Shared cash book for small business

A shared book of the day’s takings, expenses and profit.

Daybook is where a small business writes down what came through the register today, what went out, and what is left over at the end of the month. Several people keep one book between them: whoever closes the till files the closing, and whoever answers for the money reads the month. It runs in a browser and installs on a phone.

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Built for the counter, not the back office

Three screens that matter most — filing the day, reading the month, and seeing every day in between.

File a closing in under a minute

Cash and card, per shift or for the whole day. Everyone with access sees it on their own phone as soon as you save.

The month’s profit on one page

Register takings, purchases, expenses and net profit — every line from something a person typed, nothing estimated.

Every day at a glance

A calendar or table of the period, any single day opened in full, and CSV export when your accountant asks.

How it works

  1. Create an organisation and invite the people behind the counter.
  2. File register closings each day — cash, card, drawer count if you take one.
  3. Record expenses, withdrawals and obligations in the places meant for each.
  4. Read the Summary at month end — profit chain, cash forecast, twelve-month trend.

How the profit is worked out

Every line comes from something a person typed. Nothing is estimated, and nothing arrives from anywhere else.

Register takings
Cash and card, per shift
Claims collected
Net of deductions — only if you bill a third party
Purchases from suppliers
Gross profit
Operating expenses
Rent, wages, power, card terminal commission
Net profit

What is in it

Twelve screens. Claims and obligations can be switched off if they do not apply to you.

Day

File a register closing: cash and card, for a shift or for the whole day, with the drawer count if you take one.

Timeline

Every day of a period as a calendar or a table, and any single day opened in full.

Charts

Takings, expenses, withdrawals, obligations and claims drawn over a period you choose.

Expenses

Standing and one-off costs, under categories you name yourself.

Withdrawals

What the owners took out. Kept apart from expenses on purpose — see below.

Obligations

Cheques and supplier invoices, each with the month it falls due and whether it is paid.

Claims

Money billed to a third party and collected later, net of deductions. Off unless you turn it on.

Summary

The month’s profit chain on one page, with a cash forecast to month end.

Activity

Who recorded what, appearing on everyone’s device as it happens.

Members

The people in the organisation, their roles and their permission boxes.

Import

Paste from a notes app or upload a file; everything is shown for checking before it is saved.

Settings

Banks and their card commission, shifts, expense categories, currency, language, backups.

Who sees what

Four roles to start from, then a permission box per person for anything that does not fit. The rules are written into the database, so a screen someone may not open is refused rather than merely hidden.

Owner

All ledgers, settings and members — plus deleting the organisation and changing owners.

Admin

All ledgers, settings and members. Cannot delete the organisation or change owners.

Cashier

Files today’s register and sees today. No history, no months, no profit, no expenses.

Viewer

Sees everything, changes nothing. For the accountant.

What it is not

Daybook is not accounting software. It does not do double-entry, it does not produce statutory accounts, and it files nothing with anyone on your behalf.

It is not connected to a bank, a card terminal, a tax authority or an accounting package, and it is not a till or a point of sale. It does not ring up a sale; it records what the till said at the end of the shift.

It is the book you would otherwise keep in a notebook or a spreadsheet, kept in one place, where the right people can see it and nobody else can.

Start with today’s register

Free to use. No bank connection, no accounting package required.

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About

What it is and how it treats money

How to use

How to use it, from the first day