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KinderStart: Childminding App
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Our notes
KinderStart is an app for UK childminders covering daily diaries, invoicing, Ofsted paperwork and expenses, with MTD for Income Tax quarterly updates and final declaration. Built only for childminders.
Pros
- Quarterly updates and final declaration from the app, per vendor
- Childminder household expense apportionment built in
- Combines childcare admin with tax records
Cons
- Only for childminders
- Free Starter plan does not include MTD
- Trial length stated as 7 days on pricing, 14 days on the MTD page
Price
Prices can change without notice, so confirm with the provider before you buy. Spotted an error? Email us.
- Cheapest MTD-capable plan
- Solo
- Per month
- £14.49
- Per year
- £139
- VAT
- unknown
- Notes
- Solo £139/year ('Equivalent of £11.58 per month') or £14.49/month. Team £189/year or £19.99/month. Free Starter (£0) is a registration tracker only, without MTD. 7-day free trial.
Really free?
- Quarterly updates free
- no
- Tax return (final declaration) free
- no
- Limits
- Free Starter plan excludes 'Making Tax Digital Integration'.
- Bank account condition
- None
- Time limit
- None stated
Landlords and spreadsheets
- Excel bridging
- unknown
- Google Sheets bridging
- unknown
- CSV import
- unknown
- Bridging notes
- HMRC lists bridging Ready now, but the vendor says 'no spreadsheets or bridging tools needed'; no spreadsheet import is described.
Checked 18 Oct 2026. Sources:kinderstart.co.uk, kinderstart.co.uk, kinderstart.co.uk
HMRC listing
What the software provider has told HMRC. “In development” means the provider has committed to building it in time for the 2026 to 2027 tax return.
Features
| Free version | Not included |
|---|---|
| Agent software | Not included |
| Individual software | Ready now |
| Software that creates digital records | Ready now |
| Bridging software that connects to records | Ready now |
| Standard update period (6 April to 5 April) | Ready now |
| Calendar update period (1 April to 31 March) | Ready now |
| Making Tax Digital for VAT | Not included |
| HMRC Assist (Submission Feedback) | Not included |
Business income
| Sole trader | Ready now |
|---|---|
| UK property | Not included |
| Foreign property | Not included |
Other income sources and items
| Employment (PAYE) | Not included |
|---|---|
| UK dividends | Not included |
| State Pension income | Not included |
| Private pension incomes | Not included |
| Partner income from a partnership | Not included |
| Foreign dividends | Not included |
| Foreign interest | Not included |
| Private pension contributions | Not included |
| Construction Industry Scheme | Not included |
| Charitable giving | Not included |
| Capital Gains | Not included |
| Student Loan | Not included |
| Marriage Allowance | Not included |
| Voluntary Class 2 National Insurance | Not included |
| High Income Child Benefit Charge | Not included |
| UK interest | Not included |
Accessibility
| Blindness or impaired vision | Ready now |
|---|---|
| Deafness or impaired hearing | Ready now |
| Motor or physical difficulties | Ready now |
| Cognitive impairments | Ready now |
Platform
| Software type | Web browser |
|---|---|
| Mobile App | Android Apple iOS |
| Language | English |