01 / Income
Get paid
Create invoices, record payments, and keep customer contacts tied to the transaction history.
For Sole Traders
Simple records for work that is already busy.
Don't pay over the odds for accounting software. BetterThanNothing is fully equipped — and self-hostable — and fully open source.
BetterThanNothing gives UK sole traders a direct way to keep customer invoices, purchase bills, payments, statement imports, reconciliation, and VAT reports in the same product.
Daily fit
Track the records sole traders touch most.
02 / Costs
Log costs
Capture purchase bills and credit notes so expenses stay visible beside the sales ledger.
03 / Bank
Match the bank
Import statement CSVs, detect duplicates, preserve original lines, and reconcile against payments.
04 / VAT
Handle VAT when needed
Use VAT settings, editable UK rates, 9-box reports, and optional HMRC MTD VAT submission when your setup requires it.
£0
licence cost
1 person
simple workspace
CSV
bank import
VAT
ready when needed
Run the books without signing up for another expensive SaaS account.