Bookkeeping for Clothing Brands

Bookkeeping for clothing brands

Specs get your garment made. This gets your margins straight.

Monthly bookkeeping built for small clothing brands: Shopify, Stripe, and marketplace payouts reconciled, categorised, and turned into numbers you can actually make decisions from.

MONTHLY_LEDGER_SEPT.pdf
Line itemChannelTypeAmount
Drop 02 salesShopifyIncome+£2,140
Stripe processing feesStripeExpense−£64
Fabric (hoodie run)SupplierCOGS−£1,020
Packaging & tagsSupplierCOGS−£180
Marketplace payoutDepopIncome+£310
Net margin (Sept)£1,186
Why this matters more than it feels like it should

Most brands don't fail on design. They fail on not knowing the number.

By the time a founder checks in on the money, three payment platforms and a spreadsheet that stopped in June are the only record of what actually happened.

01 / BLENDED PLATFORMS

Shopify payouts, Stripe fees, and marketplace sales all land differently, and nothing reconciles unless someone sits down and matches it.

02 / MARGIN BY VIBES

Without COGS tracked per drop, "that sold well" and "that made money" get treated as the same thing. They're often not.

03 / TAX TIME PANIC

A year of mixed personal and business spend becomes a scramble every January, and an expensive one, if an accountant has to untangle it first.

What's included

The books, kept every month, without you touching a spreadsheet.

Handled monthly, delivered as a clear, categorised set of numbers, not a wall of transactions to interpret yourself.

.RECON

Payment reconciliation

Shopify, Stripe and marketplace payouts matched against your bank, so every pound in is accounted for.

.PNL

Monthly P&L

Income and expenses categorised into a clean profit & loss statement, sent to you every month.

.COGS

Margin per drop

Cost of goods tracked per collection or drop, so you know real margin, not just revenue, on everything you release.

.CASH

Cash flow snapshot

A simple read on what's actually in the business versus committed to stock, fees and upcoming costs.

.FEES

Platform fee tracking

Stripe, Shopify and marketplace fees broken out on their own, so they stop quietly eating into margin unnoticed.

.HANDOFF

Accountant-ready export

Books kept in a format your accountant can take at tax time, no untangling required first.

Who it's for

Built for brands still small enough that nobody's watching the numbers full-time.

/ SIDE-HUSTLE BRAND

Running it alongside a job

You're doing design, sourcing and marketing yourself. Bookkeeping is the part that keeps slipping to "this weekend," and then doesn't happen.

/ MULTI-DROP LABEL

Selling in stages

Sequenced drops mean margin data from drop one should shape drop two. That only works if someone's actually tracking it drop by drop.

/ GOING MULTI-PLATFORM

Shopify plus marketplaces

Once sales come in through more than one channel, "check the bank balance" stops being a bookkeeping system.

Run by someone whose day job is reconciling payment flows and revenue for a marketplace platform: the same Shopify and Stripe reconciliation work, just for a brand your size.

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Camron was incredibly professional from the first call, easy to work with, quick to respond, and he went well above and beyond what we asked for. It's rare to find someone who treats a small job with the same care as a big one.
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Pricing

Monthly plans, scaled to how many channels you're actually selling on.

Starting prices. Confirm scope on the intro call before anything's billed.

Essentials

One channel, low volume
£95/mo
  • Shopify + Stripe reconciliation
  • Monthly P&L
  • Basic COGS tracking
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Studio

Multiple brands or higher volume
£299/mo
  • Everything in Growth
  • Multiple brands/entities
  • Accountant handoff at tax time
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ONE-TIME / PRE-LAUNCH

Launch Books Setup

For a brand that hasn't sold yet: chart of accounts, a COGS template per style, and a break-even calculator, so month one starts clean.

£150
ALREADY GOT THE TEMPLATES?

Specs and numbers, from the same place.

If you're using bycy's tech pack templates to get your garments made, this is the other half, knowing what they actually cost you once they sell.

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FAQ

Before you book a call

Do I need to already have an accountant?+

No. Bookkeeping and accounting are different. This keeps your monthly records clean and categorised. If you file taxes with an accountant, this makes that handoff faster and cheaper.

What software do you use?+

Whatever you're already selling on: Shopify and Stripe as standard, plus any marketplace payouts (Depop, Etsy, etc). No new software required on your end.

How much of my time does this take?+

Close to none. You grant read access to the relevant accounts once, and receive a finished monthly report, no data entry on your side.

Can I cancel anytime?+

Yes, month to month, no contract lock-in.

Know your real margin before your next drop.

A 20-minute call to see which plan fits how you're actually selling.

Book a free intro call