Good Shepherd Bookkeeping Solutions, LLC

What Good Shepherd Bookkeeping Solutions, LLC does

Good Shepherd Bookkeeping Solutions, LLC is a privately held, Northern California-based outsourced bookkeeping and payroll firm founded in 2019 that serves exclusively churches and Christian ministries across the United States. With a team of 7 employees led by CEO Bob Dye, the company delivers remote bookkeeping, financial management, and payroll services through QuickBooks Online, with Dext for receipt capture and bill.com for accounts payable. Its service suite is built around three core offerings — Church Bookkeeping (transaction categorization, reconciliation, restricted-fund tracking, financial reporting), Church Financial Management (donor records, giving processing, bill pay, budgeting, monthly strategic consultations), and Church Payroll Services (clergy-specific payroll including housing allowance and self-employment tax handling, tax filings, W-2s and 1099-NECs) — supported by a proprietary Triple-Check Quality Process and a Church Financial Policies Manual framework.

The firm operates a sales-led go-to-market: initial 15-30 minute consultation, questionnaire, custom proposal, then onboarding with a cleanup specialist and IT support before monthly recurring work begins. Pricing is a flat monthly rate tailored to each church's size and structure, with no hourly billing. Revenue is generated entirely through recurring monthly subscriptions plus one-time onboarding/professional services fees, with all services delivered remotely to a customer base of roughly 30 ministry organizations. Marketing is driven by a 40+ article resource library, downloadable checklists, an email newsletter, organic social (Facebook, LinkedIn), and webinars co-hosted with adjacent ministry-service vendors such as Christian Community Credit Union.

No funding rounds, M&A activity, public listing, or institutional ownership are disclosed. The company is founder/owner-operated with a single named C-level executive, has no patents, trademarks, or disclosed certifications, and has not publicly disclosed revenue or headcount growth metrics.

Name

Good Shepherd Bookkeeping Solutions, LLC

Legal name

Good Shepherd Bookkeeping Solutions, LLC

Website

https://goodshepherdbookkeeping.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Good Shepherd Bookkeeping Solutions is a Northern California-based, 7-person outsourced bookkeeping and payroll firm founded in 2019 that delivers recurring flat-rate financial services exclusively to U.S. churches and Christian ministries via QuickBooks Online and a triple-check quality process.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Church and Ministry Bookkeeping Services

NAICS

Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (54121), Payroll Services (541214)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Business Services (7380)

akta.pro primary industry

Accounting & Bookkeeping Services (BPAHABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Full-Service Payroll Processing (BPACAIAA)

Keywords

• Church bookkeeping services
• Ministry payroll services
• Nonprofit accounting
• Clergy payroll processing
• Church financial management

Headquarters

HQ city

Northern California

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Monthly Bookkeeping Services: Recurring monthly flat-rate pricing model for ongoing bookkeeping services tailored to church size and structure. No hourly billing or surprise invoices. Services include transaction categorization, bank reconciliation, financial reporting, and QuickBooks Online cloud access.
2. Church Payroll Services: Monthly payroll processing for church staff including clergy-specific payroll needs (housing allowance, self-employment tax), tax payments and filings, W-2s and 1099-NECs.
3. Financial Management Services: Process weekly onsite and online giving, donor records management, bill pay, receipt capture, and budget building and monitoring with monthly strategic consultations.
4. Onboarding and Setup: Transition and onboarding services including cleanup specialist (if needed), IT support for logins and systems, and detailed review before monthly work begins.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Good Shepherd Bookkeeping Solutions delivers recurring monthly bookkeeping, financial management, and payroll services exclusively to churches, missions, and Christian ministries across the United States. Services are delivered remotely using QuickBooks Online and cover transaction categorization, bank and credit card reconciliation, restricted and designated fund tracking, donor records and giving processing, bill pay, budget monitoring, and clergy-specific payroll including housing allowance and self-employment tax handling. All work passes through a triple-check quality process and is delivered with board-ready reports tailored for pastors, ministry leaders, and church boards.

