Empire
Empire for the business behind your work.
Your work generates the revenue. Empire organizes the financial and administrative system around it.
- Command Center
- Activity
- Reports
- Accountant Access
- Workspace Settings
Financial overview
Review cash position, receivables, records, and the work that needs attention.
Cash position
$48,620
$7,840 available after scheduled items
Open invoices
$12,840
6 open, 2 overdue
Expenses to review
8
3 are missing receipts
Tax readiness
82%
9 records still need attention
Cash movement
Net this month +$10,350
Money in Money out
Needs attention
Review 3 uncategorized expenses
OpenDue todayReview
Attach receipt to software purchase
Missing recordDue in 2 daysAttach
Follow up on 2 overdue invoices
Overdue14 days lateFollow up
Prepare records for the upcoming tax review
ScheduledDue 15 SepPrepare
Tax readiness
82% ready
- Transactions reviewed146 of 178
- Receipts matched121 of 138
- Missing records9 outstanding
Next action: match 9 missing receipts before 15 September.
Receivables
View all invoices| Invoice | Client | Due | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INV-1041 | Client A | Due 2 Aug | $3,200 | Due soon |
| INV-1038 | Client B | Due 24 Jul | $1,850 | Overdue |
| INV-1036 | Client C | Paid 18 Jul | $4,400 | Paid |
| INV-1035 | Client D | Due 9 Aug | $2,140 | Due soon |
Recent activity
- Invoice marked paid09:42
- Expense document attached08:15
- Client record updatedYesterday
- Financial export prepared28 Jul
Revenue streams
$28,600 this month- Client services$16,900
- Sponsorships$5,400
- Online sales$4,100
- Property income$2,200
How the platform fits together
Empire is not a collection of separate tools sharing a login. Each capability writes to the same records, so an invoice knows the client it belongs to, a receipt knows the expense it supports, and a tax period knows the transactions that fall inside it.
That is what makes the routine work faster over time. You are not re-entering the same information in three places or reconstructing a quarter from memory at the deadline. Below is every capability, what it does, and what it looks like in a live workspace.
Capability
One operational view of the money side of your business.
The command center is the first screen of your workspace. It gathers the numbers you already record and turns them into a short list of what is settled and what still needs a decision.
What you can do
- Review organized income and expense activity for the current period
- Open items flagged as incomplete or unclassified
- Check invoices approaching or past their expected payment date
- See the responsibilities scheduled for the coming weeks
A consultant opens the command center on Monday and sees three unclassified expenses, one overdue invoice, and a document request waiting on a client.
Capability
Business activity that is classified, supported, and reviewable.
Record what came in and what went out, classify it against your own categories, and attach the receipt or invoice that supports it. Anything missing support stays visible until it is resolved.
What you can do
- Classify income and expenses with categories that match your business
- Attach receipts, invoices, and statements to the entries they support
- Filter for entries missing a document or a category
- Prepare a clean period summary for review
An online seller separates platform fees, supplier costs, and advertising spend so the monthly picture is readable without a spreadsheet rebuild.
Capability
Understand where the organized numbers currently stand.
Cash position summarizes the records you have organized: what has been received, what has been spent, what is still expected, and what you have set aside for upcoming responsibilities.
What you can do
- Review the organized operating position for a period
- See expected receivables next to recorded obligations
- Track a reserve target for tax or recurring costs
- Break the position down by revenue stream
A creator sees sponsorship income, platform payouts, and production costs separated instead of merged into one number.
Capability
Know exactly which invoices are open, late, or resolved.
Every invoice carries a status, an expected date, and a follow-up history, so chasing payment stops depending on memory or a scan through old email.
What you can do
- Create and organize invoices against clients and engagements
- Monitor open balances and partially resolved invoices
- Log follow-up actions and payment commitments
- See what is expected to arrive this month
A designer records that a client committed to paying on the 20th, and the follow-up returns to the task list if it does not arrive.
Capability
Arrive at the deadline with records already organized.
Tax readiness in Empire means structure, not filing. Transactions are reviewed through the year, supporting documents are matched, and gaps are listed while they are still easy to close.
What you can do
- Work through a transaction review queue during the year
- Match receipts and supporting documents to recorded activity
- Track records that are still missing
- Prepare an organized set of records for a professional to review
A landlord enters the year-end review with leases, repair invoices, and rent records already attached to each property.
Capability
Every business document stored where it belongs.
Documents are attached to the client, property, invoice, or expense they relate to, so the record and its evidence stay together instead of drifting into unrelated folders.
What you can do
- Upload receipts, contracts, statements, and leases
- Attach documents directly to clients, entries, or properties
- Search records by name, type, or related workspace
- Track document requests that are still outstanding
A consultant finds a signed agreement from eighteen months ago by opening the client rather than searching an inbox.
Capability
Each client with their records, invoices, and history in one place.
A client workspace holds the engagement, the agreed scope, the invoices raised, the documents exchanged, and the recurring work that repeats each month.
What you can do
- Create clients and engagements with their own records
- See every invoice and balance for a client
- Keep contracts and deliverable notes with the engagement
- Track recurring work and its status
A small agency reviews a client before a renewal conversation and sees the full history in a single view.
Capability
Recurring responsibilities with owners, dates, and status.
Monthly reviews, document collection, invoice follow-ups, and preparation tasks become repeatable workflows instead of things you try to remember at the end of the quarter.
What you can do
- Build repeatable processes for monthly and quarterly work
- Assign owners and due dates to each responsibility
- Track due dates and recurring activity in one list
- Review the status history of completed work
A two-person studio runs the same close checklist every month and can see who completed each step.
Capability
Summaries and exports without rebuilding the year.
Because entries are classified and supported as you go, a period summary or structured export is a selection, not a reconstruction project.
What you can do
- Generate summaries by period, client, property, or revenue stream
- Produce structured exports of organized records
- Include supporting documents with an export
- Keep a record of what was exported and when
A freelancer produces a clean quarterly summary in minutes when a lender asks for organized records.
Capability
A clean handoff instead of a scattered email thread.
Give a professional access to the records they need, track what they have asked for, and close the requests inside the workspace rather than across a month of messages.
What you can do
- Grant and remove access for an accountant or bookkeeper
- Track outstanding information requests
- Share an organized export for a specific period
- Keep the handoff history with the records
A first-time business owner sends one organized handoff instead of forwarding forty attachments.