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PUT CHARITY WORK FIRST WITH SAGE ACCOUNTING

Sage accounting software for charities and non-profits

Sage Accounting software for charities and small non-profits gives you a single place to view finances, from incoming donations to outgoing payments. Get 50% off your subscription today.

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Get a complete view of your accounting

With accounting software designed for trusts, charities and non-profits, it's easy to keep on top of your finances.

  • View weekly and monthly budgeting, donations in, quarterly summaries and end-of-year accounts with ease
  • Manage your finances from a single place with Sage Accounting for trusts, charities and non-profits
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Save hours of admin time

Every minute you spend doing your finances, you’re away from the charity work that really matters.

  • Reconcile transactions and donations automatically
  • Collaborate with board members in real-time
  • Automate admin tasks with ease
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50% off for registered charities, trusts and non-profits

If you’re a registered non-profit charity, trust or society you can save up to 50% through Sage Foundation. Eligible non-profits can benefit from discounted Sage Business Cloud subscriptions to save time, reduce costs, eliminate errors, and achieve compliance.

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Charity accounting software FAQs

Sage Accounting for charities helps you manage all of your finances quickly and easily from a single place. Our non-profit customers use Sage Accounting to:

  • Make sense of financial grants, donations and overheads with dedicated labelling
  • Easily accept payments and donations from anywhere
  • Pay employees quickly and accurately
  • Get a complete view of your cashflow to review income and outgoings
  • Manage donations and cheques, collaborate instantly with board members and cut your admin time
  • Work from home, at events or on the go with our intuitive mobile app

If you're collecting for your charity, there are two ways to record cash donations inside of Sage Accounting. Either use the mobile app or log in online. Through our cloud accounting software for non-profits, you can add cash lodgements to the relevant account.

Sage Accounting for non-profits is easy to set up and get started. Your accountant can help you import a chart of accounts and reconcile your books.

There are plenty of ways you can save time with Sage Accounting. Here are some examples:

Automate manual tasks

  • By automating tasks, you can cut down the amount of time you spend on manual data entry to save money and focus on the areas of the business that need the most attention.
  • Set up recurring invoices to avoid starting from scratch each time
  • Add invoices in bulk to save time
  • Get Google Drive integration to get automatic copies of invoices and quotes online
  • Connect your bank and let transactions flow into Sage Accounting for easy reconciliation
  • Make sure that you’ve always got the right amount of stock – quickly view your inventory and create reorder levels and quantities
  • Get inventory reports to see stock information in seconds

AutoEntry

Spend less time on admin and more time on your non-profit work with a paperless way to manage receipts. Simply snap, scan or email a photo of your receipts, bank transactions, invoices or other documents for your Sage accounts using AutoEntry. Then categorise, publish and share them with your accountant through Sage Accounting. AutoEntry captures tax summaries and full line item details including description, quantity and unit price, so it’s an easy way to log the information you need, when you need it.

Other ways to save time:

  • Use dashboards to instantly view your financial data
  • Use real-time data to collaborate faster with accountants or bookkeepers
  • Create and send invoices, easily follow up with clients on outstanding invoices and track the health of your business in real time from anywhere with the cellphone app
  • See a live running total of your tax liabilities, plan ahead and submit to SARS
  • View cash flow forecasts in real-time to make faster business decisions

See what our non-profit customers have to say

“End-of-year accounts used to take weeks to prepare, now with Sage it's a breeze and mostly done as we go along throughout the year. We couldn't be without Sage Accounting!”

Jackie Holland
Charity Manager, Grapevine Essex

“The standout feature that has really helped me is the bank account connection.”

Philip Lay
Treasurer, Aboyne & District Men's Shed

“We can now provide invoices to our customers quickly and, if required, reprint them easily and send statements.”

David Smith
Treasurer, Lancaster Men's Hub

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