HMRC-compliant VAT invoices, VRN validation, MTD for VAT bridging, and a six-step automated chaser that skips bank holidays. Built from scratch for the way UK receivables actually work.
A short guided setup covers your entity, VAT number, branding, and team. No onboarding call required, no accountant hand-holding, no “schedule a demo” wall.
Paste a VAT number, we call the HMRC API and fetch the registered name, address, and trading status. Or bulk-import a CSV.
Pick items, set rates (20%, 5%, 0%). HMRC-compliant PDF generated instantly. Ready for MTD return aggregation.
Six-step reminder sequence runs on autopilot. Skips weekends and UK bank holidays. You get paid; nobody sends awkward emails.
Most UK SMBs remember to chase once, maybe twice. Oris runs a full human-feeling escalation ladder in the background — friendly, then neutral, then firm — and skips weekends plus UK bank holidays automatically.
No dead charts. No 27 tabs. Every number on the home screen is an action waiting to happen — and every chart drills into the invoice that caused it.
No “MTD add-on”, no “Receivables module”, no “API upgrade”. Everything below ships with every plan — we just limit volume on Free.
Standard-rated (20%), reduced-rate (5%), and zero-rated lines. VRN validated at invoice time. HMRC-compliant PDF instantly.
Record BACS, CHAPS, Faster Payments, card. Auto-allocate partial payments across invoices.
Direct HMRC submission of your 9-box VAT return. No bridging spreadsheet, no third-party portal.
6-step reminder sequence. Skips weekends and UK bank holidays automatically.
Magic-link access. Customers view, pay, and dispute without a login.
Sales, aging, collection, customer ledger, VAT summary, statement of account.
Migrate customers, items, and opening balances in minutes.
HMAC-signed events for invoices, payments, reminders. Retry logic built-in.
PostgreSQL row-level security. Bank details encrypted AES-256-GCM. Hosted in eu-west-2 London.
Schedule monthly retainers or weekly deliveries. Sends, chases, and reconciles on its own.
One-click returns and rate revisions. VAT adjustments handled automatically, nothing manual.
Bill overseas clients in EUR, USD, AED. Daily FX rates, realised/unrealised gain tracking.
Oris Invoice is purpose-built for the one painful problem UK SMBs actually have: getting paid on time. Here is how the three options stack up.
| Capability | Oris Invoice | Xero | FreeAgent |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK VAT invoice compliant (20%/5%/0%) | |||
| MTD for VAT bridging (direct HMRC submission) | |||
| InvoiceChaser — 6-step automated reminders | |||
| Magic-link client portal (no login) | |||
| UK bank holiday calendar aware | |||
| PostgreSQL row-level tenant isolation | |||
| Free tier — 10 invoices/mo | |||
| Paid plan starts at | £8.99 | £14.00 | £19.00 |
Three shapes of UK SMB, three first-week wins. We’ll swap these for real customer stories once v1 has been in the wild long enough to earn them.
Turn on the six-step chaser on Monday. By the second invoice cycle, clients are opening the magic-link portal and paying inside two weeks instead of two months. DSO drops without a single follow-up call from your account manager.
Every invoice issued in the quarter is auto-tallied into your 9-box VAT return. Hit submit, go direct to HMRC. No bridging spreadsheet, no reconciliation Sunday, no "which box is the input tax?".
Front-of-house staff learn the invoice builder in an afternoon — every screen is touch-first, every field is one tap. VRN auto-lookup means even your least technical teammate can create a clean VAT invoice in under two minutes.
HMRC-compliant invoice schema, VRN validation at issue time, MTD for VAT direct submission, and 7-year document retention as required by HMRC.
PostgreSQL row-level security, AES-256-GCM encrypted PII, audit log is INSERT-only, hosted in eu-west-2 London. No data leaves the UK region.
Every view is touch-first. Works on the go. Magic links so clients never hunt for a password.
We shipped v1 focused on UK VAT. Here’s what’s queued — dated where we’re confident, labelled otherwise. We’d rather miss a date than overpromise one.
MTD ITSA for sole traders and landlords with income above £30,000. Quarterly updates to HMRC, End of Period Statement, and Final Declaration. Built on the same direct-API plumbing as MTD for VAT.
PSD2-compliant bank feed via Open Banking. Match BACS, CHAPS, and Faster Payments to outstanding invoices automatically. Unmatched credits surface in a one-click triage queue.
AES-256-GCM encryption, RLS isolation, and INSERT-only audit logs are already built. SOC 2 audit kicks off once we have six months of operational evidence — targeting report availability for enterprise buyers in Q3. Hosted in eu-west-2 London.
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Yes, free forever — 10 VAT invoices per month, 1 user, 1 organisation. Full HMRC-compliant PDF generation included. No credit card required.
Yes. Oris Invoice bridges your quarterly VAT return directly to HMRC via the MTD VAT API — no bridging spreadsheet required. Standard scheme and flat-rate scheme supported. MTD for Income Tax (ITSA) is on the roadmap for Q3 2026.
When you add a UK business customer, we call the HMRC VAT number validation API in real time. If the VRN is invalid or unregistered, the invoice is blocked before it goes out — no more chasing the wrong entity.
Primary infrastructure is in AWS eu-west-2 (London). Every tenant is isolated via PostgreSQL row-level security; bank details are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM. No data leaves the UK region.
Yes. The UK bank holiday calendar is loaded from the GOV.UK API and refreshed automatically. Reminders scheduled to fall on a bank holiday are shifted to the next working day — no awkward 'invoice due on Christmas Day' emails.
Xero and FreeAgent are broad accounting platforms. Oris is purpose-built for the receivables-chasing problem UK SMBs actually feel — six-step chasers, holiday-aware scheduling, and magic-link portals. If you want a full general ledger, use Xero. If you want to get paid on time without the complexity, use Oris.
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