Overview
Super-charge and Excel your team into the future
Fetch Workpapers is an Excel based system that automates the grunt work of annual accounts and compliance packs—without asking you to learn a new platform. One click retrieves the trial balance from Xero into your workpapers; every figure links back to its supporting schedule and the source ledger so reviewers can trace the numbers instantly.
Why firms adopt Fetch
- Hours of preparation time back – users typically prepare a client file in a fraction of the time compared to manual copy paste methods.
- End-to-end traceability – click any balance to drill into its ledger transaction and supporting workpaper.
- Materiality & review traffic lights – know exactly what’s complete, outstanding or out of scope.
- Firm-wide consistency – load your standard schedules once, then roll out a locked-down template to every preparer.
- Zero re-keying risk – automated links keep numbers synchronised across every tab, with built tracking to highlight to reviewers workpapers that changed as a part of other changes.
- Built by accountants – designed around real-world year-end workflows.
Who it’s for?
Accounting and advisory firms that:
- use Xero for generating financial statements
- want to speed up their compliance without trading quality; and
- need audit-ready files with clear sign-off history

Fetch Workpapers + Xero
How Fetch works with Xero
- Connect - Secure OAuth handshake with read-only access to the chosen Xero file
- Sync - Pulls the full trial balance into the workbook, mapped to accounts and standard workpapers
- Prepare - Preparers use your standards, utilise smart features & navigational links to prepare in a fraction of the time
- Review - Use traffic lights to sign off, drill down to the source and obtain confidence over the work prepared
No ledger data is stored by Fetch; it lives only inside your Excel file.
Key features
- One-click Xero sync – no CSV exports
- Excel-native – Microsoft 365 desktop, Windows 10/11 (64-bit recommended)
- Live ledger links – jump straight from a cell to the Xero transaction
- Materiality engine – configurable thresholds flag variances automatically
- Review workflow – preparer/reviewer sign-offs with date & initials
- Multi-entity management – connect unlimited Xero orgs on every plan
Getting started
- Click Get this app in the Xero App Store.
- Grant Fetch read-only access to your Xero files.
- Install the Fetch Excel add-in (Windows desktop).
- Contact our team for the Excel template
- Open Excel → Fetch Standard → choose your Xero org -> Start preparing
- Work from your firm-standard template—links, checks and traffic lights are applied automatically.
Security & support
- Read-only connection via Xero OAuth 2.0; TLS 1.2+ encryption in transit.
- No financial data stored on Fetch servers—everything stays inside your workbook.
Ready to replace copy-paste with one-click certainty?
Start your 90-day free trial of Fetch Workpapers today. Commit to Super-charged Excel, consistent workpapers, happier reviewers.