Small Businesses are HUGE

SMALL BUSINESSES ARE HUGE It's true - 95% of ALL businesses in the UK have fewer than 10 employees. Sadly, many of these five million businesses still The FreeAgent Times BREAKING NEWS struggle to stay on top 5 Million of their books. MICRO-BUSINESSES IN THE UK 34% OF MICRO-BUSINESSES SAY THEY'VE FELT OVERWHELMED BY THEIR ACCOUNTS... 1 in 4 DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PROFIT 19% MARGIN IS 1 in 8 OF ANNUAL UK BUSINESS TURNOVER IS GENERATED BY HAD TO WAIT A YEAR OR MORE TO GET PAID FOR WORK 1 in 10 FREELANCERS AND MICRO-BUSINESSES CHECK THEIR FINANCIALS ONCE A YEAR OR LESS 22 Complete testing 22 Mecting in Manchester FRI SAT 24 Fit in family? WE ESTIMATE THAT MICRO BUSINESSES SPEND SUN DO THE 25 26 BOOKS!H 28,800,000 TUES 27 concept design work WEDS 28 THURS Complete proposal 29 FRI 30 Proposal presentation UNNECESSARY DAYS EVERY YEAR DOING THEIR BOOKS. SAT 31 Whew! The weekend... MORE THAN HALF OF BUSINESSES STILL RELY ACCOUNTS LEDGER ON PEN & PAPER OR SPREADSHEETS TO DO THEIR BOOKS. Small businesses are big news, but running one isn't always easy - luckily that's where FreeAgent's award-winning online accounting software comes in! We're on a mission to help even more of the UK's five million micro-businesses stay on top of their business admin, and we'd love for you to be a part of that. SHARE CERTIFICATE Until 19th July, you can request to buy FreeAgent shares through our equity crowdfunding partner, Seedrs. Nathan Barley This is to certify that Peape remember to keep thia ceriticate someuhere reat rea realty aae t's a very importnt ocumene you can oN t0 oe. is the registered holder of_I00 FreeAgent shares. More information at: www.seedrs.com/startups/freeagent Freeagent This does not, and is not intended to, constitute an offer to acquire shares. All activities relating to the promotion and offer of shares will be carried out by Seedrs, an FCA authorised crowdfunding platform, and not by FreeAgent. * FreeAgent calculation based on business population data and our YouGov poll All business population statistics from the Department for Business Innovation & Skills. All other figures. unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 505 owners/ partners in micro-businesses. Fieldwork was undertaken between 1st - 9th June 2015. The survey was carried out online.