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What we've shipped.

Last verified 5 Jun 2026 · Source v304 built-in-public discipline + dated ship record

An honest, dated record of what's been built on SortedUK. For what we're building next, see the roadmap. Updated as we ship.

This page is a deliberate trust signal. A lot of websites pretend to be more established than they are. SortedUK is new — launched May 2026 — and we'd rather tell you exactly what's working, what's experimental, and what's still to come than pretend everything's already perfect.

5 June 2026

Foundations milestone — SortedUK Ltd filed at Companies House.

SortedUK Ltd filed at Companies House Milestone — the entity behind sorteduk.uk is incorporating. Filed 5 June 2026 via yourcompanyformations.co.uk (Order #5935479). Status: In Review — awaiting issuance of the Personal Verification Code (PVC) and Company Number under the new ECCTA 2024 director identity verification rules. Approval expected within 14–21 days. Director identity verification at gov.uk completed on the same day. Why it matters: every login-gated, backend-gated and ICO-gated feature in the post-foundations backlog (Sorted Passport cross-device sync, Household OS, Life Commander, Council Home Exchange Platform) unlocks the day Companies House issues the Company Number. This is the single biggest gating step on the SortedUK roadmap.
Business email LIVE Live — business@sorteduk.uk and corrections@sorteduk.uk are now operational via ImprovMX forwarding to a verified Gmail inbox. DNS configured in Netlify (MX records to ImprovMX + SPF) on 5 June 2026. SortedUK is now contactable at a branded sorteduk.uk address rather than the owner's personal email. Why it matters: the v304 corrections discipline and the v309 trust pledge both depend on a verified inbound channel. Without a working business@ + corrections@ address, the "we publish every mistake" promise was structurally unverifiable. Now it's real.
Trust pages updated with entity transition Live — /about, /privacy, /promise, /pro, /for-business, /sources, /platform and the sitewide footer trust stamp now disclose the SortedUK Ltd filing status, the formation agent reference (Order #5935479) and the ECCTA 2024 PVC waiting state. Honest about what's filed vs what's incorporated — no overclaim. The Company Number will be published the day Companies House issues it. Why it matters: every Trust Stamp, every "Publisher: SortedUK Ltd" attribution and every legal page now reflects the actual entity state — not a future-tense vision.
What's next (pending Company Number) Coming Soon — ICO Tier 1 Data Controller registration (£40/yr) the day the Company Number is issued. CLAUDE_API_KEY on Netlify (live AI letter decoder upgrade from rule-based fallback). Then the post-foundations Tier 1 build: login + Sorted Passport with real cross-device sync. Full sequence locked in POST-FOUNDATIONS-BACKLOG.md. Why it matters: this is the moment SortedUK transitions from "comprehensive free static platform" to "logged-in UK Life OS". The plan has been documented since v298 (CEO.1–CEO.31). Now it's about to be buildable.

4 June 2026 (evening)

Premium polish + Upload Anything Engine + sitewide consistency sweep.

