Run your trade business smarter.
A.X.E.L
keeps it organised
The all-in-one platform for tradesmen — manage leads, send quotes, invoice clients, track expenses, and run your entire operation from one dashboard. 14-day free trial.
One app. Jobs to tax.
FULL CONTROL.
Run Your Entire Operation.
Leads from calls, emails, your website — scattered everywhere. Jobs tracked on paper. Invoices sent late. Expenses forgotten at tax time.
A.X.E.L brings it all together. Track leads from first contact to completed job. Send quotes on site, convert to invoices in one tap. Log expenses, manage your team’s timesheets, and pull P&L reports that actually make sense. Built for tradesmen, by people who get it.
Every lead, every platform. One inbox.
Meta Lead Ads, Bark, Checkatrade, MyBuilder, Rated People, your website — leads from every source land in A.X.E.L automatically. Facebook and Instagram ads sync in real time. Trade platforms captured via email forwarding. Every lead gets parsed, categorised by source, and added to your pipeline instantly.
CIS returns filed from your phone.*
File your CIS300s yourself. No accountant middleman. 20%, 30%, gross — calculated automatically. Monthly returns generated, validated, submitted directly to HMRC.*
Self Assessment & VAT, sorted.*
Self Assessment filed annually or quarterly via MTD. VAT returns calculated from your invoices and submitted to HMRC in one click.* Standard, Flat Rate, and Cash Accounting schemes supported.
Your bank, connected.*
Open Banking pulls your transactions in automatically from your connected bank accounts via Open Banking — FCA-regulated and secure. Auto-categorise for tax. Review and reconcile. Manual data entry kept to a minimum.*
Quotes on site, invoices in a tap.
Create a quote standing in someone's kitchen. Convert to invoice when the job's done. Stripe payments built in. Get paid faster.
*HMRC direct submission (CIS, Self Assessment & VAT) is pending production approval. Open Banking via secure Open Banking, an FCA-regulated provider — integration coming soon.
We can't stop HMRC taxing you.
But we can make sure you keep every penny you're owed.
We can't make VAT disappear.
But we can make it work in your favour.
We can't cancel your Self Assessment.
But we can make filing it take minutes, not hours.
But we can make running your business actually enjoyable.
“I think this is like a sleeper app for the trades. Better by far than all the other ones we've seen or tried.
— Fencing & Driveways, Nottingham
“It's one of those things that you either tell all your mates about because it's so good or don't tell anyone and just pretend you've become a super-professional.
— Boiler Installer, Leeds
File your own CIS300s. No accountant required.
“Being able to file the CIS300s from the same app where I can control the rest of my business will literally not only save me money & time, but also put me back in control. While I've had my accountant do this I feel like I've had to surrender a part of me to someone else and then end up in back & forths chasing things. This is a 100% levelling up my business. App is definitely a goodin.”
— Contractor, Manchester
*HMRC direct submission is pending production approval. Currently available in sandbox — full launch coming soon.
Sole trader or limited company?
A.X.E.L works for both — just differently.
A.X.E.L is your accountant
Handle your own Self Assessment, CIS returns, and tax filing — all from one app. No spreadsheets. No chasing receipts. No £300+ accountant bill.
- Self Assessment (SA100) built in
- CIS deductions tracked automatically
- MTD-ready income & expense reports
- Expert Review & Filing from £58.99
- No accountant needed for most cases
A.X.E.L makes your accountant's life easy
Run your jobs, quotes, and team in A.X.E.L — then sync everything to Xero or QuickBooks. Your accountant gets clean data. You get on with the work.
- Sync jobs, invoices & expenses to Xero or QuickBooks
- Your accountant gets clean, organised data
- CIS returns handled inside A.X.E.L
- Timesheets & team costs export-ready
- You run the business, they file the tax
How does A.X.E.L compare?
Other tools do accounting. A.X.E.L runs your entire trade business.
Start your 14-day free trial today. No commitment, cancel anytime.
See plans & pricing →Built for tradesmen, contractors & local businesses across
Manchester
Need a website too? We build those. From £497.
Hand-coded
No templates. Every line written for your business.
SEO-optimised
Built to rank on Google from day one.
Mobile-first
Looks perfect on every screen size.
Pay once — it's yours
No subscriptions. No hidden fees. Ever.
FAQ
A.X.E.L is a job management platform built for tradesmen and small businesses. It handles your leads, quotes, invoicing, expenses, timesheets, team management, and P&L reports — all from one dashboard. Think of it as your business admin sorted, without the spreadsheets.
Plans start from free (10 leads/month) up to £59/month for the full package. All paid plans come with a 14-day free trial. No contracts, cancel anytime.
Yes — all paid plans include a 14-day free trial. You'll enter card details at signup so your subscription starts seamlessly after the trial. The Apprentice plan is completely free forever with 10 leads per month.
No. A.X.E.L works as a standalone platform. That said, if you need a website, we build those too — hand-coded, SEO-optimised, from £497.
A complete 5-page website, hand-coded with React and Next.js. Includes homepage, about, services, contact, and one more page of your choice. SEO-optimised, mobile-first, and fast. Pay once — it's yours. No monthly fees.
Most sites are ready within 1–2 weeks. We agree on content and layout upfront so there's no back and forth.
Tradesmen are our specialty, but A.X.E.L works for any service-based small business — contractors, cleaners, landscapers, handymen, and more. If you manage leads and jobs, it's built for you.
For websites: hosting is included at no extra cost. For A.X.E.L: it's a cloud platform — just sign up and go. Nothing to install.