Built for the people who actually chase invoices.
The Payment Check exists because UK small business owners, freelancers and sole traders spend far too much of their time worrying about getting paid. Late payment is one of the biggest causes of cash flow stress in this country, and most of it traces back to three things: what the contract says, how clients behave, and how the business owner responds when the warning signs appear.
The founder
Nkem Ekwukoma
The Payment Check is built by Nkem Ekwukoma, a business lawyer with 24 years' experience, most of it in-house with large UK and international companies. Founder of The Legal Storyteller®. That work made one thing painfully clear: the protection large companies take for granted is almost never in the contracts small businesses sign. Not because they're careless. Because the language of contracts was never designed for them.
The Payment Check translates that protection into something a sole trader, freelancer or small business owner can actually understand and use — without paying solicitor rates for a full contract review.
The mission
Make payment protection something every business owner in the UK understands. Not a legal specialism. Not a luxury. A basic, practical read on where your work leaves you exposed — and how to fix it.
Start with the free 5-minute Payment Check.
See your payment personality and contract health straight away. No sign-up.