Inventory Management Software UK
Inventory Management Software for UK Businesses
Canopy is inventory management software built for UK ecommerce brands — GBP pricing, landed cost for UK importers, post-Brexit duty tracking, and native Shopify integration. From £59/month. No setup fees.
Why do UK businesses need purpose-built inventory software?
UK ecommerce brands face inventory challenges that US-built software often ignores: post-Brexit import duty on goods from China and the EU, GBP-first cost tracking, sea freight lead times of 90–120 days from Asia, and HMRC cost-of-goods requirements for accurate annual accounts. Canopy is built by a UK founder, priced in GBP, and designed around the realities of running a UK product brand in 2025.
Why UK businesses need purpose-built inventory software
Many inventory management tools are built in the US and priced in dollars for an American market. They handle US domestic shipping and Amazon FBA well. They often struggle with the realities of a UK product brand in 2025: post-Brexit customs, GBP reporting, long sea freight journeys from China and the need for accurate HMRC-compliant cost data.
Canopy is built in the UK, by a founder who ran an £80M ecommerce business importing goods from overseas. Every feature is designed around the workflows UK brands actually use — not workflows retrofitted from a US warehouse context.
UK tax and customs considerations for ecommerce brands
Since Brexit, UK importers face a different cost structure to their pre-2021 operations. Getting this right in your inventory system matters:
Import duty on all non-UK goods
Post-Brexit, goods imported from China, the EU and other countries are subject to UK Global Tariff duty rates. These rates vary by product category and commodity code. Canopy's landed cost calculator lets you enter the duty amount per shipment and allocate it to individual SKUs — so your cost price reflects what you actually paid to get the goods into the UK.
Import VAT on goods entering the UK
Most commercial imports attract 20% import VAT at the UK border, which you can reclaim on your VAT return if you're VAT-registered. Canopy tracks your import costs including the VAT paid, helping your accountant reconcile import VAT claims accurately.
Accurate COGS for HMRC annual accounts
HMRC requires accurate cost-of-goods-sold figures for corporation tax purposes. Canopy's stock valuation data — including landed costs — gives your accountant the COGS numbers they need. The data is exportable as CSV at any time.
Landed cost calculation for UK importers
If you import goods from China, India, Vietnam or any other country, your product cost price is not the number on your supplier invoice. It is that number plus freight, insurance, UK customs duty, import VAT (if irrecoverable) and any handling charges — divided by the number of units in the shipment.
Many UK brands discover their true landed cost is 20–40% higher than their supplier FOB price. If your inventory system doesn't calculate this, your margin data is wrong — and every reorder decision you make is based on a fiction.
Canopy's landed cost calculator is available on Grow (£129/month) and Scale (£199/month) plans. When you receive a shipment, enter the total freight, duty and handling costs. Canopy allocates them to each SKU by weight, volume or value — your choice. The landed cost flows directly into your P&L dashboard, so your margin numbers are real.
See your true margin after UK import costs
Canopy calculates landed cost per SKU — freight, duty and handling all allocated automatically. Get early access today.
Currency management: GBP reporting with multi-currency purchasing
UK brands buying from China typically pay in USD or CNY. European suppliers often invoice in EUR. Canopy handles this without forcing you to do manual currency conversions:
- Create purchase orders in USD, CNY, EUR or any other currency
- Canopy records the exchange rate at the time of the order
- Landed costs are converted to GBP when you receive the shipment
- Your P&L dashboard always shows margin in GBP
- Exchange rate history is stored against each purchase order for reconciliation
How Canopy serves UK ecommerce businesses
Canopy was built by Andrew Simpson, a UK ecommerce founder who turned over £80M and spent £200,000 on OrderWise — expensive UK inventory software that was too complex to learn and use. He built Canopy to give UK Shopify brands the inventory system they actually need, at a price they can afford from day one.
UK inventory management software — frequently asked questions
For UK Shopify brands, Canopy is built specifically for the UK market — priced in GBP, designed around UK import workflows (landed cost calculation for post-Brexit customs), and with HMRC-aware cost tracking. Alternatives like Linnworks (£360+/month) and OrderWise (£1,250+/month) are also UK-built but designed for much larger or more complex operations. Canopy starts at £59/month with no setup fees.
Yes. Canopy's landed cost calculator lets you allocate freight, UK import duty, insurance and handling charges to individual SKUs when you receive a shipment. This is essential for UK brands importing from China, India or other countries — post-Brexit duty rates apply to all imports including goods previously covered by EU trade agreements. Canopy stores the full landed cost per unit, which flows into your P&L so your margin numbers are accurate.
Canopy is an inventory management system, not an accounting platform. It does not file VAT returns or interact directly with HMRC. However, Canopy stores accurate cost prices, landed costs and stock valuation data that your accountant or your accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks) needs for HMRC compliance — including accurate COGS figures for your annual accounts and correct stock valuations at year-end.
Yes. Canopy reports your P&L and stock valuation in GBP (your Shopify store currency). Purchase orders can be created in your supplier's currency — USD for Chinese suppliers, EUR for European suppliers — and Canopy records the exchange rate at the time of the order. Landed costs are converted to GBP automatically when you receive shipments, so your margin data is always in your reporting currency.
Canopy is built by a UK founder who ran an £80M ecommerce business from the UK. Key UK-specific features include: landed cost calculation with UK import duty allocation, GBP-first reporting, multi-currency purchase orders (USD/CNY/EUR → GBP conversion), sea freight lead time management (essential for UK importers from Asia), and pricing in GBP with no dollar conversion surprises. Canopy is hosted on UK-based infrastructure and is GDPR compliant.
Yes — and this is exactly who Canopy is built for. Post-Brexit, UK importers from China face customs declarations, import VAT, and duty rates that did not apply under EU membership. Canopy's landed cost calculator handles all of this: enter your CIF value, duty rate and import VAT, and Canopy allocates costs to individual SKUs. Combined with weeks cover forecasting for 70–90 day lead times from China, Canopy gives UK importers the visibility they need to avoid stockouts and understand their true margins.
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