Hi James - I've struggled with similar & from my experiences, I can share the following:

The bank feed will only match if there is something in the payment reference that it can easily identify as being unique & link it to the invoice. So reference of 'storage' or the same amount recurring often won't do it. 

If it's an unusual amount then that's probably when it is finding matches for you - but even that isn't 100% guaranteed to be correct & always best to check before pressing the button.

As it's an invoice, you can't set up a rule in the same way that you could for just a money in or out transaction.

If it was one-off payments you could 'encourage' your customers to use the invoice number as the PAYEE reference (so what YOU see) but as it's a standing order & recurring monthly against different invoices then that won't work either.

Suggestion - haven't tested myself - what if you give customers a customer reference number on the customer record & they use THAT as the payee reference? That might help the automation identify at least a selection of invoices to pick from?

I just did the GoCardless x Sage Accounting beta programme & LOVE it! I have MANY recurring invoices for the same amount every month for the Sage subscriptions that I charge clients for & once I set this up (whcih did take effort & time I will admit) it just runs itself. You manage it from the recurring invoices screen.

Perhaps try it with new clients? Thre will be a cost for you on GC fees but I find that the low cost of that massively outweighs the time spent manually matching. 

Other than that, sadly it is a manual match but if it's any consolation none of the other accounts systems would manage it any better.

thanks, this is helpful. I'll look into how I can get a reference on the transactions.

thanks, this is helpful. I'll look into how I can get a reference on the transactions.