I am about to start using Paxton Charities Software to keep our accounts which up to now have been kept as paper cashbooks. If I get the bookkeeping right the software will produce SORP and SOFA compliant end of year accounts. I will input data from the beginning of this financial year (1st january 2012). Should I start from the beginning of last year (1st january 2011) so that the software produces comparable last year's figures at the end of this year? I do have the figures for last year on paper in the end of year accounts produced by our accountants.