Gbooks
by Gbooks
What Gbooks is
Gbooks is a web-based tax and accounts compliance system for accountants and accountancy firms. It combines tax returns, accounts production, client bookkeeping, filing connections, and practice administration. Personal tax supports SA100 returns, online HMRC filing, amended returns, and supplementary pages, except for MPs. Partnership tax handles SA800 returns and can transfer partnership details into partners’ personal returns. Accounts production covers sole traders, partnerships, and companies, including iXBRL company accounts for electronic Companies House submission. Practice Manager includes time recording, invoicing, incoming-payment tracking, debtor analysis, workflow tasks, and contact and CPD logs. Clienthub lets clients issue invoices, record expenses, view tax documents, and prepare VAT returns for direct HMRC filing. Gbooks describes data exchange with HMRC and Companies House, including incorporation and company-secretarial filings. Sensitive data is encrypted with a key unique to each practice, connections are locked, and backups are made daily to a second secure data centre. It runs on the web and offers a 30-day trial with a £1 payment inclusive of VAT.
Who it suits
Gbooks suits accountants and accountancy firms managing tax compliance, accounts, client bookkeeping, and practice workflows. It also suits firms needing HMRC and Companies House filing connections.
What it does well
- Handles SA100 and SA800 tax returns
- Produces iXBRL company accounts
- Clienthub supports invoices and VAT returns
- Includes practice workflow and debtor tools
- Daily backups to a second secure data centre
What to know first
- No free plan
- Licenses allow one user
- Additional users cost 20% each
- Some tools require Practice Plus
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Plus — Unlimited Tax, Accounts and VAT Returns | Annual license; VAT excluded · Unlimited tax, accounts and VAT returns · One user | £1,095 a year |
| Partnership tax — 10 Tax Returns | Annual license; VAT excluded · 10 tax returns · One user | £125 a year |
| Personal tax — 25 Tax Returns | Annual license; VAT excluded · 25 tax returns · One user | £125 a year |
| Single company license — 1 Year Accounts & CT600 | Annual license; VAT excluded · One company · One user | £180 a year |
| Partnership tax — Unlimited | Annual license; VAT excluded · Unlimited tax returns · One user | £195 a year |
| Personal tax — 50 Tax Returns | Annual license; VAT excluded · 50 tax returns · One user | £225 a year |
| Practice Plus — 25 Tax Returns, Accounts or VAT Returns | Annual license; VAT excluded · 25 returns, accounts or VAT returns · One user | £240 a year |
| Personal tax — Unlimited | Annual license; VAT excluded · Unlimited tax returns · One user | £275 a year |
The first 8 of 10 plans, as gbooks.co.uk lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
Gbooks brings tax, accounts production, client bookkeeping, and practice management into one web service for accountancy firms. Its plans are paid annually, starting at £125 per year excluding VAT, with a 30-day trial available.
Facts from Gbooks's own pages
- Accounts production
- Accounts production creates accounts for sole traders, partnerships and companies, including iXBRL company accounts that can be submitted electronically to Companies House. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Client bookkeeping
- Clienthub lets clients issue invoices, record expenses, view tax documents and create VAT returns that can be filed directly to HMRC. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2008 · gbooks.co.uk, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- No · gbooks.co.uk, 22 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom · gbooks.co.uk, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations and filing
- The product pages describe direct filing and data exchange with HMRC and Companies House, including company incorporation and company secretarial filings. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- Gbooks says it was created to help accountancy firms manage compliance work and their practices. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- web_only · gbooks.co.uk, 22 Sept 2026
- Notable limits
- Pricing states that licenses allow one user and additional licenses cost 20% per additional user; Company Secretarial and Practice Manager require Practice Plus accounts. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Partnership tax
- Partnership tax supports SA800 returns and can transfer relevant partnership data into partners’ personal tax returns. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Practice management
- Practice Manager includes time recording, invoicing, incoming payment tracking, debtor analysis, workflow tasks and contact and CPD logs. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- Gbooks is an online tax and accounts compliance system with practice management tools designed for accountants and accountancy firms. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Gbooks says sensitive data is encrypted with a key unique to each accountancy practice, connections to its central server are locked, and data is backed up daily to a second secure data centre. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Self-employment support
- Yes · gbooks.co.uk, 22 Sept 2026
- State filing
- none · gbooks.co.uk, 22 Sept 2026
- Support
- The trial terms state that standard customer support is included during normal UK business hours, 9am to 5pm on business days. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Tax returns
- Personal tax supports SA100 returns, online filing to HMRC, amended returns and supplementary pages, except MPs. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The homepage offers a 30-day no-obligation trial; the trial terms specify a £1 payment inclusive of VAT. · gbooks.co.uk, 12 Oct 2026
Where Gbooks stands on Freedom251
- Tax Software#114 of 149
- Personal Tax Software#110 of 123