RFD Insights — Getting Started
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Getting started · Insights

The numbers, finally clear.

A walkthrough of Insights — your margins, what's tying up cash, where your stock comes from, and VAT ready for your accountant. The business view paper never gave you.

01Margins02Aging03Sources 04VAT report05Any period06Export
01

What you actually made

Every firearm's purchase price against what it sold for — and your total margin across the period. The business view a paper register could never give you.

Tip Purchase prices stay private commercial data — they never appear on a police notification.
INSIGHTS / STOCK INSIGHTS
Total margin · this quarter£4,280
FirearmBoughtSoldMargin
Sako 85 Hunter£980£1,340+£360 · 37%
Beretta 686£1,450£1,890+£440 · 30%
Ruger 10/22£210£320+£110 · 52%
Blaser R8£2,100£2,750+£650 · 31%
02

Spot the slow movers

See how long each firearm has sat on the shelf, grouped into age bands, so you can spot the stock quietly tying up your cash and act before it ages further.

Tip Anything over your threshold is flagged, oldest first.
INSIGHTS / AGING
41
0–30d
22
31–90d
9
91–180d
4
180d+
2 items over 180 days Blaser R8 · 214 days  ·  Glock 17 · 190 days
03

Where your stock comes from

Understand your supply mix at a glance — trade, private certificate holders, or police hand-ins — so you know where your business really comes from.

Tip Source is captured on every acquisition, automatically.
INSIGHTS / SOURCES
Trade (another RFD)62%
Public (certificate holders)31%
Police / hand-in7%
04

VAT, ready for your accountant

Output VAT on your sales — net, VAT and gross — broken down by rate with every transaction listed. The figures your accountant needs for a VAT return, without the spreadsheet.

Tip The transaction date is the VAT point, so periods line up cleanly.
INSIGHTS / FINANCIAL REPORTS
SummaryNetVATGross
Output VAT on sales£24,180.00£4,836.00£29,016.00
VAT on sales · this quarter£4,836.00
Standard rate 20% broken down by rate, with every transaction listed
05

Run it for any period

Month, quarter or year — pick a preset or set your own dates. Every report re-runs instantly, so it's ready exactly when your VAT return or year-end is due.

Tip Presets cover the common periods; Custom does the rest.
INSIGHTS / PERIOD
01 Jul 2026
30 Sep 2026
This monthThis quarterThis yearCustom
Every report runs for any period — ready at VAT-return time and year-end.
06

Hand it to your accountant

Export any report to CSV for your records or a clean PDF to send on. Each report states its own basis, so there's no ambiguity about what it covers.

Tip CSV for your books; PDF for handing over.
INSIGHTS / EXPORT
Export CSVExport PDF
DateTypeCustomerGross
12 AugSaleJ. Fielding£1,400.00
09 AugSaleT. Marsh£880.00
Covers output VAT (VAT charged on sales). Second-hand firearms sold under the VAT margin scheme may differ. Supports a VAT return — not tax advice.