Published: 13 July 2026
The average UK small business carries 27 days of outstanding invoices. For a sole trader billing £3,000/month, that's nearly a full month's revenue sitting in someone else's bank account.
Late payment chasing is the admin task every business owner hates most. Reddit's /r/smallbusinessuk has a permanent thread: "I need help chasing unpaid invoices — automated system suggestions?"
The numbers back it up. Simply Business UK reports late payments are the top cashflow concern for UK trades. And yet most solopreneurs and small teams still send follow-ups manually — or don't send them at all because they'd rather work a job than chase yesterday's money.
The classic cycle: invoice sent → 30 days pass → you email → 7 more days → you call → 7 more days → you send a final notice. By the time you've followed up four times, you've spent an hour on £300 that should have landed in 30 seconds via BACS.
The real cost isn't your time — it's the jobs you don't take because you're chasing existing invoices instead of quoting new work.
ChaserAI automates the entire chase sequence. You connect your invoicing tool — Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent, or manual CSV — and it handles the rest:
Each email is written in your voice. You don't touch it. It costs £10/month with a 14-day free trial — no contract, cancel anytime.
Big players like ChaserHQ exist, but they're priced for accountants, not sole traders. They cost more, do more than you need, and require setup time that busy tradespeople don't have.
ChaserAI is the opposite. Narrow scope (chase late payments), flat £10/month, five-minute setup. It's the "boring system" that quietly saves you £200-400/month in recovered cash flow.
Connect your invoicing tool, set your chase schedule, and let it run. No card needed for trial.
Start free trial →Data sources: Simply Business UK (late payment trends), Reddit r/smallbusinessuk (pain point threads), ChaserHQ pricing (competitor baseline). Published 13 July 2026.