Invoicing for UK freelancers

Log it the day you do it. Send it on Friday.

One line a day adds the work to your client's invoice at their hourly rate. By the end of the week it is written, and your client gets a link.

Pike and Shaw, week of 7 September5

INV-0051, £410 sent Friday

  1. Mon7 Sept log 2 hours on Pike and Shaw for the product pages +£80£80 so far
  2. Tue8 Sept log 3 hours on Pike and Shaw for the stockist map +£120£200 so far
  3. Wed9 Sept add a £150 fixed fee on Pike and Shaw for the gift set photos +£150£350 so far
  4. Thu10 Sept log 90 minutes on Pike and Shaw for the API fixes said to Claude +£60£410 so far
  5. Fri11 Sept mark Pike and Shaw sent £410sent, link ready
Monday7 Sept

Two hours logged, and the draft is £80.

Add Pike and Shaw once with their hourly rate. After that, a line naming them and the hours goes on their open draft at that rate.

log 2 hours on Pike and Shaw for the product pages
Logged 2 hours on INV-0051 at £40.00, £80.00. It comes to £80.00 now.
Wednesday9 Sept

A fixed fee, beside the hours.

Quoted work goes on as one line with its price. The invoice now has three lines and comes to £350.

What was doneHoursRateAmount
The product pages22h at £40£80.00
The stockist map33h at £40£120.00
The gift set photosfixed fee£150.00
Quoted work
£150.00
5 hours at £40
£200.00
Total
£350.00
Thursday10 Sept

Said to Claude, without opening the site.

Invoice Badger is an MCP server as well as a website. Claude, or any MCP client, logs time at the client's rate, adds fixed fees and marks invoices sent or paid, only ever on your own account.

Claude, over MCP
>log 90 minutes on Pike and Shaw for the API fixes
Logged 1.5 hours at £40 on INV-0051. The draft is £410.
>what else is still a draft?
Just one more: INV-0047 for Hartfield Distillery, £640.

Fourteen tools, from log_time to outstanding. Connect an MCP client

Friday11 Sept

Sent. Pike and Shaw open a link.

Your client needs no account. The invoice carries your business name and payment details, and they can print it or save it as a PDF.

Ellie Grant Designhello@elliegrant.example
Invoice INV-005111 September 2026
Bill toPike and Shaw
DescriptionHoursAmount
The product pages2 hours at £402£80.00
The stockist map3 hours at £403£120.00
The gift set photosFixed fee£150.00
The API fixes1.5 hours at £401.5£60.00
Total£410.00

Bank transfer to E Grant, sort code 12 34 56, account 12345678

Made with Invoice Badger

The small mark at the foot is on Free. Pro takes it off.

Today16 Sept

Five days on, it is £410 of the £1,350 you are owed.

Your invoices page opens on this. Mark an invoice paid when the money lands and it drops off the figure.

£1,350

outstanding across 3 invoices

  • £640 not sent yet
  • £410 sent this week
  • £300 waiting over a month

INV-0044 has waited 38 days for Bright Films. 1 more is out with clients, and £640 in drafts has not gone out yet.

What it costs

Every week invoiced free.
Five pounds for your own look.

Nothing about invoicing is held back on Free. Pro puts your logo on, opens all eight themes, adds PDF download and takes the Invoice Badger mark off.

Free£0 for good, not a trialEvery invoice you need, in two plain themes.
  • Unlimited invoices and clients
  • Your agent over MCP, all fourteen tools
  • A link for each invoice your client can open and print
  • Classic and Plain themes
  • Your own logo
  • PDF download
Pro£5 a month, or £48 a yearFor invoices that look like your business.
  • Everything in Free
  • Your logo on every invoice
  • All eight themes
  • PDF download
  • No Invoice Badger mark on invoices

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