For electricians

Invoicing for electricians

An EICR one morning, a consumer unit the next, an EV charger on Friday, and first-fix work for a builder in between. Price the job as a quote, add a photo of the finished board, and tick CIS so the deduction and the reverse charge wording are worked out for you.

Your first 3 invoices are free to send, no card needed.

Board to bank

Four steps, from the quote to the money

1

Price the job as a quote

A rewire, a board change, or a day of fault-finding, priced line by line and accepted online with no login. Turn on follow-ups and a quiet quote nudges itself. See how quotes work.

2

Do the work

Cable and a charge point are paid for before you start, so ask for a materials deposit up front, or bill a rewire in stages on the £10/month plan. Both are for your own jobs: a CIS invoice nets the deduction off the total instead. See deposits and payment plans.

3

Send the invoice with the certificate and a photo

Put the certificate number on the invoice and add a photo of the finished board, so nobody takes your word for it. See photos on invoices.

4

Get paid, with CIS handled

Subcontracting to a builder? Switch CIS on, tick it on the invoice and enter the labour figure, and the deduction comes off the labour on a CIS invoice. Domestic job? Connect Stripe and the homeowner taps the link and pays by card in the hallway.

The rest of the round

Repeat testing, slow builders, and HMRC

Most sparks bill three kinds of client in a week, and each one wants a different invoice.

Portfolio testing on a schedule

An agent with forty flats needs the same EICR invoice on the same dates each year. Set a recurring invoice and Sendinvo raises and sends it for you.

Subcontract work, already netted down

On CIS work you enter the labour figure and the deduction comes off that, not the materials. If you are both VAT-registered, tick the domestic reverse charge and the invoice carries the wording and no VAT. The contractor pays the net and it settles in full.

Chased, then charged

A builder’s 90 days is your overdraft. Reminders escalate on their own, up to 30 days past the due date. On an overdue sterling invoice Sendinvo works out the statutory interest you are owed, from the base rate you keep in settings, ready for you to turn into an invoice.

See it in action

An electrical business, seeded and running

The real app, filled with a spark’s week: a monthly EICR round for a letting agent, a rewire billed in stages, an EV charger materials deposit, and an overdue landlord EICR being chased.

sendinvo.com/invoices

A live demo seeded with an electrical business. Nothing you do here is saved or sent.

A worked example

A first fix, subcontracted to a builder

The labour figure entered on the invoice, CIS at 20% taken off that alone, and the reverse charge ticked.

Invoice to a VAT-registered builder
Labour, first fix £1,800.00
Cable, back boxes & fittings £1,200.00
Subtotal £3,000.00
VAT (domestic reverse charge) £0.00
CIS deduction (20% on labour) −£360.00 Labour only
Amount due £2,640.00

The builder accounts for the VAT. Pay the £2,640.00 net and the invoice settles in full.

Questions

Good to know

Can I show a photo of the finished board on the invoice?

Yes. Add up to two photos to an invoice, the old board and the new one, and they appear on the invoice document and in the PDF your client receives.

Does Sendinvo work out CIS on subcontract work?

Yes. Set your CIS rate once, 20%, 30%, or 0% for gross-payment status. On a sterling invoice, tick “Apply CIS deduction” and enter the labour figure, and the invoice shows the full total with the net amount your contractor pays.

Can I bill a letting agent’s EICRs on a schedule?

Yes. Set a recurring invoice for a portfolio and Sendinvo raises it on your dates, monthly, quarterly, or yearly, and sends it without you opening the app.

Can I ask for a materials deposit on an EV charger?

Yes. Ask for a deposit as a percentage or a fixed amount, with its own due date, shown on the invoice alongside the balance. For a rewire, split the total into stages on the £10/month plan instead. An invoice takes one or the other, and neither sits on a CIS invoice.

Test it, certify it, get paid for it

Send your first invoice free, tick CIS and the reverse charge where they apply, and let the chasing look after itself.