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Penni Books

Simple bookkeeping

Snap a receipt, import your bank statement, and always know exactly where you stand on VAT and deductions. Built for freelancers and self-employed across Europe.

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Penni Books
Scan Receipt
Expenses (7)
Subscriptions (2)
Invoices
Overview
Export
Total Expenses
£2,840
2026 · YTD
Deductible
£2,210
79% of expenses
Input VAT
£485
Due for VAT return
2026-01-15 Adobe Systems ↻ SUB
Creative Cloud – monthly
Software £49
2026-02-14 BT Business
Phone & broadband
Phone £42
2026-03-05 LinkedIn Learning
Course: Pricing for creatives
Education £149

Trusted by freelancers, designers, consultants & makers across Europe

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Penni Books handles the boring parts of running a business — so you can focus on the work you actually love.

📸

Receipt Scanner

Snap a photo or upload a PDF. Penni extracts the date, vendor, amount and VAT automatically — no manual entry required.

🔄

Subscription Tracker

Penni automatically spots recurring charges — Adobe, Slack, Spotify, Microsoft and 80+ others — and shows you your real monthly and annual burn.

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Bank CSV Import

Drop in your bank statement. Penni maps the columns, detects the bank format and auto-categorises every transaction.

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VAT & Tax Reporting

Outgoing minus incoming VAT is always visible. Quarterly breakdowns tell you exactly what you owe before the deadline hits.

🧾

Invoice Creator

Create and send professional invoices in seconds. Track status from draft to paid and feed directly into your VAT calculation.

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One-click Export

Export a clean .xlsx or PDF for your accountant with a single click. Everything formatted, categorised and ready to hand over.

Know exactly what your subscriptions cost you.

Most businesses bleed money on forgotten SaaS tools. Penni Books scans every transaction and surfaces every recurring charge — automatically grouped, estimated monthly, and shown as an annual figure that tends to surprise people.

  • Detects 80+ known subscription vendors
  • Handles monthly, quarterly & annual billing cycles
  • ABO badge appears inline in your expense list
  • No setup — works on existing data instantly
Abonnementer (4)
Adobe Systems
Software & Subscriptions
£49/mo
BT Business
Phone & Broadband
£42/mo
Notion
Software & Subscriptions
£7.99/mo
GitHub
Software & Subscriptions
£7.99/mo
Monthly total £108/mo
Estimated annual cost £1,295/yr

Up and running in minutes.

1

Scan or import

Photograph receipts directly or drop a bank CSV export from your bank. Penni does the rest.

2

Review & approve

Penni auto-fills vendor, amount, VAT, and category. Review and confirm in seconds.

3

Watch the dashboard

Expenses, deductions, VAT position and subscriptions update live as you add data.

4

Export for your accountant

One click to a formatted .xlsx or PDF — your accountant will love you for it.

What our users say

★★★★★

"The subscription tracker alone is worth it. I didn't realise I was paying for six tools I'd forgotten about — Penni found them all in my bank import."

MH
Mads H.
Freelance developer, Copenhagen
★★★★★

"I used to dread the quarterly VAT filing. Now I open Penni, check the moms overview, and it's done. Literally five minutes."

SL
Sara L.
Graphic designer, Aarhus
★★★★★

"Finally a bookkeeping tool that doesn't feel like it was made by accountants for accountants. Clean, fast, and actually pleasant to use."

TN
Thomas N.
Consultant, Berlin

Simple, honest pricing.

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Free
0/mo
To get started
  • Up to 30 entries/mo
  • Receipt scanner
  • Bank CSV import
  • VAT overview
  • Subscription tracker
  • Invoice module
  • PDF & Excel export
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Team
£25/mo
For small teams & agencies
  • Everything in Pro
  • Up to 5 users
  • Accountant access
  • Priority support
  • Multi-valuta
  • Custom categories
  • API access (beta)
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