Liberty Accounts
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Liberty Accounts, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Liberty Accounts's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome pricing | £14.95 a month | Unlimited users · surcharge of £1 per 100 transactions above 500/month · storage above 1 GB charged £1/GB · 12-month minimum for charity year-end accounts after activation · + VAT per month; monthly invoicing |
The facts
Each one read from Liberty Accounts's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accountants
- Accountants and bookkeepers can manage multiple clients from one logon with compliance alerts and staff roles.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Backups
- The service provides secure off-site backups and automatic updates.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Banking
- Bank statement imports are provided to reduce manual bookkeeping and support reconciliation.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Budgeting
- A rules-driven budget builder supports budget creation and reporting against actuals.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Charity features
- Charity tools include fund handling, SORP-compliant Statement of Financial Activities, a donor ledger and Gift Aid filing.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Charity fund accounting
- Charity users can define unlimited funds and produce SORP-compliant Statement of Financial Activities reports.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Church reporting
- The system provides a Church of England Return of Parish Finance report.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Core accounting
- The product covers sales, purchases, bank statement imports, VAT records and financial reporting.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Data location
- Liberty states that customer data is held exclusively in the UK and that off-site backups are maintained.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Developer API
- The public help centre documents PayPal connectivity but does not present a Liberty Accounts public API or SDK.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The help centre offers topic guides, page-specific screen help, searchable contents and support-ticket submission.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Donor ledger
- A donor ledger records donor details and donations for Gift Aid claims.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Fixed assets
- The asset ledger records acquisitions and disposals and calculates depreciation.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Gift Aid
- Gift Aid claims can be prepared and filed to HMRC from the application.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include HMRC Government Gateway, HMRC Making Tax Digital, Companies House and PayPal imports.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The terms identify the software as online applications supplied by Athene Systems Limited; no open-source licence is published.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: church-management scope
- An independent church-software directory says Liberty is accounting and payroll software rather than a complete church-management system with worship, safeguarding or communications functions.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists headquarters at Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company legal identity
- The website states that Liberty Accounts is a trading name of Athene Systems Limited, registered in England and Wales under number 3156080.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists the company size as 2–10 employees.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2003checked 28 Sep 2026
- Founded year
- LinkedIn lists the company as founded in 1996.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
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