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UK templates
Free UK invoice template
A UK invoice must include a unique number, your name, address and contact details, the customer's name and address, a clear description of what you are charging for, the supply date, the invoice date, the amounts, any VAT and the total owed. Fill in the template, watch the preview update, then download it with a free account.
GOV.UK asks for this if you use a business name.
Must be unique. Change it if you use your own series.
GOV.UK: unless you agree a date, the customer must pay within 30 days.
Invoice preview
From
Smith Design Studio
Sole trader: Jane Smith
Address for legal documents: 14 Mill Lane, Leeds LS1 4AB
14 Mill Lane, Leeds LS1 4AB
jane@smithdesign.example · 0113 496 0000
To
Northern Retail Ltd
2 Station Road, Manchester M1 2AB
- Invoice number
- INV-2026-0001
- Date of invoice
- 15 October 2026
- Supply date
- 15 October 2026
- Payment due
- 14 November 2026
| Description | Quantity | Unit price | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website design: homepage and four inner pages | 1 | £1,200.00 | £1,200.00 |
| Logo design, two rounds of changes | 1 | £350.00 | £350.00 |
- Total
- £1,550.00
- VAT
- Not charged: not VAT registered
- Total amount owed
- £1,550.00
Pay by bank transfer to sort code 00-00-00, account 00000000, quoting the invoice number.
What a UK invoice must include
GOV.UK lists these details for every invoice. The last four apply only to sole traders using a business name and to limited companies.
- A unique identification number
- Your company name
- Your address
- Your contact information
- The company name of the customer you’re invoicing
- The address of the customer you’re invoicing
- A clear description of what you’re charging for
- The date the goods or service were provided (supply date)
- The date of the invoice
- The amount(s) being charged
- VAT amount if applicable
- The total amount owed
- Sole trader: your name and any business name being used
- Sole trader using a business name: an address where legal documents can be delivered to you
- Limited company: the full company name as it appears on the certificate of incorporation
- Limited company: if directors are named, all directors must be named
An invoice is not the same as a receipt, which is an acknowledgement of payment: use the receipt template once you are paid. Unless a payment date is agreed, the customer must pay within 30 days. If you and your customer are both VAT registered you must use a VAT invoice, which needs more details: try the VAT invoice template.
Sources: GOV.UK: Invoices - what they must include, VAT Notice 700, section 16: VAT invoices. Last checked 2026-10-15.