Retention tracking for subcontractors

Don't leave retention to memory.

Every retention you're owed, in one record that's yours: read from your books, remembered to the day, and asked for on time.

Meridian Plumbing · retentionFrom Xero, 2 minutes ago
£182,400held across 12 contracts
Next release39 days
Westbank Apartments, stage 2
Harbourline Constructions · half at completion
£18,500
Due 3 Nov 2026Reminder set for you
Lakeside Medical fitout
Oakfield Projects · end of defects
£11,900
Approved 9 SepPayment due 16 Sep
Northgate school hall
Carrow Building · end of defects
£6,240
Due 14 Mar 2027Nothing to do yet
Kestrel Street townhouses
Brightline Homes · half at completion
£3,860
Paid 2 Sep 2026Matched in Xero
When it's due

Make it easy for them to pay.

Terms differ from job to job and the dates slip, so it isn't always clear what's owed. Retention Track sends a release request with the clause, the dates and the amount attached, so it's quick to check and approve.

Release request · sent by Retention Track

Release of retention, Lakeside Medical fitout

ToOakfield Projects
Retention clauseClause 17.3 of the subcontract
End of defects period1 Sep 2026
Released at completion£11,900, paid
Now due, second half£11,900
  1. Sent1 Sep
  2. Opened2 Sep
  3. Approved9 Sep, paid 16 Sep
What Retention Track does

Keep track of every retention, without the spreadsheet.

It doesn't depend on one person, one spreadsheet or a reminder in someone's calendar.

  1. Reads your books

    The retention held on each valuation, read from your invoices in Xero or Fergus. Nothing typed twice.

    INV-10415% held · £9,810
  2. Keeps each contract

    The rate, the limit, the completion date and the defects period, per main contractor.

    5%, half at completion12 months defects
  3. Reminds you

    At practical completion and at the end of defects, before anyone has to remember.

    Due 3 NovDue 14 Mar
  4. Asks for you

    A release request from Retention Track, not another email from your office.

    Paid 2 Apr
The overdue list

Xero says overdue. It's retention.

Retention left on invoices makes your debtors look years late. Retention Track pulls it out, so the list shows what is really overdue.

Aged receivables · 90 days and overXero, today
InvoiceContractAmount
INV-0987RetentionWestbank Apartments£11,300
INV-1003RetentionNorthgate school hall£6,190
INV-1012OverdueLakeside Medical fitout£12,400
INV-1041RetentionWestbank Apartments£9,810
Xero says overdue£39,700
Retention, not due yet£27,300
Actually overdue£12,400
What onboarding finds

We found it in your books.

We set Retention Track up with you and check your retention against the main contractors' own statements. Onboarding often finds retention the books had lost track of.

Onboarding · checked against the main contractors' statementsExample
Your books said£41,200
The statements say£58,640
Found£17,440
Posted to salesThree releases sitting in the wrong account.
A short paymentTreated as overdue, really retention.
Released twiceOne contract below zero in Xero.
£10
per contract, once
3
contracts free to start
£0
subscription
£0
per user, so the whole office and your accountant can log in

How the pricing works: you pay when you add a contract, and it is tracked until the last pound is released. That's all.

For accountants and bookkeepers

Your accountant signs off. Invite them in.

Retention sits in its own account, reconciled to the ledger, ready for your accountant to check. Bookkeepers switch between client workspaces in one login.

Retention debtorsReconciled to Xero today
£182,400
matches the ledger
Reconciled
Held at practical completion£96,300
Held to the end of defects£86,100
Your accountant, invited with read access
Main contractors

Hold retention on your own subcontractors?

Retention held on every subcontract, reconciled to your provision account, with the balance per subcontractor on demand. The end of defects becomes a number, not a day of opening valuations.

Subcontracts holding retention96
Held, per the register£412,600
Provision account in Xero£412,600
Reconciled30 Sep

Know what you're owed, get paid on time.

A 20 minute demo with your own contracts. No card, no obligation.