books by nine

tomorrow’s work, tonight.

books by nine is an outsourced bookkeeping service for UK accountancy practices. Hand your clients’ bookkeeping over in the evening and it comes back coded, reconciled and ready before nine the next morning.

start a conversationpractice bundles from £399 a month
launching soonCurrently studying for professional bookkeeping qualifications. Founding practices get first access at launch.

how it works

1

hand it over tonight

Your clients' documents arrive the way they already do: Dext, Hubdoc, or a shared inbox. Nothing about your clients' routine changes.

2

coded your way

Every line is coded to your chart of accounts, following your practice's own precedents rather than a generic rulebook. Anything genuinely ambiguous is flagged as one clear question, not ten.

3

ready by nine

By the next morning the books are current: transactions coded, bank reconciled, exceptions listed. Your team starts the day reviewing, not typing.

what we take off your desk

ongoing bookkeeping

Day-to-day transaction coding, bills and receipts processed, bank reconciliation kept current. The recurring work that eats your practice's week, handled overnight.

Xero setup & migration

New clients set up on Xero properly from day one, or moved over from spreadsheets and other software. Chart of accounts, opening balances, bank feeds, the lot.

pricing

one monthly bundle for your practice.

starter

£399

per month · up to 5 clients

  • Daily coding and bank reconciliation
  • Documents processed from Dext, Hubdoc or a shared inbox
  • Exceptions raised as clear, batched questions

practice

£999

per month · up to 15 clients

  • Everything in starter, across your whole portfolio
  • Your coding precedents learned and reused
  • Priority turnaround, ready by nine every working day

scale

let’s talk

15+ clients, priced on volume

  • A bundle shaped around your client list
  • Onboarding plan for moving ledgers over in stages
  • Xero setup & migration folded in where needed

Fair use of roughly 150 transactions per client per month. An unusually busy ledger is simply agreed up front rather than surprising anyone. Fixed monthly price, no tie-in, cancel monthly.

who’s behind it

books by nine is run by Alex Greig, a UK business owner who has kept his own companies’ books for years and is currently studying for his professional bookkeeping qualifications ahead of launch. Your practice signs off; we do the legwork.

start a conversation

tell us about your practice.

A short note is plenty: how many clients, what software, and what the bookkeeping load looks like today. You’ll hear back within one working day.