Built for UK sole traders
Your paperwork, sorted — in minutes, not evenings.
Answer a few plain-English questions about your trade and get a complete, compliant document pack — contract, cancellation rights, guarantee, the lot. Download it once, then reuse it yourself for every job.
Free to answer the questions. £20 to generate and download your finished pack.
Written to line up with the UK's new Approved Code and existing consumer law (Consumer Rights Act 2015, Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013).
What's in the pack
Five documents, one sitting.
Everything a sole trader needs to show a customer the job's being done properly — and everything the Approved Code asks for on paper.
Pre-Contractual Information Sheet
What a customer needs to know before they say yes.
Contract & Terms
A fair, plain-English agreement for the job.
Cancellation Rights Notice
Legal cooling-off rights, stated clearly.
Guarantee & Warranty Statement
What's covered, for how long, and what isn't.
Complaints Procedure
A simple, written process if something goes wrong.
Tailored to your trade
Wording adjusts to what you do — plumbing, electrical, building, and more.
How it works
Three steps, about four minutes.
Tell us about your trade
A couple of minutes of plain questions, no jargon.
We build your pack
All five documents, worded for your trade, ready to use.
Download and reuse it
Fill in each job's details yourself — or add the £4/month plan and we'll do it for you.
Delivery record · Job #2291
Pack sent to Dave Whitmore
Today, 09:41
Delivered
Today, 09:41
Opened by customer
Today, 09:52
The bit most tools skip · part of the £4/month add-on
It only counts if it actually reaches them.
Your pack goes out under your name, not ours, and every send is timestamped. If a job ever turns into a dispute, you've got proof it was sent — and proof it was seen.
We'll only ever contact your customer about this pack — never to offer other tradespeople, never to market to them, and never in a way that puts your job at risk.
Pricing
Start with your pack. Add the extras if you want them.
Every plan starts here — membership below is something you add afterwards, not a cheaper way in.
Step 1 · everyone starts here
£20 one-off, +VAT if applicable
Answer the questions, get your five-document pack, and download it. Yours to keep — update it yourself whenever something changes.
Step 2 · optional add-on
£4 / month +VAT if applicable
Keeps your pack current automatically as the rules change, lets you regenerate a fresh version for every new job, and turns on send-&-track so packs go straight to your customer with a timestamped record.
No hidden costs. £20 and £4/month is everything — ever.
Prices shown assume no VAT for now — to confirm once The Trade Files' VAT position is settled.
The Trade Files is a trading name of The Saltwater Group Ltd, registered in England & Wales. This service provides document templates and is not a substitute for legal advice.