Invoice app for builders in Manchester
Stage invoices, variations, CIS deductions — multi-month projects tracked through a single WhatsApp thread.
£29.99/mo · 7 days free · no card needed
Start Free on WhatsAppA real Manchester builder’s voice note:
"Mrs Ashworth, Didsbury Manchester, kitchen extension stage two, fourteen thousand, variation for the skylight two-fifty."
What builders in Manchester actually have to log on a job
- CIS deductions — Subby gross/net flagged automatically on every invoice; monthly CIS300 export ready for your accountant.
- Stage payments & retentions — Valuation 1, 2, 3… each as its own invoice; final 5% retention auto-scheduled.
- Building Control sign-off — BC reference and inspector name attach to the invoice as a note.
- Materials vs labour split — VAT-correct lines so the client can claim back where eligible.
- Variations & day-works — Voice-note a variation, Holdfort drops it as a separate dated line so you don’t lose it at final account.
What builders in Manchester actually deal with
United Utilities across the whole of Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone — plans paused since 2022 but councils are preparing a replacement scheme. Keep receipts for any Ultra Low Emission van upgrades; they’re capital allowance-eligible.
Ten boroughs (Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Wigan). Building Control for most residential jobs is split between council services and approved inspectors.
Heavy mix of Victorian two-up-two-downs, interwar semis, post-war council housing, and new-build apartment blocks especially around the city centre. Back-to-back terraces still need careful bracing on loft conversions.
Serving Didsbury, Chorlton, Sale, Altrincham, Withington and the rest of Greater Manchester. Manchester’s rapid apartment boom means lots of concierge-access jobs where you need a sign-in, a lift booking, and often a COSHH briefing before you can even touch a sink.
Greater Manchester sits around £50–£85 for a plumber callout, cheaper than London but increasingly comparable in city-centre postcodes. Holdfort doesn’t set your prices — your rates are yours — but it stops you from losing track of what’s owed, what’s paid, and what’s been expensed along the way. All through WhatsApp. No app to install, no portal to log into.
Questions from Manchester builders
Yes. Mark a payee as a CIS sub-contractor once and every invoice splits gross/net, deduction rate and verification number — all exportable to CIS300 at year-end.
Yes — voice-note "valuation 2 of 4, plus retention 5%" and Holdfort produces both as linked invoices on a single project so the running total stays accurate.
Yes — it’s UK-wide. Whether you’re invoicing a job in Manchester City Centre, a Salford Quays apartment, or a Stockport semi, the process is identical.
Log it as a voice-note line: "plus one hour sign-in and lift booking" and it goes on the invoice as a separate line. Your customer sees why the total’s higher than a like-for-like house call.
Landlords love fast PDFs for end-of-tenancy fixes. Voice-note a two-line fix-and-forward invoice from the van, send to the letting agent before you’ve left the driveway. Paid within days, not weeks.
Yes — quarterly-ready breakdowns and sole-trader categories. Required for self-employed earners over the MTD threshold from April 2026. See the MTD guide.
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