Product overview

Good Shepherd Bookkeeping Solutions provides a suite of professional bookkeeping, financial management, and payroll services tailored specifically for churches and ministries. Their core offerings consist of Church Bookkeeping (transaction categorization, bank reconciliation, financial reporting, and QuickBooks Online access), Church Financial Management (donor record maintenance, bill processing, budget monitoring, and strategic consultations), and Church Payroll Services (clergy-specific payroll, tax filing, W-2/1099 preparation). The company also offers free educational resources including a Church Year-End Checklist, Financial Policies Manual Checklist, and New Hire checklists. All services are delivered remotely to churches across the United States from their Northern California location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Church Bookkeeping Recurring monthly bookkeeping service for churches and ministries that categorizes every transaction, reconciles bank and credit card accounts, delivers timely and clear financial reports, manages restricted and designated funds, and provides QuickBooks Online cloud access. Designed for churches, missions, and Christian ministries of all sizes across the United States.
• Church Financial Management Monthly financial management service for churches and ministries that processes weekly onsite and online giving, maintains donor records and donor statements, pays bills and captures receipts, builds and monitors budgets, and provides monthly strategic consultations. Targeted at church pastors, treasurers, and finance committees.
• Church Payroll Services Monthly payroll service for churches and ministries that sets up payroll and documentation, manages clergy-specific payroll needs (housing allowance, self-employment tax), processes staff payroll, handles tax payments and filings, and prepares W-2s and 1099-NECs. Built specifically for clergy pay structures and ministry staff.

Quantifiable outcome

• Triple-check quality process ensures every month financials are accurate before delivery
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Christian Community Credit UnionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for year-end webinar content. Christian Community Credit Union co-hosted a year-end financial checklist webinar with Good Shepherd Bookkeeping Solutions CEO Bob Dye, providing educational content for churches and ministries on year-end financial, payroll, and administrative tasks.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pushpay: A church-focused financial software company offering giving, payments, and church management tools. Comparable because it sells into the same church finance buyer with overlapping concerns (donor tracking, giving processing, financial reporting), and represents a software-led alternative to Good Shepherd's outsourced bookkeeping model.
• Aplos: A cloud accounting and fund-tracking platform purpose-built for churches and nonprofits. Comparable because it operates in the same church/nonprofit finance vertical, with overlapping offerings in fund accounting, donor tracking, and bookkeeping workflows that compete for the same ministry dollars Good Shepherd targets.
• Tithely: Church giving, engagement, and administration platform with financial management tools targeting ministries of all sizes. Comparable because it competes for the same church finance budget and increasingly bundles accounting-adjacent functionality that overlaps with Good Shepherd's financial management service line.
• Realm (ACS Technologies): A long-standing church management platform that includes accounting, giving, and member management modules used by mid-to-large U.S. churches. Comparable because it sells integrated financial software and services to the same church buyers, addressing the very problem (donor restrictions, fund accounting, payroll adjacent workflows) Good Shepherd solves with outsourced books.

Emerging players

• Botkeeper: An AI- and automation-driven bookkeeping service for accounting firms and SMBs. Comparable as a technology-forward alternative to human-heavy outsourced bookkeeping and a potential future competitive threat to Good Shepherd's manual monthly close workflow.
• Clergy Financial Resources: An independent advisory firm focused on clergy tax, compensation, and church financial matters. Comparable as a niche-direct competitor in the same church finance vertical, particularly around clergy payroll and housing allowance — areas where Good Shepherd has flagged deep expertise.

Broad incumbents

• Bench: An online bookkeeping platform pairing software with dedicated bookkeepers for SMBs. Comparable because it delivers the same subscription bookkeeping model with monthly financial statements and reconciliations, though Bench serves a broad SMB customer base rather than the church/ministry segment Good Shepherd specializes in.
• Pilot: A tech-enabled outsourced bookkeeping service for small-to-mid-sized businesses across multiple verticals. Comparable because it offers the same core service (subscription bookkeeping with QuickBooks-based delivery) with a similar remote GTM model, but at much larger scale and across a much broader SMB market rather than ministry-only.
• QuickBooks Live (Intuit): Intuit's marketplace offering that connects QuickBooks users with human bookkeepers for monthly subscription services. Comparable as a direct substitute for Good Shepherd's core bookkeeping service, leveraging Intuit's installed base of ministries already using QuickBooks Online (the very stack Good Shepherd runs on).
• MIP Fund Accounting (Sage): Fund accounting software sold to nonprofits and churches, frequently bundled with outsourced bookkeeping and payroll services. Comparable because it competes for the same ministry finance spend (especially fund accounting and reporting) and represents a software-led incumbent to Good Shepherd's outsourced bookkeeper model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GoodShepherdBookkeeping
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/good-shepherd-bookkeeping-solutions-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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