Purpose-built, easy to use, compliant accounting for town and parish councils
– Includes Making Tax Digital VAT integration at no extra cost
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See how Francesca uses Scribe to save 8+ hours/month and accounting headaches & impresses councillors with pro reports – View Case Study >>
“The Internal Auditor will love you, your Councillors will love you, the VAT man will have no issues, you’ll be able to sleep at night!”
…I love the way that every month I just click a couple of buttons that produce a complete report that I can give to the Councillors along with a lovely tidy Bank Reconciliation”
Francesca Pridding – Town Clerk, Tywyn Town Council |Read Francesca’s full case study here
Built For Councils, Not Businesses
Most accounts software is designed for businesses with Profit and Loss accounts. This means there are complicated ledgers that are unnecessary for councils, and you can't produce the reports you need to meet your statutory obligations.
Many councils find using these packages difficult, so stick to Excel spreadsheets, but this has no audit trail and requires time to be spent on producing manual reports.
Scribe Accounts is a budget-led accounts package, purpose built for Town and Parish councils, designed to make it easy to produce compliant council accounts.
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- Purpose built for Town and Parish Councils
- Automatic creation of required reports
- Fully compliant with regulatory requirements
Works on any device
Scribe's new web version is available for the 2019 financial year - allowing you to access Scribe through the web on your Mac, PC, smart-phone or tablet.
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Easy Data Entry, Reconciliation & Reporting
Scribe is a full receipts and payments accounts system which includes an option to convert at year end to income and expenditure accounts with a balance sheet.
Adding your payments and receipts into Scribe is simple, and quick. All the data you add is immediately available for bank reconciliation and reporting.
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We'll make sure you are fully trained!
Easy to Use
Because Scribe is built purely for councils, there are no complicated unnecessary features to navigate.
UK Support Team
We provide tutorials, webinars and access to our Support Team by phone and email, so you'll never be on your own!
Fully Compliant
Using Scribe will ensure your accounts process is fully compliant, without the headache of producing last minute manual reports.
“Scribe is so user friendly, it guides you through everything and has the ability to produce every report you would need as a Town Clerk. I no longer use any external resources to produce end of year accounts, Scribe does everything for you and populates the Annual Return. The Support staff at Scribe are really helpful and have helped me resolve any queries.”
Sue Piergianni, Clerk – Whittlesey Town Council
Introducing Scribe
Would you like to see how Scribe works? This two-minute video highlights the benefits of Scribe
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Features Perfect For Town and Parish Clerks
Scribe makes your daily accounting easier, and your monthly and annual reporting effortless.
Budget Profiling
Produce a budget profile, and then report on your actual year to date spending verses your initial estimates. View where you are underspending and overspending against your budget.
Detailed Bank Reconciliation
Ensure that the reality of your bank account matches your accounting records, by using our bank reconciliation functionality to ensure all transactions are accounted for.
Audit Trail
Sometimes with multiple users adding accounting records, it's necessary to understand how and why changes were made. The journal audit trail ensures you can always review any changes made to your accounts.
VAT Returns
Scribe can help you with all of your VAT reporting requirements. You are able to pull up a summary of your input and output VAT at any time, and can also generate the VAT Form 100 and Form 126.
Reporting to Council
No extra work is required to produce reports for your councillors. By using Scribe for your daily accounts, your monthly council reports are automatically generated at the touch of a button.
Year End Statements
Producing your Year End Statement will never be easier. All of the work has already been done for you, with just a few clicks your report will be generated.
Making Tax Digital
Scribe is recognised by HMRC as ready for the Making-Tax-Digital (MTD) changes in FY 2019. Scribe allows you to submit your VAT returns directly to HMRC.
Web Scribe - Available For 2019
Scribe's new web version is available for the 2019 financial year - allowing you to access Scribe through the web on your Mac, PC, smart-phone or tablet.
Professional Services
Our Professional Services Team can perform accounts work on your behalf, from helping with reconciliation to data entry.
Simple Pricing, Based on Council Size
Our pricing is based upon your council's income, making Scribe affordable even for the smallest of councils.
“For somebody without a finance background it is a godsend. It is logical and easy to use.”
Liz Shayler, Clerk – Banwell Parish Council
* Reduced pricing now available for Councils with income under £10,000!
Councils with income up to £25K
From £257Yearly
- Unlimited Usage of Scribe Accounts
- Over 30 Council specific reports
- Full Training & On-boarding
- Phone & Email Support
Meet The Scribe Support Team
Jane Dafforn
Customer Support
Hannah Driver
Support Accountant
Jade Hodds
Account Executive
Scribe Accounts is trusted by hundreds of councils and is recognised by HMRC as supporting Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT
