An event with its budget and actual spend
Cost and revenue lines for every event, compared with the approved budget as you go, before it closes.
Arts, entertainment & recreation · memberships, events and tickets
An event that overruns its budget is found out after it ends — unless you're measuring it
Entertainment and events run in seasons: a budget is approved, costs pour in from many suppliers over a few days, and revenue comes from tickets, memberships and sponsors. Furat makes every event a cost centre with its budget, actual spend and net profit, and manages memberships with automatic renewal, freezing and expiry alerts.
Quick answer
What's the best accounting software for events and entertainment centres in Saudi Arabia?
The right entertainment software must give you five things: every event a cost centre with its budget, actual spend and net profit, memberships with automatic renewal, freezing and expiry alerts, tickets, packages and point of sale in one report, sponsors' contracts and their payments, and ZATCA-compliant invoices. Furat brings them together in Arabic; the package starts at SAR 169 a month before VAT, live in one to three days.
Last updated: 21 September 2026
SAR 169the entertainment package a month — before VAT
Event = cost centrebudget against actual spend
1–3 daysto be fully live
Memberships that renew automaticallywith freezing and expiry alerts
Why doesn't general accounting work for an entertainment business?
Because your work is short projects and varied revenue. An event lives for two weeks and uses up a whole year's budget, a membership is deferred revenue earned month by month, a ticket is an instant sale, and a sponsor is a contract with payments and advertising in return. A general system mixes them into one revenue and one expense, so you can't tell what a particular event made. The right system keeps every event and every channel apart.
Memberships as deferred revenue
A membership's value is spread over its term and managed with freezing, renewal and expiry alerts — no Excel.
Revenue channels kept apart
Tickets, packages, point-of-sale sales and sponsorship, all in one report with the net of every channel.
What Furat adds in arts, entertainment and recreation
Six capabilities built around running events, entertainment centres and sports clubs.
Events as cost centres
An approved budget for every event and the actual spend line by line, with the net profit when it closes.
Memberships and subscriptions
Membership types with their terms and prices, automatic renewal, freezing and an alert before expiry for every member.
Tickets and packages
Tickets and packages sold at different prices and through different channels, with the remaining uses of every package bought.
Sponsor contracts and payments
The sponsorship value, its payment schedule and the advertising given in return, with tax invoices issued on time.
The event's purchasing and suppliers
Purchase orders against the event's budget, stopped automatically at an overrun percentage you set.
Point of sale on site
A till that works offline for the snack bars and shops on site, with an accurate shift close.
How does Furat protect you from losses and risks?
Five losses that keep recurring in entertainment, and where the system stops each one with a control, not personal judgement.
| Risk | How it happens in practice | The control in Furat |
|---|---|---|
| An event that overruns its budget | Money spent quickly with no comparison against the budget lines | The purchase order stops at the overrun percentage and needs explicit approval |
| An expired membership still in use | No validity check at the entrance | The membership's status is read instantly and expires automatically when its term ends |
| Membership revenue recorded all at once | The amount is booked as revenue when it is received | Revenue spread over the membership term with an automatic accrual entry |
| A sponsor's payment nobody claims | The contract is in a file and the claim is in someone's memory | A payment schedule with due-date alerts and an automatic tax invoice |
| A cash difference at the snack bar | A manual shift close with no reconciliation | A shift close that reconciles cash and card, with differences shown against whoever is responsible |
In events, a ten per cent overrun on one event's budget can wipe out the season's profit. The difference is measuring the spend while the event runs, not after.
Get your events' budgets under controlSix points that settle the decision for an entertainment business
Written in advance, so you can compare them with any provider before you sign.
A cashier that works offline
Snack bar and shop sales carry on when the network drops, and the invoices sync when it comes back.
Tickets and memberships with a quick scan
An instant check of the ticket or membership at the gate, so nobody gets in with an expired or used one.
E-signature for sponsorship contracts
Sponsor and supplier contracts are signed from a phone with an audit trail and a timestamp before work begins.
Tax compliance is our job
Every invoice is issued ZATCA-compliant and connected to the FATOORA platform, and every regulatory update reaches your account with no upgrade fee.
Your data stays in the Kingdom, and it is yours
Hosting inside Saudi Arabia, daily backups, and a full export available any time at no charge — your data is never held as leverage over you.
Migration and training at no cost
We move your balances, items and customers from Excel or your current system for free, and train your team remotely in Arabic until your first successful month-end close.
The entertainment package starts at SAR 169 a month before VAT and includes accounting, point of sale, CRM and cost centres; add contracts and e-signature when you need them.
Compare plansThe start plan: from your first event to closing it with its profit
- Day 1A chart of accounts and event cost centresA chart of accounts, a cost centre for every event, membership and ticket types, VAT and permissions.
- Days 1–2Migrate members and contractsWe enter your members with their current memberships and terms, and your sponsors' contracts and balances, from Excel for free.
- Day 2Training operations and financeA remote session in Arabic: opening an event with its budget, selling a ticket and a membership, and closing a shift.
- Day 3Your first event closeWe close an event or a week of operations and review every revenue channel's net with your account specialist.
Questions entertainment and events businesses ask
How does Furat measure each event's profitability?
Every event is a cost centre with a budget approved line by line. Ticket, sponsorship and on-site sales revenue is posted to it, along with the cost of suppliers, wages and operations. The figures are compared with the budget while the event runs, not after, and a purchase order stops at the overrun percentage you set.
How are memberships and subscriptions managed?
Every membership type has a term, a price and conditions. Its revenue is spread over the term with an automatic accrual entry instead of being booked in full when it is received, and it is managed with freezing, renewal and an alert before expiry. The membership's status is read instantly at the gate, so no member gets in on an expired membership.
Does the system bring tickets and point of sale together in one report?
Yes. Tickets, packages, snack bar and shop sales, and sponsorship contracts all go into one system, which gives a single report with the net of every channel after its commissions and discounts. The till works offline and syncs invoices when the network comes back, so sales don't stop at peak times.
How long does it take to get Furat running at an entertainment business?
One to three working days. We set up the chart of accounts, event cost centres and membership and ticket types, migrate your members, your sponsors' contracts and their balances from Excel for free, train operations and finance remotely in Arabic, then close your first event or week of operations with you.
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Enter one event's budget, and see it running yourself
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