Contacts

Who you sell to. Who you buy from. One directory.

Ask Alfred™ keeps customers and vendors together. Drill into balances, jump to Customers or Vendors, and open Invoices or Bills when you need the detail.

Hartwell Joinery Ltd
Contacts · directory
48 contacts
Net open (AR minus AP)
£12,680
Mixed book
Greenfield Homes
Customer · £6,200 overdue
AR
Timber Merchant Ltd
Vendor · £2,150 due
AP
Oak & Ash Interiors
Customer · paid this week
AR

Next: open Greenfield · see Customers

Customers · vendors · balances · drill-down
DirectoryCustomersVendors Open balances
The contact split

Customers in one list. Vendors in another. Neither talks to cash.

You hunt for a name, then reopen Invoices or Bills to see what is open. Patterns stay hidden until month-end.

Two directories

Sales and purchase contacts live apart, so a trading partner who is both customer and supplier is easy to miss.

?Balances elsewhere

Open AR and AP sit in ageing reports, not next to the contact you are about to call.

!No path to action

Customers, Vendors, Invoices and Bills never meet, so chase and approval start from memory.

How Contacts works

Three steps.
Find, drill, act.

Bring contact lists in through Connect. Browse here. Drill into Customers or Vendors, then open Invoices or Bills.

1Connect your contacts

Upload customer and vendor lists as Excel, CSV or PDF. Alfred only reads what you give him.

2Browse one directory

Search by name. See whether they are a customer, vendor or both, with open balances at a glance.

3Drill into the detail

Jump to Customers for debtors, Vendors for spend, Invoices or Bills for status, and Cashwatch™ when you need to chase. Regulated calls still need a named professional.

Why it pays off

Contacts with the books attached.

The same clear trading directory large firms take for granted, kept next to Customers, Vendors, Invoices and Bills.

Time backOne search, not two lists

Find a name once. See customer, vendor and open balances without rebuilding a spreadsheet.

AssuranceA real accountant signs off

Every regulated call is reviewed and certified by a qualified professional. Alfred never gives regulated advice.

AccurateBalances on the contact

Open AR and AP sit next to the name, so the call starts from facts.

Secure and compliantUK GDPR by design, encrypted

Built for UK GDPR with per-client isolation, encryption throughout, and your data not used to train our models. Database in London (eu-west-2); documents in EU-region storage.

Cost-effectiveBig-firm thinking, small-firm price

Contacts with Customers, Vendors, Invoices, Bills and Pulse™ in the same subscription. Or sponsored by your accountant.

Peace of mindA path to action

From the directory you can open chase, approval or ageing without losing the thread.

What Contacts shows

Directory, balances, drill-down to act.

Contacts is the combined directory. Pair it with Customers, Vendors, Invoices, Bills, and Financials ageing.

Security: how we protect your data.

Combined customer and vendor directoryDirectory
Open balances on each contactBalances
Drill into Customers or Vendors detailDrill-down
Jump to Invoices, Bills or Cashwatch™Action
Richer contact notes coming as the product growsSoon
For business owners

The morning you find the right name first.

  • Search customers and vendors in one directory.
  • See open balances before you pick up the phone.
  • Jump to Invoices or Bills without losing the contact.
  • Open Cashwatch™ when overdue debtors need a chase.
  • Upload contact lists now; add live connections when they ship.
For accountants

Client trading partners, already listed.

  • Less time rebuilding contact lists from raw ledgers.
  • Customer and vendor balances surface for a client conversation.
  • Same numbers feed Customers, Vendors and Financials.
  • Your certification still sits in Govern.
  • See the accountants deep dive for the practice channel.

You set the client price and keep the margin. We charge you a simple wholesale fee per client.

Built on trust

Built so you can trust the numbers.

Security is the foundation, not a setting. Your data stays yours, the work is always traceable, and a qualified human owns every regulated decision. Read our security overview.

You choose what to share

You upload only the documents you want Alfred to see. He reads them, never changes them, and acts only on what you approve.

EU-region storage, encrypted

Client data in isolated schemas (London database, EU document storage), encrypted in transit and at rest. Your data is not used to train our models.

Named human sign-off

Regulated work is reviewed and certified by a qualified accountant who stands behind it.

Full audit trail

Every figure and every approval is logged and timestamped, ready for HMRC or your insurer.

Vetted partners only

Any insurance or finance introduction goes to FCA-authorised firms. Alfred never sells.

ISO 27001 targetedSOC 2 Type II in progressUK GDPR alignedCyber Essentials plannedFCA-authorised partnersEU region hosting
Pricing

Fair and square.

See Contacts on your numbers for nothing. Pay only when it is clearly worth it.

Free look
£0

See your first directory for nothing.

  • Upload a customer or vendor list
  • See names with open balances in one view
  • No card, no commitment
Free at launch
Most popular Contacts / Core
£49/month

Contacts plus the full Ask Alfred™ stack.

  • Combined customer and vendor directory
  • Drill-down into Customers, Vendors, Invoices and Bills
  • Financials, YearReady™, Pulse™, Ask, Connect and Vault
  • Live book connections when they ship
Available at launch
Sponsored
£0 to you

Included by your accountant, their name on it.

  • Your accountant includes it in their fee
  • No accountant? We match you with a vetted one
  • Everything in Contacts, plus their sign-off
Available at launch
Word from the high street

Built for the van, the counter and the back office.

"I used to keep customers and suppliers in two spreadsheets. Now one directory shows who owes whom."
ST
Sarah TJoinery firm · Cambridge
"Client contacts arrive with open balances. My team starts the conversation from facts, not a hunt."
RJ
R. Jackson FCCAAccountancy practice · Norfolk
"A builder who buys from me and sells to me finally sat in one place. The net position was obvious."
DP
Dev PConvenience stores · Leicester

Illustrative, for a product going live. Real names and firms to follow.

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