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Fill in what you know now — the brain asks for the rest as jobs come in, and offers to save it here.

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Only needed if you use Xero. Copy the names exactly as they read in Xero → Accounting → Advanced → Tax rates — we won’t guess them, and a wrong one imports the wrong VAT.

For the QuickBooks export

Only needed if you use QuickBooks. Copy the tax code names exactly as they read in QuickBooks → Taxes — we won’t guess them, and a wrong one codes the wrong VAT.

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Your numbers

Worked out from your saved documents. Mark invoices paid and quotes won or lost as you go and these fill in. Older documents may not have a tracked amount.

Paid, last 30 days
£0.00
Average days to get paid
Quote win rate
CIS deducted this tax year
£0.00
On-time finish rate

FreeAgent doesn't offer a self-serve invoice import the way Xero/QuickBooks do — this is a plain CSV your accountant can enter from.

Ask about your numbers

Plain questions about your own saved paperwork — "how much am I still owed?", "what did I invoice Thompson last year?", "what's my quote win rate?". Answers come only from your records — if it's not in there, it'll say so.

Your conversations

A read-only record of past questions and answers — for a fresh one, just start talking on Home.

Your photos

Site photos, organised by job.

Annotate

Tap the photo to place a label. Tap a mark to edit or delete it.

Nothing here is measured — you measure it and type the number. Nothing is computed.

Your Receipts

Receipts added from photos appear here. You can also add or edit them manually.

Your notes

A quick notepad — reminders, to-dos, anything worth not forgetting. Not tied to a job or a document.

AI receptionist

Missed a call? Log the number and get a text-back drafted in your name, ready to send — it never invents prices. You send every message yourself.

Automatic text-back

Forward your unanswered calls to an Out The Van number. Miss a call and the caller gets a text straight back, in your name, without you touching your phone.

Included in your subscription. You can turn it off whenever you like.

Your jobs
Work order
The work
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Job done

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Ask if they know anyone

Sent a fortnight after, so it doesn't land on top of the review ask.

Schedule

Application

Chase

How hard to push

Friendly is a light nudge. Firm sets a pay-by date and, for a business client, notes that interest becomes chargeable if it stays unpaid. Formal is a final notice — dated, with the full statutory interest and compensation basis stated.

Client
Total invoiced
£0.00
Still outstanding
£0.00
Average days to pay

Contact details

Sites

One client, more than one address — a landlord's rentals, a facilities client's units. The first one is used as the main address.

Tax and payment

Used on their paperwork. Customer type above is just a label for you — it never decides VAT or CIS on a job.

Notes

Documents

Jobs

Alerts

It never deletes an alert to make the list look tidier.

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