Leave Management Software
for Professional Services
Leave tracking, client cover planning, and compliance reporting. Built for law firms, accountancy practices, consultancies, and financial advisory firms.
Free 14-day trial. No credit card required.
£200+
billable hour saved
< 5 min
setup time
£8
per user/month
Sound familiar?
These are the problems professional services firms face every day — and exactly what Leavely solves.
Client work suffers from unplanned absence
When a fee earner is unexpectedly off, their client work stalls. Deadlines slip, other team members scramble to cover, and clients lose confidence. Without advance visibility of who is available, every absence becomes a crisis.
No visibility across partners and teams
Partners cannot see who is off across departments or offices. Leave is tracked in spreadsheets, inboxes, or not at all. When two people on the same matter book holiday at the same time, nobody spots the clash until it's too late.
Compliance and audit trail gaps
Regulators like the SRA, ICAEW, and FCA expect firms to maintain proper staff records. Paper-based or spreadsheet leave tracking creates gaps in your audit trail and risks non-compliance during regulatory reviews.
Leave Management with Client Cover Planning
See who is off and who is available across every practice area before approving leave. The team calendar gives partners and managers the visibility they need to ensure client work is always covered and deadlines are never missed.
- Team calendar with department and practice area views
- Prevent clashes on the same client matter
- One-click approvals from email or dashboard
- Self-service requests reduce admin burden
Team Calendar — Corporate Law
Billable Hours Protection
Every unplanned absence costs your firm in lost billable hours. Leavely gives you advance visibility of team capacity so you can redistribute client work, adjust timelines, and protect revenue before gaps appear.
- Real-time team availability dashboard
- Spot capacity gaps weeks in advance
- Plan resource allocation around absences
- Reduce lost billable hours from poor cover
Team Capacity — This Week
SRA, ICAEW & FCA Compliance
Professional services firms face regulatory obligations around record keeping and staff welfare. Leavely maintains a complete audit trail of every leave request, approval, and cancellation — exportable at any time for compliance reviews.
- Complete digital audit trail
- Timestamped records for every action
- Export to CSV for regulatory reviews
- Automatic statutory minimum enforcement
Audit Trail
Complete record of all leave activity
Regulatory Ready
Every action is logged with timestamp, user, and details. Export your full audit trail to CSV at any time for SRA, ICAEW, or FCA reviews.
Multi-Office & Branch Management
Whether your firm operates from two offices or twenty, Leavely lets you manage them all from one place. Organise staff by office, department, or practice area. Set location-specific public holidays and view leave across the entire firm.
- Single dashboard for all office locations
- Per-office public holiday calendars
- Department and practice area grouping
- Cross-office visibility for resource planning
Office Overview
Birmingham — 2 gaps
4 staff on leave this week. Consider redistributing 2 client matters to Manchester.
Reports for Partners & Management
Pre-built reports that give partners and senior management the data they need. Absence trends, Bradford Factor scores, leave balances by department, and team utilisation — all filterable and exportable for management packs.
- 8 pre-built report templates
- Filter by date, department, office, or individual
- Export to CSV for board papers
- Bradford Factor scoring for absence patterns
Management Report — Q1 2026
Export to CSV for partner meetings, board papers, or regulatory submissions
Built for every type of professional services firm
Whether you're a two-partner practice or a multi-office firm, Leavely fits your workflow.
Law Firms
Solicitors, barristers' chambers, and legal practices of all sizes
Accountancy Practices
Chartered accountants, audit firms, and tax advisory practices
Management Consultancies
Strategy, operations, and IT consultancies with project-based teams
Recruitment Agencies
Staffing agencies and executive search firms with fast-paced teams
Financial Advisory
IFAs, wealth managers, and FCA-regulated financial planning firms
The cost of poor leave management
In professional services, every absence has a direct impact on revenue and client relationships.
£200+ billable hour lost
Every unplanned absence day costs your firm at least one senior fee earner's billable hour. For a partner, that figure can exceed £500. Leavely gives you the advance visibility to plan cover and protect revenue.
3.4 days per employee per year
UK professional services firms average 3.4 sickness absence days per employee per year. Without proper tracking, patterns go unnoticed and small problems become expensive ones.
Audit trail in seconds
When the SRA, ICAEW, or FCA ask for your leave records, Leavely lets you export a complete, timestamped audit trail in seconds — not hours of digging through spreadsheets and email chains.
Simple, transparent pricing
One plan, everything included. No hidden fees. No long-term contracts.
Per seat
Billed monthly based on active employee count
- Everything included — no tiers
- Leave management & approvals
- Client cover planning
- Team calendar with department views
- Multi-office management
- TOIL tracking & approvals
- Compliance audit trail
- Partner & management reports
- Employee self-service portal
No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
Example: a 30-person law firm = £240/month
Frequently asked questions
Common questions from professional services firms about Leavely.