Bookkeeping Basics for Small Businesses

Keep accurate, HMRC-ready records for your business: learn double-entry bookkeeping, invoices, bank reconciliation and VAT basics, step by step.

Who it’s for

Sole traders, new business owners, admin staff and career-changers who want to keep their own books or start a career in bookkeeping.

What you’ll be able to do

• Explain your legal record-keeping duties to HMRC and Companies House
• Use key terms: assets, liabilities, income, expenses and equity
• Record transactions using double-entry bookkeeping
• Handle sales and purchase invoices, receipts and petty cash
• Reconcile the bank account step by step
• Understand VAT registration, rates and returns
• Run a simple monthly bookkeeping routine and trial balance

What’s included

• 7 in-depth modules, each with a structured lesson
• 7 module quizzes to check your understanding
• Worked examples and a practical exercise in every module
• About 30 hours of study, at your own pace
• Lifetime access, on any device
• Certificate of completion

How you study

Each module combines a structured lesson with a worked example, a practical exercise and key takeaways, followed by a short quiz. You need 70% to pass each quiz and can retake it as often as you like. Complete every module to finish the course.