Convert a Starling Bank bank statement to Excel
Convert a Starling Bank statement PDF to Excel or CSV right in your browser — date, description, amount and balance are detected automatically, with a row-by-row balance check, and your statement is never uploaded. Starling Bank statements use this layout: Starling produces clean text PDFs with columns for date, counterparty/reference, transaction type (Faster Payment, Card, etc.), a single signed amount in £ (in positive, out negative), and the closing balance, with the statement period and opening/closing balances at the top. Text-based PDFs downloaded from Starling Bank online banking convert most accurately.
Drop your bank statement PDFs (multiple allowed) and StatementSift detects the date/description/amount/balance columns locally and reconciles row by row. Financial data is never uploaded or sent to any external AI. Text-based PDFs (from online banking) work best.
How we read a Starling Bank statement
- Columns：Starling produces clean text PDFs with columns for date, counterparty/reference, transaction type (Faster Payment, Card, etc.), a single signed amount in £ (in positive, out negative), and the closing balance, with the statement period and opening/closing balances at the top.
- Date format：DD/MM/YYYY
- Best source：Get it from the Starling app under Statements, or log in to Online Banking on desktop, choose the period and download the official PDF (CSV is available too) — please don't upload phone screenshots or photos.
Watch-outs for Starling Bank statements
- Starling Bank uses a single amount column where money out is negative and money in is positive. Watch for a transaction whose minus sign sits ambiguously — the balance check is what catches a flipped sign here.
- Multi-line descriptions (a long merchant name wrapped onto two lines) are the most common cause of a shifted row — if a row doesn't reconcile, that's the first thing to check.
- Transactions that carry over a page break, and the opening/closing balance lines, are handled separately from regular rows; verify the first and last rows of each page after a multi-page statement.
How to convert a Starling Bank statement
- 1Download your Starling Bank statement as a PDF from online banking.
- 2Drop the PDF into the converter below — it parses locally.
- 3Review the detected columns and the balance check; verify any flagged rows.
- 4Export to Excel, CSV, or QuickBooks/OFX.
Frequently asked questions
No. The entire conversion — reading the PDF, detecting columns, the balance check and building the Excel file — runs locally in your browser. Your Starling Bank statement is never uploaded or sent to any AI.
Get it from the Starling app under Statements, or log in to Online Banking on desktop, choose the period and download the official PDF (CSV is available too) — please don't upload phone screenshots or photos.
Starling Bank text-based PDFs are in the sweet spot and convert accurately at the row level. Either way, verify key figures before use — the row-by-row balance reconciliation flags suspect rows for you.
Updated · StatementSift team