
About Crunch
Crunch is a groundbreaking online accountancy firm for freelancers, contractors and small businesses. By combining accredited, award-winning in-house accountants with real-time cloud software.
Pricing starting from:
£29,50/month
- Free Trial
- Free Version
- Subscription
Key benefits of Crunch
A complete small business accountancy service for a flat monthly fee!
Our cloud software will keep you as tax-efficient as possible, and our accredited team of experts will check and file all your company returns.
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Pricing starting from:
£29,50/month
- Free Trial
- Free Version
- Subscription
Features
Total features of Crunch: 47
- Account Reconciliation
- Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Activity Dashboard
- Automatic Backup
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Billing Portal
- Bookkeeping Services Integration
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Client Management
- Compliance Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Contingency Billing
- Customizable Invoices
- Deadline Management
- Expense Claims
- Expense Tracking
- File Management
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- General Ledger
- Hourly Billing
- Invoice History
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Online Invoicing
- Payroll Management
- Project Billing
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Real-time Updates
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Registration Management
- Reminders
- Returns Management
- Sales Reports
- Sales Tax Management
- Tax Calculation
- Tax Management
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Timeline Management
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Write a Review!- Industry: Professional Training & Coaching
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
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Been using Crunch now for 5 years. Has been a huge help in growing my company -...
Reviewed on 2015/09/12
I was an early adopter of the Crunch service because I bought into the idea of an online book...
I was an early adopter of the Crunch service because I bought into the idea of an online book keeping system backed up by accounting services. Crunch has delivered on all counts. Over five years we have grown our business nearly five-fold and Crunch has been a reliable partner throughout. Because they do so much more than the standard book keeping software systems (ie VAT returns, PAYE returns, audited annual accounts) it is hard to do a simple price comparison with book keeping software. In our calculations they have saved us money over the years and offer a low hassle factor (ie no missed VAT submissions or company house returns).
Things like having good looking invoices, user-friendly interfaces and people at the end of the phone for operational questions or accountancy issues is invaluable. It definitely helps with keeping tabs on monthly profitability and overdue invoices.
Yes, you need to be organised - and you need to enter the information. The best thing I ever did was make my assistant responsible for all aspects of book keeping. Now I can focus more on the business.
Overall, if you are looking for a professional accounting partner to help you grow your business I would recommend Crunch.
Pros
- Easy to learn and to use
- Combines accounting with book keeping
- Good for cash flow
- Responsive people
- Good alerts so accounting deadlines are met
Cons
- new developments are not always as quick to arrive as you would like
- financial reporting is OK, but not amazing - certainly good enough for a small business
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Excellent stuff
Reviewed on 2013/08/16
A few years back I quit my job at an agency and started freelancing. Work came in, everything was...
A few years back I quit my job at an agency and started freelancing. Work came in, everything was great. I debated setting up a company but it looked complicated - it was less about the invoicing and whatnot, more about the legalities. After about 6 months of doing it myself, I realised it just wasn't efficient and decided to do something about it. I had no idea what to look for, but after a suggestion from a friend I contacted Crunch.
As far as business goes, it's been one of the best decisions I've ever made. After going through all my options, they set up a company for me, set me up on their system and explained how everything works. There's certainly been a learning curve, but then I'd never run a business before - thankfully they've been wonderful with answers to questions (that looking back) seem borderline idiotic. Reading another review on here (that in fairness prompted me to write this one), I wasn't quite sure what the guy/girl was talking about - my experience with their (incredibly tolerant) account handlers and accountants has been nothing short of fantastic.
The system itself is great - I do a lot of web work and it's pretty much what I would have built if I'd been building it. Expenses, invoicing and the rest is really simple to do, and it's great to have and see all my numbers and 'company financial stuff' in one easy-to-digest dashboard. Paperwork (including all the HMRC real time PAYE stuff) is all done and taken care of automagically. Which is nice.
Frankly, I can't praise them enough. I was really worried about doing the whole 'proper company' thing, but it's not really something I think about anymore - it's just another tool that helps me get my job done, maximise my earnings and keep me legal. There are very few companies I'm happy to wax lyrical about, but Crunch is certainly one of those (just ask anyone I've blathered on to about starting up on their own!).
Pros
Super helpful, easy to use, love the system. Hassle free accounting - I feel like they actually 'get' me and understand what I'm doing.
Cons
None, really.
- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10
Going massively downhill
Reviewed on 2019/11/05
Trying to use them as accountants for my small limited company. Pretty tempted to swap to...
Trying to use them as accountants for my small limited company. Pretty tempted to swap to Quickbooks.
Pros
Bank reconciliation with certain banks is free and easy to use. Nice to know your tax exposure at any point.
Cons
They are dropping their iPhone app, which is pretty basic and could be so much better, but allows fast expense entry. No have top use their website, which isn't the best.
You no longer have a dedicated account manager, you have a pool of them, so you don't get continuity and there's always a different person responding to emails.
There seems to be a huge shortage of accountants, they take literally 1-2 weeks to reply to a basic email.
End of year accounts has a lead time of 8 weeks and you have to chase to actually achieve that (I understand that its fully automated, the accountant just needs to double check it, which is pretty basic, I have no idea why it takes so long in this day and age).
You ask a specific question and quite often get a generic response.
They do not offer any helpful tax advice or go out their way to help.
Expensive when compared to the competition.
- Industry: Music
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Saves us so much time and amazing staff
Reviewed on 2017/06/21
saving time and a better understanding of accounting for companies
saving time and a better understanding of accounting for companies
Pros
Where to start? I knew nothing about accounting so when we started I wanted an online company, Crunch basically do it all! Once you get round the software (it's not exactly simple but what accounting program can be??) it's very easy to use and the real time info is great. We use it for tax returns, PAYE and personal tax and it's an essential tool for us!
Cons
The reporting side can be better, you get great bar charts but only for the active tax year. I'd like to see more historical visual charts to help build up a better picture of the companies growth.
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Great service, really helpful team, good advice and essential for me when I was getting started
Reviewed on 2017/06/21
Pros
Excellent web interface makes it easy to access all of my accounting information in one go.
I love the fact that its online so that I can use any device to get to my accounts, and NO spreadsheets!!!
Cons
An iPhone/iPad app would be great for quick view information.
I would also love a more fully inclusive contract review service, the existing arrangement with 5 day lead time is often too long so I end up having to go elsewhere.
Sometimes I want a quick answer such as 'which category should I list this expense as?' - this would be nicely solved via an online chat function which would be really useful.
Finally, proper 2 factor authentication (Google authenticator) would be good too.
Crunch FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Crunch.Q. What type of pricing plans does Crunch offer?
Crunch offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: £29,50/month
- Pricing model: Free, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Umbrella for Contractors: from £19.50 per week Accounting for Limited Companies: from £69.50 +VAT per month Accounting for Sole Traders: from £29.50 +VAT per month We'll never charge your extra to speak to our accountants, and all your HMRC and Companies House filings are included in your subscription.
Q. What are the main features of Crunch?
We do not have any information about Crunch features
Q. Who are the typical users of Crunch?
Crunch has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200
Q. What languages does Crunch support?
Crunch supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Crunch support mobile devices?
Crunch supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Crunch integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations Crunch has
Q. What level of support does Crunch offer?
Crunch offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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