The Bookkeeping Feather · for accountants and bookkeepers

Stop chasing clients for paperwork.

The Bookkeeping Feather asks every client for exactly what's missing, checks each file as it arrives, and reminds them until it's all in. Right in email, with no portal for clients to log into. You approve every message.

Included from $24 a month · 14-day free trial · no card needed
38 clients waiting
DM
Dave MitchellRe: receipts: sorry, will send at the weekend
3rd reminder
PS
Priya ShahWhich documents did you need again?
Unanswered
BS
Bean Supply CoURGENT: our bank details have changed
Real?
TO
Tom O'NeillHere's my statement (it's last year's)
Wrong year
KJ
Kate JonesIs my return done yet?
Who's on it?

Fetch: 8 clients still owe you records for the quarter. I've written each one a checklist of exactly what's missing, with an upload link. Send them?

Send all 8Check first

Sound familiar?

“I've asked for those receipts three times.”

“Clients won't use our portal.”

“Tax season costs us a week of chasing.”

“It's last year's statement. Again.”

“Is this new bank detail actually real?”

It isn't you. Email was built to deliver messages, not to run the client side of your work. So we built the part that was missing.

An ordinary Tuesday

Same day. Half the inbox.

Show the day
08:10

63 unreadYou start the day guessing which emails matter and who's already dealt with them.

Sorted overnightSix need you. Twelve routine ones already have drafts. Receipts are filed by client.

09:30

The third reminderYou write to a client about the same missing receipts. Again. From memory.

Fetch chased on MondayThey got a checklist of exactly what's missing, and uploaded four of five from their phone.

11:05

Wrong file, againA blurry photo of last year's statement, because the portal wouldn't let them log in.

Checked on arrivalFetch saw it was last year's and asked for this year's, kindly, with the link.

15:20

“Our bank details have changed”It looks right. The logo's right. It isn't.

Held for a personScout spotted the lookalike address and stopped it before anyone paid.

17:45

Still 40 to answer“Is my return done yet?” You've written that reply a hundred times.

Approved before home timeQuill drafted them from each client's file. You read, tweak one, press send.

Month-end, quarter-end, year-end

The same requests, every period. Set them once.

Set each client's checklist once: monthly receipts, quarterly figures, the year-end pack. Rookery sends it on time, chases what's missing and shows you who's done.

No portal, no password

Clients won't log in. Now they don't have to.

They get an email with a link. It shows exactly what you need, ticks off what they've sent, and takes a photo straight from their phone. No account, nothing to forget.

Every file is checked as it arrives. Wrong year, blurry, or not a statement at all? Your client hears why, in plain words, straight away.

Payment-change scams

The email that looks right but isn't.

Fake “new bank details” emails cost firms and their clients real money. Scout reads every email as it lands, spots the lookalike address and the rush, and holds it for a person, with the reasons laid out.

You stay in charge

Nothing goes out without your yes.

You approve every message. Read it, tweak it, send it with one key. Change your mind? There's an undo.
It shows its working. Every draft says where each fact came from: your notes, a past email, the other person's own words.
Your mail stays private. Never used to train AI, never sold, no ads. Send sensitive things as a secure link you can withdraw.
Trust grows when you say so. Once you've approved a kind of reply often enough, Rookery asks if it can send those itself. Only if you agree.
The Bookkeeping Feather is included in Pro, Team and Business $24 /month for one person Teams from $36 per person a month, billed yearly. 14-day free trial, no card needed.
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Questions

Is the Bookkeeping Feather ready?

We're building each Feather with a small group of early-access teams. Document requests, file checks, reminders, drafts and scam warnings work today. The Bookkeeping-specific parts arrive during early access, shaped by the people using them.

Does it work with Xero or QuickBooks?

Not yet. Connecting your accounting software is the first thing we'll add after early access. Today the Feather handles the asking, the checking and the chasing.

Can it collect ID and proof of address?

Yes. Ask for them like any other document. Fetch checks each one is the right kind and still in date, and keeps it on the client's record.

Do I have to leave Gmail or Outlook?

No. Keep your email address. Forward your mail to Rookery and reply from it as yourself, or bring your own domain. The people you write to won't notice a thing, except the faster replies.

Will it send anything without me?

No. Every message waits for your yes. If you approve a kind of reply often enough, Rookery may ask whether it can send that kind itself, with an undo window. It only does if you agree.

Is my mail private?

Yes. Your mail and documents are never used to train AI, never sold and never used for ads. Every action is recorded with who did it, and you can export or delete everything at any time.

Get your evenings back from your inbox.

It takes ten seconds. We're letting people in a few at a time, so we can set each one up properly.

14-day free trial · no card needed · founding members get 50% off the first year
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Who's it for?

Founders read every request and reply within 2 working days. We never share or sell your email. Privacy