Recurring work
Monthly scope, rollover rules, notice periods and price reviews — a retainer agreement that gives you predictable recurring revenue.
Who it's for
Turn ad-hoc work into predictable monthly income.
Standardise retainers across the client base.
Reserved availability, priced and protected.
What's in the contract
Drafted in plain English by AI, jurisdiction-aware, editable line-by-line. No legalese unless you want it.
Hours, deliverables or reserved availability each month.
Whether unused hours carry over, and for how long.
The hourly rate once the monthly allocation is used.
Invoiced monthly in advance by standing order or direct debit.
Initial commitment and rolling notice thereafter.
Annual review mechanism, often index-linked.
Whether the retainer can be paused, and any holding fee.
What the client gets in return for committing.
How it works
Tell SigningVault who's involved and what you're agreeing. The AI drafts the right contract with the right clauses.
Edit any line, swap clauses, change jurisdiction. Add signature fields with a click.
Recipients get a private signing link by email. They sign in-browser — no account, no app. You both get the sealed PDF.
Retainers work when both sides know exactly what the monthly fee buys. Setting out the allocation, whether it rolls over, and the overage rate prevents the slow expansion of scope that erodes margin on long-running engagements.
Signatures captured on SigningVault are Simple Electronic Signatures under the Electronic Communications Act 2000 and the UK eIDAS Regulation. Every signature is stored with the signer's name, email, IP address and a UTC timestamp in a tamper-evident audit trail, so the agreement stands up if it is ever challenged.
FAQ
Usually not, or only into the next month. Unlimited rollover creates a large unfunded liability, and the template lets you set the rule explicitly.
Thirty days is standard for smaller retainers; sixty to ninety days is common where you reserve significant capacity.
Yes. Invoicing monthly in advance is the UK norm for retained services and is the template default.
The price review clause allows an annual increase on written notice, optionally linked to CPI.
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No credit card. No templates to wade through. Just describe the agreement and SigningVault writes it.