It's not late.It's a timesheet, a rate, a rebate.
We resolve the reason — then collect.
Two weeks free. £1 card check, refunded. Nothing is sent to your customers. Switch off before day 14 and you pay nothing.
- Timesheets
- Rates
- Rebates
- Clawbacks
What does collects.io do for recruitment and staffing businesses?
collects.io is an accounts receivable platform for recruitment and staffing businesses on Xero. Non-payment here is rarely lateness: it is a missing timesheet, a disputed rate, a rebate or a clawback. Your recruitment platform bills but does not collect. collects.io resolves the reason, then collects, inside rules you set.
Non-payment here is rarely lateness.
It is a missing timesheet, a disputed rate, a rebate or a clawback — every one of them a resolution, not a reminder.
- 42% of recruiters report cash flow constraining growth, and 61% say it has hit their capacity to invest.
- Your recruitment platform bills. It does not collect.
- We won't quote you a sector days-to-pay figure: none is published for UK recruitment on its own.
- We read your real days-to-pay off your own ledger when you connect.
Source: REC, UK Recruitment Industry Status Report, 8 December 2025 (42% and 61%).
Late payment is rarely a missed reminder.
Four fifths of getting an invoice paid is resolving what's in the way. That's the part we do.
381 of 488 steps resolve (78%); 107 remind (22%). Research with 40+ UK businesses and CFOs.
29 analytics on your own Xero ledger, free for two weeks.
19 of them you can't get in Xero. Then from £9 a month on your invoice volume. Per-invoice fee only when we collect.
Two weeks free. £1 card check, refunded. Nothing is sent to your customers. Switch off before day 14 and you pay nothing.
What happens when you click Start 2 weeks free
- Start 2 weeks free. Enter your organisation name and work email, or sign up with Xero. You accept our terms on this screen.
- Set your password from the invitation email. If it isn't in your inbox within a few minutes, check junk.
- Connect Xero. You sign in on Xero's own screen and choose the organisation to connect. collects.io connects one Xero organisation per account. Read-only. We verify your card with a £1 charge, which we refund.
- See your own numbers about 2 minutes after you connect: the 29 analytics, on your live ledger. Nothing is sent to your customers.
- Before day 14 we email you the date and amount of your first payment. Switch off before then and you pay nothing. Otherwise Visibility continues on a 12-month plan, paid monthly.
- Upgrade to Collect whenever you're ready. We start working your overdue invoices, and you add a per-invoice fee only on the invoices we collect. A new 12 months starts from the day you upgrade.