BrightManager
Cloud practice management software for accounting practices, bookkeepers and payroll bureaus in the UK and Ireland, part of Bright since 2022 and sold as BrightManager since 2023, priced from £42.63 per user a month.
| Founded | Incorporated on 8 March 2017 as AccountancyManager (AM) Ltd; registered office in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom |
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| Founders | First directors Alexander Richard Hawke and Alexander Oliver-Byrne, appointed on incorporation |
| Ownership | Part of Bright: Bright Sg Limited has owned more than 75% of the company since 24 March 2022, and is itself controlled by Hg Pooled Management Limited |
| Customers | Accounting practices including TaxAssist, Accountancy Solutions, Total Books Accountants, Awesome Accountants and Wren Accounting Services Limited |
| What it does | Practice management for accountants, bookkeepers and payroll bureaus: client onboarding with proposals, letters of engagement, AML and identity checks and risk assessments; tasks generated from compliance deadlines; a GDPR-compliant client portal with e-signatures and custom forms; automated client emails and SMS with over 40 email templates; time tracking, work in progress, profitability and reporting |
| Recent moves | Renamed BrightManager on 24 November 2023, alongside BrightAccountsProduction and BrightBooks; became part of Bright on 24 March 2022 |
| Pricing | Essential £42.63 per user a month, or £409.25 per user a year billed annually, for 2 to 12 users, with a 30-day free trial; Premium and Advanced for single users at £57.85 a month or £694.26 a year on 24-month and 12-month contracts, with a branded client portal, pricing and proposal tool and customer success membership, plus a free extra user licence on Premium; prices exclude VAT |
| Markets | Accounting practices, bookkeepers and payroll bureaus in the UK and Ireland; integrates with Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent and Sage, Companies House (UK) and CRO (Ireland) |
| Peers | FibreCRM, Pixie, Karbon, TaxDome, Ignition |
Why it matters
AccountancyManager, now sold as BrightManager, sits inside Bright’s product range, so a proposal accepted in BrightPropose creates tasks automatically and client details sync with BrightAccountsProduction. It publishes per-user prices from £42.63 a month for teams of 2 to 12 users, with a 30-day free trial.
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