Profit & Loss report

1 min readUpdated 19 Aug 2026
Morning close, live reports, cash position, then ask in plain EnglishProfit and loss report

The Profit & Loss shows income earned and expenses incurred over a period, ending in your net profit. It is built live from your ledger — reconcile up to date and the report is up to date, no refresh or rebuild step.

Reading it

  • Income — everything earned in the period: approved invoices and income coded straight from the bank.

  • Expenses — grouped by account, so you can see where the money actually goes.

  • Net profit — the line that matters: what the business made after everything.

Getting more from it

  • Change the period freely — a month, a quarter, a financial year, or any custom range.

  • Add comparison columns to spot trends: this period vs last, this year vs last year.

  • Click any line to see the exact transactions behind it — every number is traceable to source.

  • Use Ask AI on the report to have the numbers explained in plain language, or to ask why a line moved.

Profit is not cash

A healthy P&L with an empty bank account usually means money is tied up in unpaid invoices, or cash left as drawings, loan repayments or asset purchases — none of which appear as expenses. The Balance Sheet tells that half of the story.

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