Free (or v. cheap!) accounts package needed for analysis

Savvy_Sue

I have (naturally) searched and skimmed the most recent requests for free accounts software, but I can't be sure they do what I want.

I've used QuickBooks at work, and I'm after a limited amount of the same functionality for a small club for which I'm treasurer.

What I want to be able to do is analyse both what I've spent money on, and what I've spent money for, which I think QB would call Accounts and Classes.

So, I bulk buy stamps in April, but I want to 'allocate' some of them to the Outing, and some to the Weekend, and some to the Christmas lunch.

Is there anything out there which will let me do this, quickly cheaply and easily?

TIA.

paddyrg

How about gnucash?

Savvy_Sue

Thanks! Just downloading it, will let you know how I get on ...

Savvy_Sue

I think I need to plug a screen into my netbook ... things are vanishing off the bottom of the screen!

paddyrg

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

I think I need to plug a screen into my netbook ... things are vanishing off the bottom of the screen!

Ahhh netbooks do have some limitations - like screen real estate!

Savvy_Sue

Good news is that DH says he's used GnuCash a bit, so I'm hoping he can give me a hand. I've put a few entries in and reconciled a bank statement, but haven't tried to 'categorise' the expenditure yet!

paddyrg

Brilliant - keep us informed of your journey, you'd be surprised how useful it can be to others

Neildigital

I have used Kashflow for the last 3 years, and find the online system great. But it does come with a £19 per month bill, but it does all my VAT, and purchases and sales.

nc35

Been using DIY Accounts for years.

Spreadsheet based and sooooo easy to use. Even produces your year end reports.

Gets a huge Thumbs up from me (btw no I don't work for them lol)

Savvy_Sue

Neildigital wrote: »

I have used Kashflow for the last 3 years, and find the online system great. But it does come with a £19 per month bill, but it does all my VAT, and purchases and sales.

I absolutely cannot justify paying anything for this: it's a small special interest group, and if there was nothing out there I'd carry on messing around with Excel! Especially as I don't need VAT, purchases or sales: it's membership income annually, plus various events which have money going in and out.

It's just that I'd like to know how much each 'event' cost including postage etc, but I also want to know what we've spent on postage over the year.

nc35 wrote: »

Been using DIY Accounts for years.

Spreadsheet based and sooooo easy to use. Even produces your year end reports.

Gets a huge Thumbs up from me (btw no I don't work for them lol)

Can you point me to a website for that one, in case I don't get on with Gnu?

nc35

http://www.diyaccounting.co.uk

Think it's run by Terry Cartwright. The support is excellent too.

If you are spreadsheet savvy think this is the way to go for sure. Even if you are not keen on spreadsheets it's a very very easy package for every event. The included manual is in simple English. Support is available on the forum or by email.