Free UK bank statement converters: what free actually includes
By Arron Child. Claims checked 16 July 2026; stale pricing or capability claims enter a 90-day review queue.
"Free bank statement converter UK" is one of the most-searched phrases in this market, and almost every result stretches the word "free". This page lays out what each well-known tool's free tier actually includes, taken from each vendor's own published pages on the date shown above, plus the genuinely free routes most articles skip: the export buttons inside UK banking apps themselves.
First: your bank may already do this for free
If you have online-banking access to the account, you may not need a converter at all.
- Monzo exports CSV or QIF directly from the app (Home, three dots, Bank Statements), per Monzo's own help pages.
- NatWest online banking exports transactions as CSV, Excel, or Sage-compatible OFX.
- Lloyds offers a Midata export from online banking.
- first direct provides midata downloads and six years of PDF statements.
- Starling and Revolut both offer statement downloads, including CSV, in-app.
The catch, and the reason converters exist: bookkeepers usually receive a PDF from the client, not the client's login. If that is you, read on.
What "free" means at each converter
| Tool | Free tier, per its own site | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| ukbankconv | Unlimited verified previews without an account; one free verified export with one | Seven certified UK banks only; credits beyond the free export |
| BankConverter (bankconverter.co.uk) | 3 conversions per month | 50-transaction cap per file; most real monthly statements exceed it |
| UK Statement Converter | 1 page per 24h anonymous, 5 pages per 24h registered | Long statements burn days of allowance |
| BankStatementWizard | 10 pages per month | Per-page, monthly reset, AI extraction with no stated verification |
| BankStatementConverter.com | Anonymous conversions with an undisclosed daily cap | Volume pricing published only after registration |
| DocuClipper | 14-day trial, no card | A trial, not a tier: it ends |
| Excel Power Query | Genuinely free with Excel | You build and verify everything yourself; see the full comparison |
How to read that table
Every "free" above is real but shaped differently: per month, per day, per page, per trial, or per transaction. The shape matters more than the word. A bookkeeper with one client statement a month fits several of these; a January rush of 700 pages fits none of them, which is what practitioners on AccountingWEB keep running into: page caps "far too low", subscriptions "a bit expensive if you have lots to convert".
Our own free tier is shaped around verification rather than volume: run any supported statement through the converter as many times as you like, watch every check pass or fail, and pay only when you take a file away.
What this page does not claim
Nothing here says any of these tools is inaccurate. Free-tier shapes and prices come from each vendor's public pages on the date above; parsing quality is a separate question that only the reproducible test protocol can answer, and results will be published per product as tests are run.
Sources
- BankConverter pricing; UK Statement Converter pricing; BankStatementWizard; BankStatementConverter.com; DocuClipper pricing — all checked 16 July 2026
- Bank export routes: Monzo help (Getting a bank statement), NatWest statements and midata pages, Lloyds Midata export, first direct statements and midata pages, Starling statements feature page, Revolut help — checked 16 July 2026
- AccountingWEB: Bank Statement Converter, July 2025