Once a week you save the latest bank files from your banking app into one folder. At 12:00 on Friday every new line goes into your company sheet and the totals are checked against the bank. Then you get one short email.
Older lines, tabs and files stay exactly as you saved them.
A fixed routine with fixed steps, so this Friday behaves like the last.
The sheet is read back after writing and compared with the bank file. The file is put away once both match.
It is named in the email with the reason. The other companies carry on.
Every tab has the same 7 columns. The figures below are invented examples.
| Date | Type | Description | In | Out | Balance | Inv # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-10-2026 | Bank credit | Tenant rent, Flat 3 | 450.00 | 6,210.50 | ||
| 29-10-2026 | Direct debit | Water supplier | 98.00 | 5,760.50 | ||
| 27-10-2026 | Transfer | Roofing contractor | 1,200.00 | 5,858.50 | INV 0412 | |
| 26-10-2026 | Bank credit | Tenant rent, Flat 1 | 520.00 | 7,058.50 | ||
| 24-10-2026 | Card payment | Hardware store | 62.40 | 6,538.50 |
Each balance minus its line gives the balance on the row below, all the way down.
Business accounts at NatWest, Barclays and Revolut run today. Another bank takes one short setup when its app offers a download file of your transactions. A new company is one extra tab.
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