 | Category | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | £650.00 | |
| Transport | £180.00 | |
| Food | £310.00 |
A personal-finance layer, kept entirely separate from the business — log your own household spending here, one month at a time, right through to an annual personal budget summary.
These monthly entries are exactly what the Personal Dashboard turns into a projected-vs-actual annual view.
The one screen that pulls everything together: income, expenses, profit, transaction volume and business-use percentage, refreshed automatically the moment you log a new entry anywhere else in the Suite — plus panels breaking income and expenses down by category, source, payment method and month.
Built entirely from the Income Register, Expense Register and Client Database — you never touch a formula, you just read the result.
A projected-vs-actual view of your personal finances across the whole tax year — so you can see at a glance whether your household budget is on track, independent of how the business itself is performing.
Pulls its monthly figures directly from the Personal Monthly Budget sheet.
The trade-specific operating view — client counts, completed vs cancelled appointments, and the same income and expense picture broken down tax-period by tax-period, so you can see which quarter actually performed.
Draws client and appointment counts from the Client Database, and financial figures from the Income and Expense Registers, organised into HMRC-style tax periods.
| Section | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Income | Gross Business Income | £14,920.00 |
| Expenses | Total Allowable Expenses | £6,705.00 |
| Result | Net Business Profit | £8,215.00 |
| Drawings | Owner Drawings | £4,800.00 |
| Management | Profit After Drawings | £3,415.00 |
A clean, exportable annual summary of the year's income and expenses — laid out the way you'd want to hand it to an accountant, or use yourself when it's time to think about your return. A supporting table also breaks expenses down by category as a share of the total.
Rolls up the full tax year from the Income Register and Expense Register, with Owner Drawings shown separately, never deducted from profit.
| HMRC Business Allocation | Amount | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover / Gross Business Income | £14,920.00 | Total business receipts before deducting expenses. |
| Allowable Business Expenses | £6,705.00 | Business expenses only; drawings not included. |
| Net Profit from Self-Employment | £8,215.00 | Used where income exceeds expenses. |
| Owner Drawings Taken | £4,800.00 | Shown for management only; not deducted from taxable profit. |
The figures laid out in the same structure HMRC expects for a Self Assessment self-employment return — clearly labelled as an estimate for you or your accountant to use, never something submitted automatically on your behalf.
Drawn straight from the Annual I&E Report, cross-checked against Owner Drawings so nothing is ever wrongly deducted from your taxable profit.
| Quarter | Period | Income | Expenses | Profit | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 06 Apr – 05 Jul 2026 | £3,850 | £1,720 | £2,130 | 05 Aug 2026 |
| Q2 | 06 Jul – 05 Oct 2026 | £4,120 | £1,940 | £2,180 | 05 Nov 2026 |
| Year | Full tax year totals | £14,920 | £6,705 | £8,215 | — |
Breaks your whole tax year into the four MTD-style quarters HMRC expects, with total income, allowable expenses and profit ready for each one — laid out ready to hand to HMRC-recognised bridging software or your accountant. A supporting table even cross-references each expense category to its actual Self Assessment box number (e.g. "Box 20 — car, van and travel expenses"), so nothing gets lost in translation.
Pulls directly from the Income Register and Expense Register, using the tax year start date set in Settings.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Taxable Profit | £28,000 |
| Income subject to tax (after Personal Allowance) | £15,430 |
| Income Tax at basic rate (20%) | £3,086 |
| Class 4 National Insurance | £926 |
| Total Tax + NI to set aside | £4,012 |
| Suggested monthly set-aside | £334 |
Turns your taxable profit into a real estimate of income tax and Class 4 National Insurance, band by band, plus a suggested amount to set aside each month so tax season is never a shock. Rates and thresholds are editable, so it stays accurate even after HMRC updates them — and it clearly notes when other income (employment, rental, dividends) would change the result.
Starts from the HMRC Annual Summary's taxable profit figure (or type your own over it), using the current tax year's rates and thresholds.