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Bookkeeping skills are built by doing the books.

Short tasks in a real set of accounts, marked at once. No videos. Start in under a minute, with no account.

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Brightside Bakery pays £240.00 rent from its bank account.

Tap the side each account is posted to.

Rent Expense
Bank Asset

360 rooms, 3,114 questions, 9 kinds of question, 0 videos to sit through.

A room for the problem in front of you

13 paths and 360 rooms. Each room answers one question people really ask, then makes you do it.

See every pathFree rooms
Bookkeeping foundationsSpreadsheets for the officePayslips, tax codes and payrollSelf-employed: your books and Self AssessmentVAT in practiceBusiness mathsBusiness documents and transactionsCash, bank and paymentsJournals, errors and control accountsCosting essentialsYear-end adjustmentsFinal accounts

How it works

Every room follows the same steps, so you always know what to do next.

  1. Read a few linesEach task opens with one idea in plain words. The technical term comes second.
  2. Do it in the booksPost to T-accounts, type a balance, pick the right account. The same moves the job needs.
  3. Get marked at onceRight or wrong, with the rule that explains it. When the books balance, you see it.
  4. Come back tomorrowOne correct answer a day keeps your days in a row. One reminder a day, at the time you choose.

Reading about bookkeeping is not doing it

Most people learn the rules and then freeze at the first real invoice. That gap is what Ledger Drill is for.

A video shows youYou watch someone else post the entry. It looks easy until you have to decide which side it goes on yourself.A textbook tells youYou read the rule and nod. Nobody checks whether you can use it, so the mistake shows up later, in the exam or in the books.
Here you do itYou post, total and correct entries in a real set of books. Each answer is marked at once, with the rule behind it.

Start with a real question

Each of these rooms is free. Open one and answer it now.

Cells, rows, columns and ranges6 min, easy. FreeHow to read your payslip6 min, easy. FreeKeep business and personal money apart8 min, easy. FreeOutput tax and input tax: which is which?10 min, easy. FreeHow to work out a percentage of an amount9 min, easy. Free

A record of real work

Your progress is shown the way an accountant would show it. No marks for nothing.

  • Marks come only from correct answers
  • Days in a row, counted in your own time zone
  • Weekly targets, and a weekly standing against other learners
  • One reminder a day, at the time you choose

Statement of marks

DetailMarksBalance
Balance brought forward1,120
29 Sep, Debit and credit: Money out401,160
30 Sep, Balancing an account601,220
1 Oct, Weekly targets met501,270
Balance carried forward1,270

Who it is for

Studying bookkeepingExtra practice alongside a course, such as AAT Level 2, with instant marking.
Changing careerFind out whether the work suits you before you pay for a qualification.
Running a small businessUnderstand what your accountant and your software are doing with your numbers.

Questions

The short answers. The longer ones are on the pricing page.

Is it free?

Most of the first path is free, and so is the first module of every other path. Premium opens every room and every mock exam, at £12 a month.

Is this tax or accounting advice?

No. Ledger Drill is practice. It teaches how a record or a sum works, with any rate it needs given in the question. For your own tax, check GOV.UK or ask an accountant.

Do I need an account to start?

No. You can answer questions as a guest. Join when you want to keep your marks, and they move to your account.

Are there videos?

No. Each task is a few lines of reading, then questions you answer in the books. You learn by doing the entries.

Is Ledger Drill linked to AAT?

No. Ledger Drill is independent practice. It is useful alongside a bookkeeping course, but it is not affiliated with AAT and it does not award a qualification.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. Every screen is designed for a phone first, and it works the same on a tablet or a desktop.

How is my work marked?

At once, by exact figures. A posting is right when the debits equal the credits and each account is on the correct side.

Learn more before you start

Longer pages to read first, each ending in rooms where you do the work.

GuidesStep by step answers to the bookkeeping jobs people search for, each with a worked example and rooms to practise in.TopicsOne page for each big subject in bookkeeping: what it is, the order to learn it in and every room that teaches it.CareersWhat a bookkeeper does, the skills the job needs, the usual routes in and how to practise them. No promises and no pay figures.CompareHonest comparisons of the ways to learn bookkeeping: what each one is better for, side by side, and who should pick which.

Post your first entry now.

It takes under a minute, and you do not need an account.

  • Most of the first path, free
  • The first module of every other path
  • Your marks are kept when you join
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