Crafty Accounts Package

Know Your Profits

Plan Your Growth

If you run a Craft Based Business keeping on top of your accounting records and the annual self-assessment tax deadline can feel really stressful.

You promise yourself each year that you’ll do better and keep up to date. You’re constantly chasing new clients, creating new products and delivering to tight deadlines.

You know your creative skills and experience should be making you profit but keeping an eye on the actual numbers and doing your tax return often slips down the to do list.

You have a rough idea, but do you know if you can really afford that new yarn winder, craft stall or updated IT equipment? Understanding your investment ability and what items you can expense. It’s a whole other language, like finally mastering that Brioche pattern.

When did you last check how your business is growing in cash terms?

You don’t want to be an accountant. That’s not what you signed up for. But why pay someone else a chunk of your profit when you could do it yourself. Simply.

Keep reading, because I can make this easy for you.

Cost Your Products

What If You Could Have All Your Crafty Biz Numbers In One Place?

What Gets Measured Gets Managed

“Financial education is discovering where you are and what you have financially and then determining where you want to go.” - Kim Kiyosaki

You Had Me At Take Control

Oh Yes! I'm In!

YOUR CRAFTY ACCOUNTS PACKAGE INCLUDES:

Easy one click navigation
Profit (loss) summary page
Estimated tax bill and savings plan
Profitability graphs by months and by income stream
Monthly Revenue and Expense sheets
Invoice template
Costing templates to plan your pricing
Mileage calculator
List of allowable expenses and home use calculator
Checklist for HMRC submission

Make It Easy For Me!

“Money, like emotions, is something you must control to keep your life on the right track.” - Natasha Munson

Choose Your Package

Simply Crafty Accounts

£7

One sheet does plenty

Crafty Accounts Spreadsheet

£47

Full Spreadsheet from sale to submission

Crafty Accounts Membership Package

£259

Full Annual Package

Includes:

Crafty Accounts Spreadsheet
Monthly Accountability Calls
Professional Support
Free Updates to the spreadsheet package

Includes:

Revenue and expense worksheets
Profit (loss) Summary
Invoice and costing templates
Helpful hints for tax submission

Includes:

Simple revenue and expenses sheet
Running profit total
Total Income and Total Expense

Sign Me Up, Crafty!

Hi, I'm Claire, the face behind The Crafty Fawkes.

My mum taught me to knit when I was about 7 and it has been a go to activity for me ever since, with cross stitch and crochet joining in over the years. As someone with long term depression I find the rhythm and tactile nature of wool crafts soothing and a perfect way to keep my brain from spiralling into the anxiety and overthinking that often accompanies depression. Self care for mental health is a passion of mine and I love sharing my skills with others, whether they are new to the craft or want to improve their knowledge.

I live in Aberdeenshire with my husband and a very large stash of wool. I moved here after university, having been brought up in East Sussex, and now I feel like an honorary Scot. I love that I’m close to the city but far enough out that I’m surrounded by fields and hills.

I have a lovely community of friends in my village, including my band mates. We met in the local pub and I’ve been singing with them since 2023. It’s so much fun and another great creative outlet for the daily stresses of life.

In 2024 I trained and qualified as a knitting technical editor, adding another string to my bow and another revenue stream to my business.

While my passion is knitting, crochet and all things crafty, I am also a Chartered Management Accountant, having worked in the Oil & Gas and Retail sectors for over 20 years.

I’ve never really felt like an accountant though. Accountants are grey! Only my hair is that colour.

Introducing The Crafty Accounts Membership

Download my Plug N Play Spreadsheet (You choose - Excel or Google) that covers every base, even if you’ve not thought about it.

You don’t need to know about accounting to use the spreadsheet, just plug in your numbers in the relevant sheet and the calculations are done for you.

Expand your offerings and increase your income with the invoice template and Crafty Costing price planners.

Monthly Accountability meetings with Claire, a chartered accountant, who can answer any questions that arise in the month to keep you on track, and yes, she does know all about yarn - that’s her other superpower.

Submit your self-assessment tax return before the end of April, clearing your mind of the stress and anxiety that you’ve been used to in the past.

I’ve been there, the stress and worry of my annual tax return was not good for my mental health. I needed a simple way to reduce my anxiety and allow me to focus on the more creative and exciting parts of my business. Let’s face it we just want to play with wool!

I love a spreadsheet, but I don’t want to spend every month reinventing the wheel. I needed a spreadsheet that did it all with minimal input from me, spending hours in front of my computer screen after a day of staring at it in my day job.

I wanted a place that would highlight my wins for a good old dopamine hit but allow me to address where I was needing to focus my attention for future highs. I wanted to know if I was making my profit from pattern sales or tech editing, Etsy or Ravelry?

I needed to see at a glance that I could afford more wool! And that what I was making with my squishy stash was giving me the best profit as well as the most joy.

I always wanted to run in-person classes, but it wasn’t until I created this spreadsheet that I was able to calculate the cost of doing this and, a win for me, in January 2025 I started running those classes and I’m so glad I did. But I couldn’t have made that leap without this spreadsheet.

Being totally honest with you, I never even thought about creating this package. Although I’m a chartered management accountant and that is my day job, the thought of creating a product like this couldn’t have been further from my mind. And yet, now that I’ve done it, I kick myself for waiting so long. Years of worrying, years of anxiety from putting off my tax return to the final hour could have been avoided just by having this tool that I have finally created.

What’s the saying? If you can’t find the right tools to solve your problem, create it. And that, I did!

It was only after I created this I realised that I’m not alone here. When I shared this in some of the crafty communities I’m in, I realised it could help other crafty biz owners too.

I don’t want you to be in the position I was in one year when I was in that anxious, rushed state and got some of my dates wrong resulting in HMRC chasing me down and charging me a fine I wasn’t prepared for. And adding stress I didn’t need.

Is it perfect? No! Like any creation you’ve made it may still need some finishing touches, but that’s why I’ve created the membership, so there’ll always be the opportunity to get updates as they become available and keep you accountable in a fun community that doesn’t fill you with dread.

Calling All Self Employed Crafty Business Owners

Tired of the annual April tax deadline panic? Sick of paying someone else to complete your self-assessment? It’s time to simplify and embrace the opportunity to take control of your profits.