TipLedger UK

Fair tips, properly recorded.

The tip allocation and record-keeping system for UK pubs, restaurants and cafés, built for the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023. It works alongside your accountant or independent troncmaster: they run the tronc, and TipLedger does the split to the penny, locks every period and keeps the records the Act asks for.

30 days free, no card required to start.

Try the demo — no sign-up needed or watch the 2-minute video

Spreadsheets weren’t built for this.

The Allocation of Tips Act means every hospitality business now needs a fair, consistent method for splitting tips — and a proper record to show it. A spreadsheet can calculate a number, but it can’t prove when something changed, who approved it, or why. TipLedger UK keeps that record for you, automatically, every time.

Get it wrong, and it isn’t just an awkward conversation — workers can bring a claim to an employment tribunal, which can award compensation of up to £5,000 per claimant for allocation, policy, or record-keeping failures.

Everything the Act actually asks for

Fair by design

Splits automatically by hours worked × seniority points — consistent, explainable, and easy to defend if ever questioned.

A real audit trail

Nothing is ever silently deleted. Corrections are kept on record with a reason, exactly as the Act expects.

Reports ready to send

Real PDF reports for your accountant, and a staff noticeboard summary — generated in one click: the records your accountant or troncmaster works from.

Staff can check their own numbers

Invite any staff member to their own private login — they see their own tips and the full period total, nothing else. Real transparency, not just a promise.

Built-in payout deadlines

Automatically tracks the legal payout date — the end of the month following — so nothing is ever missed.

Multiple sites, one account

Running more than one location? Add extra sites under a single subscription, each with its own staff and records.

See it in 2 minutes

A quick tour with sample data: entering tips, the fair split, locking the week, and what your staff see.

Try the demo yourself — no sign-up needed

Simple, honest pricing

Every plan includes the full allocation engine, dispute log, PDF reports, and 6-year audit trail. Start free for 30 days — no card required.

Single site

£23/mo

Launch price until 31 Dec — then £29/mo

1 location

Small group

£30/mo

Launch price until 31 Dec — then £39/mo

Up to 3 sites

Multi-site

£40/mo

Launch price until 31 Dec — then £59/mo

Up to 10 sites

Join by 31 December 2026 and keep your launch price for 12 months. Rota add-on: £10/month (from 1 January 2027: £16 per site).

Does TipLedger save National Insurance on tips?

Only if the split is decided by an independent troncmaster — a member of staff who isn’t an owner, director or partner, and who decides without the owner’s direction. A manager can do it, as long as the owner doesn’t direct them. That person runs the tips in TipLedger, and your accountant sets up the tronc scheme with HMRC.

If the owner or a director decides the split — even one who also works shifts — HMRC treats the tips as paid by the employer and National Insurance is due, whichever tool you use. Either way, TipLedger keeps you compliant with the Tips Act.

General information, not tax advice — check your arrangement with your accountant.