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Final notice letter generator

Fill in the invoice, the deadline and what you will do if it passes, and the sheet writes a short, formal final notice. It says what you picked and nothing more. Copy it, or open it in your email app.

The debt

Separate several with commas.

The earliest one, if there are several.

What is still unpaid, across all the invoices named.

Who it is from and to

Changes the warnings and one word of the letter, not the law.

Only used to fill in the To line when you open the email in your email app.

The deadline and what happens next

We suggest 14. The notes say when it should be longer.

The deadline is counted from this date.

Pick the step you will actually take. The letter states it once and threatens nothing else.

Late payment charges

Claim only what your terms or the law already allow. Statutory schemes apply between businesses only.

GuideChasing a late invoiceHow this works, and where the figures go wrong →

When to send a final notice

After the earlier reminders, not instead of them. The chasing guide sends a formal reminder at day45, and this letter is the one after that, when the formal reminder's date has passed and nothing has changed. For the earlier emails, from a friendly nudge to the formal reminder, use the payment reminder email generator. The sheet warns you if the invoice is less than 45 days overdue or no reminder has gone out.

Only name a step you will take. A final notice that promises a court claim and is followed by another reminder teaches the client that your deadlines move. If you have not decided, decide before you send it.

How long to give

We suggest 14 days. That is our recommendation, not a rule: long enough for a client who intends to pay to get it through a payment run, short enough to read as a deadline. Your contract comes first if it sets a period, and so do the rules below where they apply.

Where, and who owes itWhat the rules expect before courtSource
England and Wales, an individual or a sole traderA Letter of Claim, with an Information Sheet, a Reply Form and a Financial Statement enclosed. If there is no reply within 30 days of the letter's date, proceedings may start.Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims, paragraphs 1.1, 3.1 and 3.4
England and Wales, a companyA letter setting out the claim, and a reply "within a reasonable time – 14 days in a straightforward case"Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct, paragraph 6

This letter is not a Letter of Claim under the protocol. It does not produce the forms the protocol asks for. If you will go to court against an individual or sole trader in England and Wales, send the protocol's Letter of Claim as well, or instead. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own court rules. In the United States, small claims courts are run by the states and each sets its own rules; check the court's own website. Everywhere else, check the rules where your client is.

Statutory interest and fixed sums

The charges are worked out exactly as the payment reminder email generator works them out, and its notes cite the UK Act and the EU directive. Both apply between businesses only, so the sheet leaves them out when the client is a private individual. Neither has a rate built in here, because the central bank rates they add to change; look it up and type the total. Late payment laws by country links to where each country publishes its rate.

What this generator does not do

  • It is not legal advice. What notice you must give, what you can claim and which court hears it depend on your contract and on where you and your client are. The letter states what you tell it; making sure you are entitled to it is up to you.
  • It does not start anything. It writes the letter. Making the claim, instructing an agency or a solicitor is a separate step.
  • It cannot attach the invoice. An email link can carry a subject and a body but not a file, so attach the PDF yourself before sending.
  • It does not keep anything. Nothing is written to your browser's storage and nothing you type is sent to us.

Related

If the client replies that the invoice is wrong rather than late, the invoice dispute response generator writes the reply. To work out interest over a different period, use the late payment interest calculator.

Last updated 3 October 2026