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For UK subcontractors, contractors & QSs · JCT & NEC

Get every valuation right.
Get paid on time.

From cost plan to final account: PayCycle reads your contract, checks every payment application against it line by line, and drafts the notices and certificates for you — less time on paperwork, more on the job.

14-day free trial · No per-claim fees · Built by a Chartered QS.

Illustrative dashboard

This is your customer's view of your claim — see yours →

Built around the contracts you already work under

JCT
NEC
Purchase orders
Quotes & works orders
Construction Act s.110–111
RICS-aligned
Construction Act–aware
Payment & Pay Less Notices drafted to the Act — checked and issued by you
£0 per-claim fees
One flat subscription — getting paid never costs extra
Your data stays yours
Private, secure, never used to train AI
Built by a Chartered QS
Made for how UK QSs actually work
How it works

From contract upload to issued notice in minutes

app.paycycle.uk
Payment due date
7 days after valuation98%
cl. 4.8 · p.12
Final date for payment
21 days after due97%
cl. 4.9 · p.12
Retention
5% (2.5% after PC)95%
cl. 4.20 · p.15
Pay Less notice
5 days before final date96%
cl. 4.11 · p.13
You review, edit and lock every term before it's used.
Built for the cycle

Everything a QS needs in one place

AI contract reading

Upload a JCT or NEC contract PDF — the AI extracts payment terms, retention, dates and notice deadlines for you to check and lock.

Line-by-line AfP review

Every claimed item assessed against the locked contract, with editable suggested figures, queries and over-claim flags.

03

Purchase orders & custom terms

No standard contract? Add a purchase order, quote or works order — type it in, or let the AI scan it — then run the whole payment cycle against it.

04

Payment & Pay Less Notices

Statutory notices drafted and branded with your logo and registered details — correctly structured, dated and print-ready.

05

VAT & CIS invoices

20% / 5% / domestic reverse charge and CIS labour deductions handled, with optional one-click Stripe payment links.

06

Remittance advice

Record a payment received against one or more invoices, with a branded confirmation.

07

Retention tracking

Retention held and both release moieties — at practical completion and the end of defects — tracked automatically.

08

Variations & valuations

JCT variations and NEC compensation events, valued and rolled into the account, with photo evidence.

09

Certificates

Practical completion, making-good and final certificates, structured and dated — checked and issued by you.

10

Cost plan & CVR

Cost/value reconciliation from budget to final account, with AI cost benchmarking.

11

Tenders, risks & programme

Tender comparison, a risk register and project milestones, all in one place.

12

CIS reconciliation

Upload a contractor's Payment & Deduction Statement and the AI checks the CIS deducted against what's expected — plus a year-end CIS-suffered summary.

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Cashflow, deadlines & assistant

Aged-debtor cashflow, every statutory deadline on a calendar with reminders, and an AI assistant that answers questions about your own portfolio.

Free · no sign-up

Try the deadline logic first — the Payment Notice Checker

Enter your dates and get a plain-English verdict on whether a payment notice or pay less notice is valid and served in time — free, no account needed, before you start your free trial.

Check a notice →
Why the dates matter
No Pay Less Notice in time, and the notified sum is the amount that must be paid.

Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, section 111 — paraphrased. PayCycle tracks the dates; the notice is always checked and issued by you.

Contract-aware

Not just another form filler

Upload a JCT or NEC contract, a purchase order, a quote or a works order and the AI reads it, pulling out the payment terms and deadlines. No document to hand? Type the terms in yourself. Either way, PayCycle then checks every application against them.

And the AI never decides on its own: every figure is cited to the exact clause and page it came from and given a confidence rating, so you can check it against the source and lock it in. You stay in control.

JCTNECPurchase ordersConstruction ActRICS-aligned
Extracted from your contract
Live
Payment due date
7 days after valuation98%
cl. 4.8 · p.12
Final date for payment
21 days after due date97%
cl. 4.9 · p.12
Retention
5% (2.5% after PC)95%
cl. 4.20 · p.15
Pay Less notice
5 days before final date96%
cl. 4.11 · p.13

You review, edit and lock every figure before it's used.

One timeline

Your whole payment cycle on one timeline

Lock the terms once and every application gets its dates mapped — due date, notice windows and the final date for payment — straight from the contract you locked.

  • Dates calculated from the terms you lock
  • Payment and Pay Less Notice windows shown for each application
  • Works with JCT, NEC, purchase orders and custom terms
Today · Pay Less window — 3 days leftIllustrative — your dates come from your contract
Reminders

Alerts that arrive while you can still act

Deadlines are only useful before they pass. PayCycle puts every statutory date on your calendar and reminds you ahead of each one — with time to issue the notice yourself.

  • Every statutory deadline on one calendar
  • Reminders before each notice window closes
  • Deadlines sorted by what's due next
Pay Less Notice — Riverside Ph 2
Issue by Fri 26 Jun
3 days left
Payment notice window opens
Harbour Works · Mon 29 Jun
Upcoming
Application 14 assessed
Suggested figures ready for your review
Ready

Illustrative reminders — yours follow your contract dates.

Who it's for

Built for both sides of the payment cycle

Whether you issue applications or assess them, PayCycle runs your side — from the purchase order to the final account.

Main contractors

Assess every subcontractor application against their order, get notices out on time, and keep purchase orders, retention and cashflow under control.

  • Add purchase orders by hand or by AI scan — and track each one
  • Line-by-line AI review of subcontractor applications
  • Payment & Pay Less Notices, correctly structured and dated
See it for main contractors

Subcontractors

Apply with confidence, see exactly what you are owed, and see every payment and notice date coming — with the working to back up every claim.

  • Build applications against your PO or contract
  • Track retention, CIS and what you are owed
  • Get paid on time and chase what is late
See it for subcontractors

QS & consultants

Run every valuation, notice and certificate against the contract — cost plan to final account — with the evidence to defend each figure.

  • AI contract & PO reading, cited and confidence-rated
  • Variations, valuations, certificates and CVR
  • A full audit trail on every number
From one QS to another

Built by a QS who's chased the same payments you have

PayCycle is built in the UK by a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, after years of valuations, notices and final accounts on both sides of the payment cycle. It exists because chasing payment shouldn't be the hardest part of the job.

Every feature starts with how the cycle actually runs on site — and the AI only ever suggests. You decide every figure that goes out the door.

FAQ

Questions, answered straight

How do I get started?

Sign up and you're in — every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no card needed. Want a look first? The live demo is one click, no account required.

What does it cost?

One flat subscription with £0 per-claim fees — and the founding offer takes 50% off your first 3 months. The plans are on the pricing page.

Which contracts are supported?

JCT and NEC contracts, plus purchase orders, quotes and works orders — or type custom terms in yourself. The AI reads the document, and you check and lock every extracted term before it's used. See how PayCycle compares with other tools.

Is this legal advice?

No. PayCycle gives you contract information, drafts and reminders for you to check — every notice and figure is reviewed and issued by you. For advice on a dispute, speak to a construction lawyer.

Where is my data stored?

Your data stays yours — private, secure and never used to train AI. The security page covers the details.

How quickly is the product improving?

PayCycle ships steadily — the what's new page lists what's shipped, newest first.

Spend less time on paperwork. Get paid on time.

PayCycle is live — every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no card needed. The founding offer takes 50% off your first 3 months, for the first 10 accounts.

14-day free trial — no card needed · No per-claim fees.
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