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Invoicing and credit

Trading
2 invoices raised on the accountterms Proformainvoices raise per shipmentXero keeps the ledger
Invoiced£4,431gross, across 2 invoices
Not yet invoiced£00 open orders still to ship in full
Balance in Xero£4,083arrives from the ledger, never re-keyed
Overdue£0nothing past terms
Invoices on this accountOne invoice per order, raised the moment the rule allows
InvoiceRaisedSiteDueXeroGross
Raised24/07/2026SiteAylesbury Head OfficeAylesburyDue23/08/2026within termsGross£148.94
Raised16/07/2026SiteColchester Production UnitColchesterDue15/08/2026within termsGross£4,282.13
2 invoices, £4,431 gross
Whether an invoice has been paid comes back from Xero with the balance, so the statement beneath and the ledger can never disagree. Supplier documents and the Xero connection itself are estate work, on global Invoicing.
Credit positionWhat the ledger says, plus what it cannot see: open orders, and any hold recorded on the accountTrading
Balance£4,083from Xero · limit £6,500
Exposure£4,083balance plus £0 on open orders
Headroom£2,417left before the limit, open orders counted
Overdue£0paying to terms
TradingInside the limit and paying to terms.
A hold is recorded on the company record by a person, with a reason, and released there. Exposure over the limit is a warning: nothing here stops an order on arithmetic.
AgeingThe overdue invoice rows, by how far past terms
Everything sits current. The reminder ladder stays quiet.
Reminder ladderCreated and issued are different states; only one reaches a customerNothing due
Nothing to chase: the account pays to terms. The ladder starts by itself at seven days overdue; levels 2 to 4 wait for a person.
Statement of account15/05/2026 to 13/08/2026 · the document a reminder goes out with£4,083.35
DateTypeReferenceDetailDueAmountBalance
15/05/2026Opening-Balance brought forward--£1,429.17
16/07/2026InvoiceINV-10470Order SO-10470, 2 lines to Colchester Production Unit15/08/2026£4,282.13£5,711.30
24/07/2026InvoiceINV-10515Order SO-10515, 2 lines to Aylesbury Head Office23/08/2026£148.94£5,860.24
05/08/2026PaymentBACS-5001Payment received, allocated to the oldest invoices first--£1,776.89£4,083.35
Balance now due£4,083.35
Opening balance £1,429.17 plus 2 invoices totalling £4,431.07 less payments received gives £4,083.35, which is the balance Xero holds for this account. Payments are the balancing figure in this simulation, which is stated here rather than hidden so nobody mistakes the statement for a real ledger extract.