Finance

Costing & Xero

Aug P&L in one view, Jordan — £84.3k invoiced at 50% gross, £17k net after £24.6k overheads. Every job's margin is live off real allocated cost; Omagh GAA is running thin. Xero reconciled itself 3 minutes ago — nobody re-keyed a line.

3 jobs under the 33% margin target — Foyle Motors thinnest at 30.6% on a £54k commercial job

LedgerXero connected · Northline Renewables Ltd · synced 3 min ago·Cash in £96,400 · out £61,180 this month0% VAT · energy-saving materials

Revenue · Aug+12%

£84,250

11 installs invoiced

Cost of salesCOGS

£42,180

50% of revenue

Gross profit▲

£42,070

kit + labour recovered

Gross margin+14.9pt

50%

blended · target 35%

Overheadsfixed

£24,600

vans · yard · admin

Net profit▲

£17,470

21% net margin

Profit & loss · August

revenue → cost of sales → gross → overheads → netlive from Xero

Revenue

invoiced · Aug

£84,250

less Cost of sales

kit · labour · scaffold

£42,180

Gross profit

50% margin

£42,070

less Overheads

vans · yard · office · admin

£24,600

Net profit

21% of revenue

£17,470

Cost of sales is the sum of every job's allocated kit, labour and scaffold — not a guess. Overheads apportioned from the Xero nominal ledger.

Margin by job

click a job → full cost breakdown10 live jobs · 34% blended

Job	Customer	Value	Cost	Margin £	Margin %
J-1042	A. Kelly	£11,240	£6,890	£4,350	39%
J-1039	M. Gallagher	£6,480	£3,920	£2,560	40%
J-1044	Bradley Farm	£24,900	£15,650	£9,250	37%
J-1047	K. Doherty	£9,180	£5,980	£3,200	35%
J-1046	D. McCloskey	£14,300	£9,010	£5,290	37%
J-1041	J. Devine	£10,480	£6,280	£4,200	40%
J-1051	Omagh GAA	£38,600	£26,100	£12,500	32%
J-1055	Foyle Motors	£54,200	£37,600	£16,600	31%
J-1053	S. Friel	£8,900	£6,120	£2,780	31%
J-1049	P. Toner	£9,950	£6,180	£3,770	38%
10 jobs		£188,230	£123,730	£64,500	34%

Margin target 33% · thin <33% · healthy 33–38% · strong ≥38%

Xero sync

all healthy

Customer & supplier contacts

2-way · 3 min ago

synced

Sales invoices

→ Xero · 12 min ago

synced

Supplier bills & POs

→ Xero · 1 hr ago

synced

Payments & reconciliation

← Xero · 20 min ago

synced

Nominal / job costing codes

→ Xero · 1 hr ago

synced

Two-way contacts · one-way invoices & bills · reconciliation pulled back. No double entry.

Revenue by type

this month · £84,250

Solar PV34%

Battery / BESS30%

Commercial22%

Heat pumps9%

EV charging5%

Cashflow · money in vs out

last 6 months · from Xero bank feed

£146,020

net 6-mo

InOut

Mar+£16k

Apr+£11k

May+£22k

Jun+£33k

Jul+£29k

Aug+£35k

Reconciliation

Every invoice, bill and payment matched — 0 unreconciled

deposit + balance via Stripe · supplier bills off POs · nominal codes posted per job

Xero · in balance