Start your business.
Properly.

School never taught you the admin, the tax or the next step. FirstLeap gives you the system to start with confidence: ten guided leaps, real money tools and an AI coach.

FirstLeap Tools tab: frog coach, tools picked for you and the founder hub
FirstLeap home: your next leap, your business and things to explore

The real reason

School taught you Pythagoras. Not invoices.

The ideas are there. The know-how isn't. FirstLeap puts everything you need to start in one app, in the right order.

Clarity

Know exactly what to do next

Ten leaps, in order. No guessing which of a thousand blog posts applies to you.

Money

Get paid like a real business

Invoices, expenses, income and cashflow, set up for UK sole traders from day one.

Tax

No nasty surprises from HMRC

Self Assessment, VAT and Corporation Tax estimates before the deadline, not after.

Coach

Stuck? Just ask

An AI coach that knows your business and your leap. Plain English, any time.

Confidence

Learn by doing, not reading

Short lessons, real examples and a task at the end of every leap.

Community

Founders your age

A moderated community from 16, with blocking and reporting built in.

How it works

From idea to income, one leap at a time.

STEP 01

See your next step, every day

Home shows the one leap to work on now and how your business is coming along. No overwhelm.

  • Your next leap, front and centre
  • Progress across all ten leaps
FirstLeap home screen

STEP 02

Learn it, then do it

Each leap is a short lesson, a quick quiz and a real task, from choosing your idea to your first sale.

  • Bite-size lessons with real examples
  • A task that moves your business forward
FirstLeap journey screen

STEP 03

Run the business side

Over 20 tools for money, tax and admin, picked for where you are in your journey.

  • Invoices, expenses and cashflow
  • UK tax estimates and compliance
FirstLeap tools screen

STEP 04

Ask when you're stuck

Your business coach knows your idea and your progress, and answers in plain English.

  • Replies tailored to your journey
  • Guidance, not regulated advice
FirstLeap business coach screen

The journey

A path, not a pile of PDFs.

Ten leaps take you from a blank page to a real, trading business. Each one unlocks the next, so you always know where you are.

Your frog grows with you, leap by leap.

  1. 01Choose your business idea
  2. 02Validate your market
  3. 03Create your business plan
  4. 04Name and brand your business
  5. 05Understand legal setup
  6. 06Set up your finances
  7. 07Define your product or service
  8. 08Plan marketing and growth
  9. 09Sales and launch
  10. 10Growth and scaling

Try it now

Try it in 10 seconds.

Tell us what you sell and see what a year of it could earn, and roughly what tax you'd owe.

£

Invoice

Your business

Invoice #001

Your product or service

£0

Total

£0

Your year at a glance

Yearly income

£0

Income Tax, estimated

£0

Illustrative only. Not tax advice. Excludes National Insurance and expenses.

FirstLeap does this for your real business.

Why we built it

"I had this idea when I was 19 and I was completely lost in the tax system. School had never taught me any of this. For me, this is way more important than Pythagoras's theorem."

Josh Barlow, Founder & CEO

Josh Barlow, Founder & CEO of FirstLeap

Josh Barlow

Founder & CEO

Jack Tinegate, Co-Founder & CTO of FirstLeap

Jack Tinegate

Co-Founder & CTO

Simple, fair pricing

Free to start. Fair forever.

Core tools are free forever. Paid plans are for users 16+, or bought by a parent or guardian.

Free

£0forever
  • Expense and income tracking
  • Tax, VAT and Corporation Tax estimates
  • UK business glossary and guides
  • Compliance checklist
  • The beginner leaps
  • Community (16+)
First 1,000 members only

Founding Member

£12.99/month

Price locked for life

  • Everything in Premium
  • Founding member badge
  • Direct line to the founders
  • Shape the roadmap

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