Coulto

Know what's yours.

Your contract becomes the rules. Your timesheet becomes the invoice. Every payment shows what is HMRC's and what is yours. Built for freelance film and TV crew, works for any freelancer on day rates.
  • Rate check: is the offer fair, and what to ask for
  • Overtime, 6th and 7th days, turnaround, allowances and expenses worked out from the deal, not from memory
  • Pots for VAT, corporation tax and dividend tax the day you are paid
  • VAT return figures and a year-end pack your accountant will thank you for
Free for the rate check and this week's value. Pro from £9 a month, Company from £15 a month. Made by Patient Thread Ltd. Privacy and terms.

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Coulto

Overview

What you are owed, what to put aside for HMRC, and what to do next.

Working on
One rule book per production

Jobs and contracts

Each production has its own deal. Paste the contract, let the app pull out the rules, then correct anything by hand. Every field can be overridden.

Hours in, money out

Timesheet

Enter call and wrap for each day. The app applies the job's rules and works out the most you can claim: overtime, 6th and 7th days, allowances, per diems.

Get paid

Invoices

Fee invoices come from timesheets, expense invoices from receipts. Edit any line, then print or save as PDF and send. Import a bank statement to mark them paid.

Fuel, parking, congestion, and the rest

Expenses and receipts

Attach the receipt, choose how this production reimburses (percentage, with or without the VAT component, or by miles driven), and the app works out the recharge line.

Money that is not yours to spend

Tax set-aside

Every invoice you are paid contains money that belongs to HMRC. This page shows how much to move into savings pots each week so the bills never hurt.

Legal, sensible, worth asking your accountant about

Optimise

Ways to keep more of what you earn. Estimates update from your own numbers on the Tax set-aside page.

Details that appear on invoices

Company and rates

Company details, bank details, invoice numbering, this year's tax rates, and data backup. All editable.

Quarterly and yearly

VAT and year end

The VAT return figures for any quarter from your invoices and receipts, and the year-end pack your accountant asks for.

Before you sign

Rate check

Type in an offer (or paste the deal memo) and see how it compares with your previous jobs and a reference range, what is missing, and what to ask for.

Free to start

Plans

Rate check and this week's value are free forever. Pro turns weeks into invoices and pots; Company adds VAT, year end and your accountant.

Patient Thread Ltd

Privacy and terms

How Coulto handles your data and the terms you use it under.

This app is correct to the best of our knowledge but does not constitute financial, tax or legal advice. Figures are estimates from the numbers you enter and published rates that change every April. If in doubt, consult a qualified accountant. We take no responsibility for errors or for decisions taken on the basis of these figures.