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Your side takes ten seconds a week. The checking, chasing and collecting behind it is mine.
You did the work. I'll do the chasing.
Duesworth quietly chases your unpaid invoices for you. Polite, persistent, and always in your name. You get a weekly text and a monthly report. The money arrives. That's it.
£26 billion£0 billion
owed to UK small businesses in late payments right now
Half
of all small business invoices are paid late
86 hours0 hours
the average owner spends chasing money every year. Two full working weeks.
Sources: UK Small Business Commissioner and Department for Business & Trade; Sage small business payments data, 2026.
The bit nobody talks about
Why is getting paid a second job?
You finished the job weeks ago. The invoice went out. And now it sits there, unpaid, while you decide between two bad options: send another awkward reminder to someone you might work for again, or let it slide and quietly fund their business with your money.
So it gets left for Sunday night. Then next Sunday night. Meanwhile the amounts add up, and the chasing hours come out of your evenings.
And it is not just an annoyance. Late payment closes around 38 UK businesses every single day. The invoice you keep meaning to chase is quietly getting harder to collect.
That's the job I take off you. All of it.
Three steps, then nothing
How it works
We talk.
A free half-hour call. You tell me who owes you what, how you like to speak to your customers, and who needs handling gently.
I set everything up.
There's nothing for you to learn, install, or log into. Whether you use Xero, QuickBooks, or a notebook and a biro, I work with what you've got.
You get a weekly text.
Every Monday morning: what I chased, what got paid, and anything that needs a yes or no from you. That's your entire workload.
My guarantee
If I don’t recover more than my fee in your first 60 days, those months cost you nothing. Not a credit, not a discount. Nothing to pay.
What changes
Your ledger, quietly settling itself
This is the part you never have to watch. Overdue turns into paid, week by week, while you get on with the work.
Who owes you
£3,040 outstanding
- 12 days overPaid
Hendersons
£900
- 19 days overPaid
Tyne Joinery
£480
- 26 days overPaid
Brennan & Sons
£1,020
- 45 days overPaid
Smith & Co
£640
Collected while you got on with the job
£3,040£450
An illustration, not a real client ledger.
No mystery
Exactly what you get
Here is precisely what your £199 a month buys.
For a sense of scale: the average owner loses 86 hours a year to chasing. That is over seven hours a month of your own time, before you count the invoices that never get chased at all.
Every week, I check who owes you money. Every invoice, every customer, nothing missed.
I write the reminder emails and send them in your name. Polite, professional, and sounding like you. Nothing that goes out has my name on it, and nobody gets told their invoice has been passed to anyone.
Nothing firm ever goes out without your say-so. A first nudge is friendly. If someone needs a stronger letter, you approve it first with one text back.
Every Monday, you get one text. What was chased, what was paid, what needs your yes or no. Takes you ten seconds to read.
Every month, you get a one-page report. Money collected, who still owes what, and what happens next. Plain English, no spreadsheets to decode.
A real local person on the end of the phone. Me. Not a call centre, not a helpdesk, not a chatbot.
You never touch any software. You never write an awkward email again. You never lie awake doing the "should I chase them" maths. The money you're owed comes in, and your evenings go back to being yours.
Most clients find one recovered invoice pays for months of my service.
The question everyone asks
Will this upset my customers?
It is the fair question, and the honest answer is no. Here is why:
It’s all in your name and your voice.
We agree how you like to sound on our first call: blunt, warm, formal, your call. The tone is “friendly nudge from Gary’s office”, never “final demand”.
You have a protected list.
The big customer, the old mate, the one going through a rough patch. Tell me who’s off-limits for anything beyond the gentlest reminder, and that’s law.
You approve every escalation.
Nothing firmer than a friendly nudge is ever sent without your approval.
Most customers pay late because of chaos, not malice.
A polite, well-timed reminder is usually all it takes. Done right, chasing doesn't damage relationships.
It quietly signals you run a proper ship.
I'm taking on 3 founding businesses.
Your price is locked at £199.
Founding clients keep this rate for as long as they stay. It goes up for everyone who comes later.
If I don't recover more than my fee in your first 60 days, you pay nothing for those months.
Not a discount. Nothing.
No contract.
Rolling monthly. Cancel with a text, and your plan simply runs to the end of the month you've paid for.
What I ask in return
An honest testimonial and permission to share your results (anonymised if you prefer). That's the whole deal.
Who you’d be working with
I'm Calum. Duesworth is me.
I'm from the North East, I've spent my career in the commercial side of business, and I started Duesworth because I kept watching good business owners work all day and then spend their evenings begging to be paid for it. That's not admin. That's a design flaw. I fix it.
More about me →Questions
Straight answers
Do I need to be good with computers?
No. There is nothing for you to learn or log into. If you can read a text message, you can use Duesworth.
Is this a debt collection agency?
No. Your customers pay you exactly as they always have, straight into your account. I just make sure asking for it is professional, polite, and never forgotten. No enforcement, no doorsteps, no scary letters.
Let’s talk
Find out what you're owed, and what it would take to get it in.
A free, no-pressure half-hour call. Worst case, you get a clear picture of your unpaid invoices and some free advice. Best case, you never chase an invoice again.
I reply within one working day. Usually much faster.