For charities in England and Wales
We don't want to overcharge charities. Every pound a charity spends on its software is a pound not spent on its cause, so a charity gets the whole of Stoneledger for £3 a month, or £36 a year - the same software a business pays £8 a month for.
30 days free, with no card. No VAT to add.
Everything in Stoneledger
Who it is for
The year-end accounts follow the rules for charities in England and Wales, which is why the plans are for charities there. A charity registered in Scotland or Northern Ireland: see the last question below.
How the charity price works
Give your charity's name, what kind of charity it is, and its registered charity number. Not on the register? Then its HMRC charities reference, and email us HMRC's recognition letter: both are needed. One or the other is needed to sign up as a charity. Your 30 days start as soon as you confirm your email.
We check your number on the Charity Commission's register, or your HMRC reference against HMRC's letter, and that the name is yours - usually within a working day. We email you either way.
At the charity price, monthly or for the year. Nothing is charged until you choose, and you can cancel at any time.
What it costs
Monthly
£3 a month
Stop whenever you like.
For the year
Yearly
£36 a year
One payment, and an email 30 days before it renews.
Everything in Stoneledger. 30 days free first, with no card, and nothing is charged when the trial ends. No VAT to add: Stoneledger is not registered for VAT.
Keeping your books in other software?
Stoneledger Accounts Filing turns a charity's trial balance from Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or a spreadsheet into its year-end accounts: a charitable company's under the Charities SORP, with its funds, the trustees' annual report, the examination or audit its income calls for, and the inline XBRL file for Companies House; a CIO's or an unincorporated charity's receipts and payments accounts or SORP accounts, ready to send with its annual return. Preparing and checking are free; the finished files are £50 once for each year.
See inside
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Questions
No. A charity gets everything Stoneledger does, the same as a business on the full price - the books, the funds, the year-end accounts, payroll and VAT.
The ones your charity's form and income call for. A charitable company prepares accruals accounts under the Charities SORP, with its unrestricted, restricted and endowment funds and the trustees' annual report. A CIO or an unincorporated charity prepares receipts and payments accounts while its income allows, or SORP accounts, with no company law in them. What each still needs before your trustees approve it is listed on screen.
No. The annual return is made on the Charity Commission's own online service. Stoneledger prepares the accounts and the trustees' annual report to send with it, and shows the day it is due.
Yes. Invite them with view-only access to see the books and every figure behind the accounts. Their report goes into the accounts exactly as they sign it - Stoneledger never writes it.
Yes, if HMRC recognises you as a charity for tax - many charities with an income under £5,000, and excepted charities such as many churches and Scout and Guide groups, are not on the register. You need both your HMRC charities reference, which you give when you sign up, and HMRC's recognition letter, which you email to us. A non-profit that is not a charity, such as a community interest company or a club, pays Stoneledger's standard price.
We email you to say why. Your free trial carries on as normal; after it, Stoneledger's standard price applies unless you send us updated details - a corrected number or reference from your plan page, and documents by email - and we will look again.
The charity plans are for charities in England and Wales for now, because the year-end accounts follow the rules there. If your charity is registered in Scotland or Northern Ireland, please get in touch at hello@stoneledgeruk.co.uk and tell us about your charity.
Stoneledger keeps your charity's books, its funds and its year-end accounts in one place, and shows where every number came from - at £3 a month or £36 a year for a registered charity.
