PennyBrass brings asset management, bookings, invoicing, trust accounting, owner settlements, banking and supporting documents into one controlled financial workflow.
PennyBrass is designed for operators who manage other people's assets and money. The booking is not isolated from the accounts: operational activity drives the financial process, while documents, communications and evidence remain connected to the records they support.
Manage the stay and the asset without creating a second record for the accounts team.
Set the rules once. With a single keystroke, PennyBrass automatically applies them to every subsequent tenant payment.
PennyBrass already knows.
When an asset changes hands, PennyBrass knows which revenue belongs to the former owner and which belongs to the new owner.
Tell PennyBrass the rule. It does the calculation.
Owner funds, deductions, allocations and settlements are controlled through the trust ledger.
Supporting information is kept with the transaction and operational record it belongs to.
Deposits, payments, recurring payments and transfers are recorded once and can be traced back through the financial records. Bank reconciliation and reconciliation registers provide the final control between trust accounting and the bank.
CADA was originally developed as a functional component of a CMS, legal back office and legal trust accounting system used by Brett Davies Lawyers to manage its business.
PennyBrass takes that heritage forward. The modern system connects business data, documents, transactions, allocations and financial workflows so that the operational record and the evidence supporting it remain connected.
Computer Assisted Document Assembly within a legal practice-management, back-office and trust-accounting environment.
An evolved platform connecting asset operations and financial operations through controlled, document-aware workflows.
The model applies wherever assets are rented, payments are received, deductions are made and settlements are required.
“I have worked with Simon Treloar since 1993. He has an outstanding ability to understand how a business works and build software that makes it work better.”
“We are a law firm. Accuracy, financial control and reliable records matter to us. A system must do more than look attractive. The numbers must reconcile, the documents must match the transactions, and the records must explain what happened.”
“That experience is reflected in PennyBrass. It brings bookings, payments, trust accounting, owner settlements, bank reconciliation and supporting evidence into one controlled workflow.”
Brett Davies worked with Simon from the original development of CADA in 1993. His reference speaks directly to the principles behind PennyBrass: financial control, reconciliation, connected records and evidence.
Read the full referenceWe have worked with Simon Treloar and Bionic Software since the early 2000s. Over that time, Bionic Software has provided software development and operational support for our apartment management business, with Simon closely involved in understanding and solving the problems we encountered.
Simon has a strong understanding of how an accommodation business actually operates — not just the software, but the bookings, financial processes and day-to-day requirements behind it. On numerous occasions, he has helped us resolve critical problems with our existing booking system and keep the business operating when things have gone awry.
We were also involved in the beta testing of PennyBrass and have seen its development from an operational perspective.
What stands out is Simon’s ability to understand a business problem and turn it into a practical software solution. He understands the consequences when the software gets something wrong, because he understands the business processes behind it.
Absolute Waterfront Apartments has worked with Simon Treloar and Bionic Software since the early 2000s and was involved in the beta testing of PennyBrass.
PennyBrass is built for the operator who needs the front desk and the trust account to work as the same system.
Don't rely on people to remember the process. Configure it once — PennyBrass applies it every time.
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