What it is
You choose your company's country when you sign up. For a company in the UK, CorpHands shows amounts in pounds sterling (£1,200, with pence where needed), dates in day-month-year order and uses UK time for activity times, reminders and reports. UK time changes between Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in winter and British Summer Time (BST) in summer, and CorpHands handles the change for you: an activity at 9:00 stays at 9:00 local time all year.
Reports, budgets and the Giving and social value page follow your fiscal year, which runs from January to December by default and is shown as the year, for example 2026. Set it to match your company's accounting period, because Corporation Tax relief on donations follows the accounting period in which they are paid. A year starting in April is shown as FY 2026-27 (1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027).
The country also sets the list prices you are offered and how invoices treat tax. Prices exclude VAT. We invoice from abroad, so your company accounts for the VAT itself under the reverse charge. The interface is in English.
What you can use it for
- Record budgets, donations and receipts in pounds sterling.
- Group reports, budgets, qualifying donations and social value evidence by fiscal year.
- Set the year to your accounting period, for example April to March.
- Add your VAT registration number so it is printed on our invoices to you.
- Use UK time, with British Summer Time, for activity times, reminders and audit-log filters.
How to do it
Check your country
- Open SettingsGo to CSR workspace → Settings.
- Company profileIn Company profile, check that Country is United Kingdom.
- SaveSelect Save.
Set the fiscal year
- Open ReportingIn Settings, find Reporting. It shows the current year, such as 2026.
- Choose the startUnder Fiscal year starts in, keep the country default, January, or pick the first month of your accounting period, such as April.
- SaveAdd your VAT registration number, then save. Every report, budget and the Giving and social value page now group your data by this year.
Tips and good practice
- Set the year before you record budgets and donations, because changing it changes how every report groups your data.
- If your accounting period is not a whole number of months from the start of a month, choose the nearest month and check the qualifying donations total with your tax adviser.
- Each invoice keeps its own currency and prints in it.
- The website has a UK version at /uk with prices in pounds sterling.
- Country notes on the website are general information, not legal or tax advice. Check local rules with your advisers.
Questions
Are prices live currency conversions?
No. The UK has fixed list prices in pounds sterling. See Pricing.
Is VAT added to our invoices?
No. Prices exclude VAT. We invoice from abroad, so your company accounts for the VAT itself under the reverse charge, and the invoice says so. Ask your tax adviser how this applies to you.
Why does the year start in January?
It is the default for the UK. Many companies' accounting periods are different, so set the start month in Settings → Reporting.
What happens to activity times when the clocks change?
Nothing you need to do. Times are stored in UK time and CorpHands applies GMT or BST for each date.