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Professional invoices & HMRC-compliant records — just by talking to your phone.

Describe the job the way you’d describe it to your mate. We turn it into a UK-compliant invoice, log it for MTD ITSA, and split your CIS labour and materials — in about 30 seconds, from the van.

No card required · 14-day full trial

£15/month, price-locked for life · cancel any time

UK tradesperson at work
UK GDPR compliantBuilt against HMRC MTD APIsAES-256 encryptionStripe billing

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Describe a job. See the invoice.

No signup. Speak it or type it — we’ll generate the invoice in seconds.

or type it

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Who it’s for

Built for busy tradespeople.

If any of these sound like you, Honest Invoices will save you hours.

Gas engineer at work
Carpenter with cordless drill
Carpenter framing a roof

The multi-job juggler

You’re doing 5–8 jobs a day. You finish one, drive to the next. By Friday evening, you can barely remember Monday’s jobs.

30 seconds at the end of each job. By Friday, all 8 invoices are drafted ready to send. Saturday’s yours.

The emergency responder

Late-night callouts. Weekend emergencies. You’re on tools, not spreadsheets. Admin happens “later” (which means never).

Record the job before you drive away. Tomorrow morning the invoice’s already drafted — you just hit send.

The paperwork avoider

You’re brilliant at your trade. You’re terrible at admin. Typing invoices feels like homework. So they pile up.

Talk to your phone like you’d describe the job to your mate. The invoice is done before you’ve finished your tea.

The weekend warrior

Evenings and weekends are for family, not admin. But invoices don’t write themselves, so they wait until Sunday night.

Invoice in the van between jobs. Sunday evenings are for the family again.

How it works

Three steps, no admin.

From spoken description to ready-to-send invoice in under a minute.

1

Talk or type

Describe the job like you’d describe it to your mate. “Fixed Mrs Smith’s boiler, 3 hours, new thermostat — £45.”

2

Invoice appears

Line items, hours, materials, totals, dates — all filled in. Read it back and tweak anything wrong. No re-typing.

3

Send and get paid

One click to email it. Track who’s paid and who hasn’t. Statutory interest added automatically when invoices go overdue.

Did you know

You’re legally owed 8% interest on every late invoice.

Under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act, you can charge statutory interest at the Bank of England base rate plus 8% on any invoice that isn’t paid on time — plus a fixed compensation fee per invoice. Most tradespeople never claim it.

Honest Invoices calculates it for you and adds it to the next reminder, with a clear paper trail. Get paid faster — with the law on your side.

Read more about the statutory interest rules on GOV.UK.

What’s included

Everything you need.

Nothing you don’t. Built specifically for UK self-employed tradespeople.

Voice-powered invoicing

Just talk naturally. No forms, no typing. Our AI understands how tradespeople describe jobs.

Time & materials tracking

Track hours worked and materials used. Start/stop timers or add manually. Never forget to bill for anything.

MTD-ready digital records

Start building digital invoice records now for Making Tax Digital. Every job stored with proper dates and amounts.

Professional templates

Beautiful, branded invoices that make you look professional. Customise with your logo and details.

Payment tracking

See who’s paid, who owes, send automatic reminders. Never chase payments manually again.

Mobile-first

Works perfectly on your phone. Create invoices in the van, on site, anywhere you work.

What £15/month actually buys

Four heavy-duty trade compliance systems, in one app.

Each one would normally need its own piece of software, its own subscription, and its own learning curve. They’re all built into Honest Invoices, included in the flat fee.

Voice-to-Invoice engine

Whisper transcription plus GPT-4-class extraction turns a natural-language job description into a structured invoice draft. Every row lands in an editable grid with a confidence pill — green, amber, red — so you know exactly what to double-check before approving.

Whisper · GPT-4 · Editable grid · Confidence pills

HMRC MTD ITSA, sandbox-proven

Built end-to-end against HMRC’s five MTD ITSA APIs and validated 16/16 in their sandbox — quarterly updates, BSAS, individual calculations, final declaration. Every invoice becomes a digital record from the moment it’s saved. Ready for the 7 August 2026 first quarterly deadline.

Quarterly logging · 5 APIs · Aug 2026 ready

CIS subcontractor module

Every invoice splits labour and materials so the contractor can’t accidentally deduct CIS on the whole lot. Per-client Gross Payment Status verification, 20% / 30% rate handling, year-end reclaim total kept running so Self Assessment is a one-line figure — not a shoebox of Payment and Deduction Statements.

Labour/materials split · GPS verification · PDS export

Gas Safe compliance wizard

Four-step landlord CP12 / Domestic Gas Safety Record wizard with full system-level installation checks (tightness test, ECV, pipework, meter), per-appliance combustion analysis, dual digital signature capture, and 30/7-day renewal reminders. HSE-defensible audit trail on every cert.

CP12 · Digital signatures · Renewal reminders

All four systems included in the £15/month flat rate. No add-ons, no per-cert charges, no per-API usage fees.

Vix Hawley, founder of Honest Invoices

Who’s behind this

Founder

I’m Vix — software engineer, UK-based. I built Honest Invoices for the small businesses, grass-rooots companies and sole traders.

Read the full story

Operational reality, not feature wars

Built for the van, not for the desk.

Comparing us to Xero or QuickBooks on accounting features misses the point. Here’s how the two compare on the bit that actually matters — whether you’ll open the app at all.

Xero / QuickBooks
Honest Invoices
When do you use it?
Evenings and weekends at a computer, after the day’s work
30 seconds in the van — while the job is still fresh
Typing on a dirty screen
Required — 12+ form fields per job
Zero. Just talk like a human
UK trade compliance
Generic accounting, no trade-specific modules
CIS labour splits, Gas Safe certs, and MTD tracking built in
Pricing stability
£19–£35+/mo, rises every year
Price-locked for life at £15/mo

MTD ITSA

The first quarterly deadline is closing in.

Next quarterly deadlineloading…

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is live now for self-employment income over £50k. Cohorts follow: £30k+ from April 2027, £20k+ from April 2028.

Start building digital records today — the foundation HMRC requires is the one Honest Invoices builds for you automatically.

What MTD means for me

Pricing

Simple, fair pricing.

No hidden fees. No per-invoice charges. Just one simple price.

Professional Plan

£15/month

or £150/year (save £30)

Unlimited invoices
Unlimited customers
Voice & text input
Time & materials tracking
Digital records for MTD
Email invoices to customers
Payment tracking & reminders
Priority support
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14 days free · no card required · cancel anytime

What you can do on day one

  • Record your first invoice in 30 seconds
  • Email it directly to the customer from the app
  • See it stored as a digital record, MTD-ready

Within a week

  • 5–10 invoices logged, dated, MTD-aligned
  • Hours tracked on every job
  • Customer details saved — no more re-typing addresses

FAQ

Common questions.

Do I need to download an app?

No. Honest Invoices is a Progressive Web App — it works in any modern browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) on phone, tablet, or laptop. Add it to your phone’s home screen for one-tap access.

What about VAT?

If you’re VAT-registered, set your VAT number in Settings once and every invoice shows the correct VAT calculation. If you’re below the £90k threshold, VAT lines just don’t appear.

Can I use my own branding?

Yes. Upload your logo and add your business details — every invoice gets your branding automatically.

Is my data secure?

All data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256). Database access is gated by Row Level Security, so even at the database layer you can only see your own data. UK GDPR compliant; servers in the EU.

What if I’m not tech-savvy?

That’s exactly why we built this. If you can leave a voicemail or send a text, you can use Honest Invoices. No learning curve.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes — one click from Settings. No contract, no exit fee. You keep access until the end of the period you’ve paid for, and you can export your data any time.

Will you put the price up?

No. £15/month is locked for as long as you subscribe. Big SaaS companies raise prices yearly — we don’t. You signed up at £15, you stay at £15.

Who actually built this?

One developer: Vix Hawley, UK-based. Email goes directly to me.

Coming next · Separate waitlist

Your expenses,
already done.

Receipt Vault is a future companion product— not part of your Honest Invoices subscription. Connect your business bank account once, every expense auto-imported, AI-categorised against HMRC codes, and ready for your quarterly MTD submission.

  • Bank feed auto-capture
  • GPS mileage logged automatically
  • MTD-ready quarterly submissions
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This week

£342.00

12 transactions · 2 need review

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Materials · Auto-categorised

Approved

847 miles logged

£381 claimable · GPS auto-tracked

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