Starting as a freelance book keeper

dlynagh1 · June 2018

Hi everyone!

I recently gained my 'associated book keeping membership', and I am looking for advice on starting up as a freelance book keeper.

I've been a bookkeeper for a firm for about 5 years now, and I only work Monday - Thursday, so was thinking of starting of doing freelance work on Fridays & Saturdays.

Can anybody give me some advice on the best way to get started.

- How do you find your clients?
- Average rate you charge?
- What services should I offer, e.g. what should I say I can do for them?
- Best softwares to use?

All advice will be most appreciated

TreadStone · June 2018

dlynagh1 said:

How do you find your clients?

Spread the word with family/friends and social media, flyers, network groups

dlynagh1 said:

- Average rate you charge?

Will depend on your ability/experience and location. Anywhere between £15-£30hr is not unusual.

dlynagh1 said:

- What services should I offer, e.g. what should I say I can do for them?

Only you know what you can offer. Would it just be bookkeeping or can you process payroll too, for example ?

dlynagh1 said:

- Best softwares to use?

Each client may be different but you'll want to go with a cloud based software. No single product is best. You may want to trial Xero, Quickbooks Online, Capium, Sage Business Cloud, Freeagent, Kashflow are the most well known

Good luck.

dlynagh1 · June 2018

Thanks @TreadStone !

I use sage 50 accounts in the role im in now, and i also run sage 50 payroll. But not sure how expensive it would be for me to buy sage payroll for my own practice. Will have a look at a few options!

TreadStone · June 2018

Well if you're familiar with Sage 50 you may want to look at the Business Cloud (formerly Sage One) as it's the logical choice.

It also has a migration tool from Sage 50.

Starting as a freelance book keeper

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