The drawer of receipts
Nobody enters them until the auditor asks.
حساب · Hisab · by GrowBahrain
Your accounts. Our hands. Your screen.
Most small businesses in Bahrain cannot afford an accountant. So the books are a notebook, a WhatsApp thread and a visit to an audit firm every three months that "adjusts" things. Hisab is professional accounting software with the entry done for you. Send the invoice, the receipt, the bank line — on WhatsApp, as a photo, however it comes. We enter it. You open your phone and see the books, live, the way an accountant would see them.
You do not learn accounting. You do not hire anyone. You just see your numbers. In final testing. Release December 2026.
The problem
The books are always three months behind.
The VAT quarter surprise
The return is due and the figures are not ready.
The accountant you cannot afford
A full-time accountant costs more than the business can carry; a part-time one is never there when you need a number.
The audit scramble
At year end everything is rebuilt from bank statements and memory.
What's included
What's included.
- Your own books in professional accounting software
- WhatsApp intake for documents: photo, PDF, forwarded invoice
- Entry and coding by the GrowBahrain accounts team
- Bank reconciliation
- Sales and purchase ledgers, receivables and payables ageing
- Bahrain VAT at 10%: invoices in NBR format, VAT collected and paid, quarterly return figures
- Monthly summary on WhatsApp: cash, profit, who owes you
- Audit-ready records: every entry with its document, nothing deleted silently
- Your data is yours — export at any time
How it works
Send it. We enter it. You see it.
Send
A photo of the invoice, the receipt or the bank line on WhatsApp, the day it happens.
We enter
Coded to the right account and VAT treatment, usually by the next working day.
You see
Cash, bank, who owes you, who you owe, sales and expenses this month, VAT collected and paid. Live, not month-end.
Every quarter, every year
VAT return figures ready for filing; a clean set of accounts for your auditor with every document attached.
Pricing
Less than a part-time accountant. More than a notebook.
Monthly fee — Based on how many documents you send, agreed before you start. Price at release, December 2026.
Free books check — No set-up fee
Less than a part-time accountant, more than a notebook, and always up to date.
Who it is for
Businesses with VAT and no accountant on staff
Shops, cafés, salons, clinics, contractors, service businesses and traders in Bahrain who have VAT obligations and no accountant on staff. Also new companies that want the books right from month one.
What Hisab is not
It is not an audit; your auditor still signs the accounts (we make their job short). It is not tax advice; for anything beyond routine VAT treatment we will tell you to ask a licensed advisor. If you already run GCCDash, Hisab becomes the review and VAT layer on top.
FAQ
Questions we get first
Do I need to learn software?
No. You send photos; you read numbers.
Can my auditor use it?
Yes. They get read access and a set of accounts with every document attached.
What if I already have an accountant?
Hisab can do the entry so your accountant reviews instead of types.
Is my data safe?
Separate books for every client, role-based access, logged changes, exportable at any time, supplied under a written data processing agreement.
How fast is the entry?
Usually by the next working day after you send it.
Do you file my VAT return?
We prepare the return figures and the supporting schedules. You, or your registered tax agent, submit the return on the NBR portal.
A conversation is a good start
Start with a free books check.
Send us last month's receipts and bank statement. We set up your books, enter one month, and show you what your business actually made. Then you decide.