For UK roofers
Built for roofers. Compliant invoices in 30 seconds.
Voice-to-invoice for UK sole-trader roofers. Speak the job from the van — re-roofs, gutter clears, slate replacements, chimney repairs — and Honest Invoices builds the invoice, splits CIS labour and materials, and keeps your records in MTD-ready shape.
What you say
“Slate replacement at 12 Beech Close — two slipped slates on the south side, half an hour on the roof, ten minutes on the chimney pointing. Two slates and a bit of lead flashing. Eighty quid all-in.”
What Honest Invoices does in 30 seconds
- · Extracts time, materials and costs from the words you used
- · Builds a compliant UK invoice with sequential numbering, VAT (if registered), and your payment terms
- · Stores the digital record for MTD ITSA quarterly submission
- · Emails the PDF to your client when you tap send
£15/month, locked · 14-day free trial · no card required
The reality
The pain you actually have.
Generic accounting software is built for accountants. This is built for a roofer who finishes a job at 5pm covered in dust and just wants to get paid.
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Roofing jobs are weather-dependent and short — you don't want to be sitting in a café typing up Tuesday's slate swap on Friday. By then you're on a different roof.
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Insurance jobs need a proper invoice with materials itemised. Most roofers hand-write a quote on the back of a job ticket — and lose the £180 of lead flashing they spent.
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MTD ITSA starts at £50k from April 2026, then drops to £30k in 2027 and £20k in 2028 — most full-time roofers are in scope within two years.
What it does
Three things. Built for trades.
No bloat, no “multi-entity reporting”.
Voice-to-invoice that speaks roofing
Describe a re-roof, a chimney repoint, a gutter clear, a slipped slate, in the words you actually use. The AI extracts the time, the materials, the customer name, and builds a UK-compliant invoice with sequential numbering, your business details, and your payment terms.
Talk into your phone from the van before you drive off. Done.
CIS labour-and-materials split, automatic
When you’re sub-contracting on commercial roofs under CIS, every invoice needs labour and materials shown separately — otherwise the main contractor deducts CIS on the whole lot, including the £800 you spent at SIG Roofing.
Honest Invoices splits labour and materials on every line, calculates your CIS deduction at 20% or 30%, and keeps a running total of deductions across the tax year so your year-end reclaim is a one-line figure, not a shoebox of statements.
MTD-ready records, built end-to-end against HMRC
Every invoice you record is a digital record in the format HMRC’s MTD ITSA APIs want. Quarterly updates, BSAS, and the final declaration are all built and tested 16/16 in HMRC’s sandbox — they go live to users the moment our production credentials come through.
The first quarterly deadline is 7 August 2026. If you earned over £50k last tax year, you’re in scope now — starting digital records today is the prep work that matters.
From the founder
Built end-to-end against HMRC’s APIs.
Honest Invoices is built and run by Vix Hawley. The MTD ITSA integration was built by hand — OAuth, fraud-prevention headers, the full Self-Employment Business and BSAS APIs. It took months. The full HMRC sandbox journey passes 16 out of 16 steps with proof on file.
Most accounting platforms are built for accountants. This one is built for rooferswho don’t want to spend their evenings doing admin. £15/month. Locked. No price hikes, ever.
FAQ
FAQ for roofers.
Do you handle insurance / loss-adjuster invoices?
Yes. Every invoice itemises labour and materials with quantities, dates, and supplier names — exactly what loss adjusters ask for. You can add notes per line for the cause of damage if needed.
What about CIS on commercial roofing sub-work?
Every invoice tagged as CIS work splits labour and materials, calculates the 20% (or 30%) deduction at source, and contributes to a year-end running total. Your CIS reclaim figure is ready when you sit down to do your Self Assessment — no PDS hunt, no spreadsheet.
More on the underlying rules: CIS deductions explained and how to reclaim CIS as a sole trader.
I'm a sole-trader roofer earning £55k. Am I in scope for MTD ITSA?
Yes — from 6 April 2026. The first quarter ran from 6 April to 5 July 2026, with a submission deadline of 7 August 2026. You’ve got three more quarters to file through HMRC-approved software, plus an annual submission and a final declaration.
Honest Invoices keeps your records in the right shape today and will submit directly through HMRC’s APIs the moment our production credentials land. You have until 7 August.
Will my price go up in two years?
No. £15/month is the price the day you sign up, and the price you’ll be paying in three years. If we launch a higher tier in future, you stay on £15 — locked, in the terms, not just a promise.
Talk to a person
Not a chatbot.
If you’ve got a question about whether Honest Invoices fits your trade — call, text, or email. You’ll reach the founder, not a queue.
Ready to stop typing invoices?
14 days free. No card required. £15/month after that — locked, forever.