FreeAgent
Cloud accounting software for UK freelancers, landlords and small businesses, with HMRC-recognised tax filing.
Edition 2026
The best accounting software for small companies
The test of accounting software is not the first month. It is the moment you change accountant, change country, or need three years of ledgers in a format somebody else can read.
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What we look at
- Your accountant can work in it without a licence you pay for
- Full ledger export in a standard format, not a proprietary backup
- Bank feeds that reconcile rather than merely import
- Handles more than one currency and one tax regime
- Audit trail that shows who changed what, and when
Helps if you have it: A ledger export opened in another package, and the documented audit-trail behaviour.
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