Upload Anything Engine on /decode-v2 Live — the heart of SortedUK. New tiered upload — Scan with camera primary tile (native phone camera via capture="environment") + Upload file or photo secondary tile. Multi-file selection. HEIC support. Calibrated error messages per file type (video → photo redirect, Word → paste redirect, oversized → retake nudge). Five-step progress animation during decode (Reading → Understanding → Deadlines → Money → Next step). Why it matters: the upload is the single most important moment on SortedUK. It needs to feel like Apple-grade scanning, not a generic form field.
Trust Meta + Hidden Risk Detector on decode results Live — every decoded letter now shows transparency: Sender ✓ / Deadline ✓ / Letter type ✓ / Confidence pill. When the deadline is within 7 days or urgency is critical, a red Hidden Risk callout appears above the result — "Deadline today" / "Deadline tomorrow" / "Important deadline in N days" — explaining what's at stake.
Sorted Signature on every result page Live — "Your safest next step today" canonical pattern rolled out to /decode-v2 + /opportunity-engine + /can-i-claim + /can-i-ignore + /scam-check + /better-off. Three semantic-coloured actions (gold money / blue letter / red urgent) plus mono attribution stamp. Sitewide reusable CSS so future result pages can drop in one HTML block.
Homepage decluttered Live — per founder review: removed duplicate money sections (Better Off example + homepage tools + redundant three big actions), rebranded Hidden Money Engine as the canonical money surface, moved Upload Module higher (now position 2 right after the hero), reframed AI moat as "Why people trust SortedUK" with 6 user-facing benefits. £23bn claim now cites Policy in Practice 2024 directly under it.
Top nav simplified Live — Money · Upload · Problems · Home · Business · Help Now (with red urgent styling on Help Now). Outcome-first navigation — users pick what they need, not which tool to use.
Live UK time on every page Live — utility bar at the top shows today's UK date + UK time (BST/GMT auto-detect) + nearest UK deadline countdown + visit streak. Ticks every minute aligned to the real clock.
Premium /404 page Live — lost-page surface rebuilt with advisor design system — five outcome cards routing to the right Sorted destination, eight "did you mean" common destinations, dark-navy corrections callout if it was a real broken link.
Mobile bottom nav polish Live — active-state scale animation, gradient pill behind active icon, overshoot indicator animation. Reads as Linear/Apple Notes quality on phones.
Sitewide typography polish Live — Inter Tight headings now use font-feature-settings (ss01, cv11, ligatures, contextual alternates) + font-optical-sizing + text-wrap balance. Paragraphs use text-wrap pretty for better orphan/widow handling. Premium focus rings (blue with 18% blue halo) for keyboard accessibility. Sitewide tap-highlight removal + touch-action: manipulation for instant mobile response.
Grant pipeline tracker (internal) Live — new internal-only /grants-for-sorteduk page with 3-tier UK grant routes (Crowdfunder/Spacehive/King's Trust = no registration, Innovate UK Feasibility £25k/LEP/British Library = sole trader, National Lottery £500k/Innovate UK Smart £100k-2M/Esmée Fairbairn/MaPS/Nesta = CIC unlocks) + CIC vs Ltd vs Charity decision matrix + 4-step action sequence.

4 June 2026

Premium /404 page shipped — advisor design system applied to lost-page surface.

/404 rebuild Live — full rewrite from the legacy burgundy/Cormorant 404 to the advisor brief design tokens (navy + blue + warm off-white + Inter Tight + Geist Mono). Premium hero with 200px gradient "404" + dual CTA. 5 outcome cards (Find money / Solve problem / Buy home / Start business / Protect family) mirror the homepage canonical grammar. 8 "Did you mean" common destinations. Dark-navy honest help callout routing lost users into /corrections.html. Why it matters: lost users still need a calm route to the right Sorted tool, not a dead-end dump.

1 - 3 June 2026 (advisor brief sprint, v327 - v340)

"Know what you're entitled to" — full homepage repositioning + premium advisor design system.

Hero rebrand Live — homepage hero rewritten as "Know what you're entitled to." with new positioning copy + 4 trust signals (Free · No login · UK official sources · Works on any device). New og-image for WhatsApp / iMessage / Slack link previews.
5 outcome cards on homepage Live — Find Money (gold) / Solve Problems (blue) / Buy a Home (purple) / Start a Business (green) / Protect Family (red) — replacing the old 4-card grid. Semantic per-card accents + animated top-border reveal.
Premium Upload Module Live — emotional-centre upload zone with drag-and-drop, 6 supported file formats, 7-item "what Sorted checks" list. Routes to /decode-v2 via sessionStorage handoff.
Better Off Scan example Live — dark-green gradient result card showing what a personalised UK money scan looks like (£4,820/yr in 6 real verified UK routes).
Private by Design + How It Works + Urgent Help Live — three new homepage sections per the advisor brief Sections 8, 9, 10. Green privacy promise (5-card grid), 5-step calm process, red-accent crisis CTA routing to /crisis-mode.
Mobile sticky bottom nav Live — sitewide on phones (≤767px) — 5 tabs (Home / Money / Upload / Help / Saved) with active-state indicator + scroll-hide on scroll-down + iOS safe-area support.
Built on UK Sources premium grid Live — 15-source trust grid covering every UK official body we cite (GOV.UK, HMRC, DWP, NHS, FCA, etc).

31 May - 1 June 2026 (Find Hidden Money sprint, v322 - v326)

Find Hidden Money — 65+ UK money routes mapped across 10 life situations.

/opportunity-engine rebuild Live — from 34 routes to 65+ across 13 categories. New 10-question quiz with region + life-event inputs. Priority ranking algorithm with confidence pills + time-to-claim chips + unlock chains (e.g. "Pension Credit also unlocks Warm Home Discount + free TV Licence + Council Tax Reduction").
/uk-money-map Live — the canonical visual UK money reference. 10 life-situation categories + per-route UK source attribution + interactive personal filter bar (your age / household / region) with live £/yr total recalculation + Save my map button.
Sitewide Smart Utility Bar Live — 38px dark-navy strip at top of every page — today's UK date, nearest UK deadline countdown (from a pool of 10 real recurring UK deadlines), visit streak when ≥2 days, "Today's brief →" CTA. Session-dismissible.
Premium /can-i-claim bank section Live — the most-claimed UK route. Section 75 + Chargeback + APP scam refund + Unauthorised payment. Letter generator picks the right UK regulation per route (CCA 1974 / PSR / FCA DISP).

29 - 31 May 2026 (moat + retention sprint, v309 - v321)

Moat shipped — why another AI can't replace this next month.

/about Live — honest about what SortedUK is (free + UK-only + sourced + self-correcting) and isn't (not FCA-regulated, not charity, not law firm). Names how to verify us (Nominet WHOIS + Companies House when filed + corrections email).
/promise rebuilt Live — "We never profit from your confusion." Trust pledge listing what we'll never do (affiliate kickbacks from debt firms, mortgage broker proc fees, claims-management referrals, behavioural ads on logged-in data, etc).
/national-map + /what-changed + /find-professional Live — three pages answering "why can't another AI build this in a month?" Live UK Decision Ledger (with honest ≥30-record threshold), UK weekly rule-change log proving Sorted is a maintained UK platform, Real Human Marketplace for FCA + SRA + ICAEW + RICS + OISC routes with no affiliate fees.
/crisis-mode + /negotiate Live — I-Need-Help-Now hub (6 verified UK helplines + 6 detailed crisis types) + Life Negotiator (6 UK negotiation scripts that actually work — broadband renewal, mobile contract, energy refund, parking PCN, debt token payment, insurance FOS escalation).
/how-we-compare Live — honest UK competitive landscape page. Routes to (Citizens Advice, MoneyHelper, Turn2us, StepChange), competes with (DoNotPay, Resolver, GOV.UK Chat, foundation AIs), wins on the 9-capability combination.
/complain + /grants-finder Live — UK Unified Complaint Engine covering 10 sectors with the right ombudsman per route (Resolver-level depth). Turn2us-situational grants finder covering 10 UK life situations with curated charity grants.
/pro + /for-business + /dataset Live — Revenue readiness shipped honestly: optional Pro tier with locked-for-life founding pricing, B2B partnership routes for councils + charities (free for UK consumer-help charities) + employers, and the SortedUK Open Data project (CC-BY 4.0 UK consumer-help dataset — the defensibility moat).
Sorted Streak + welcome-back banner + Moat Manifesto Live — device-local visit streak counter tracked via localStorage. Welcome-back banner on the homepage for returning users. New "Why Sorted is different" homepage strip with 6-moat card grid.
/today-for-you Live — daily UK brief page — today's UK deadline + today's rule change + today's money-finder + today's tip + question to reflect on. Save today's brief to Passport.

27 - 29 May 2026 (Mission Control sprint, v304 - v308)

The foundation moat — outcomes ledger, corrections log, Mission Control dashboard.

/outcomes Live — the public UK Decision Ledger. 8 category rows pulling live counters from device-anonymised localStorage. Once Companies House files this becomes the national UK consumer-help outcome dataset.
/corrections rebuilt Live — every public mistake we made, logged in plain English. Trust signal: we'd rather log corrections in public than quietly edit.
/methodology rewritten Live — deep calibration document showing every formula behind every Sorted recommendation (Better Off Scan, Mortgage Ready Score, SDLT 2024/25 bands, benefits gate logic, source verification protocol).
/home-buyer + /which-debt-first rebuilt Live — Premium FCA-regulated mortgage broker + SRA-regulated conveyancing solicitor sections (the two missing pieces). Interactive debt sorter + live money finder + 6 free FCA-authorised debt routes (StepChange, Citizens Advice, National Debtline, MoneyHelper, PayPlan, Samaritans).
/get-help luxury rebuild Live — every UK helpline — 12 tabs covering 109 verified helplines across Crisis, Money & debt, Housing, Energy & bills, Health & NHS, Family, Disability, Legal, Work, Scams, Older people, Abuse & safety. Live search filter.
/sorted-score Live — UK life stability score 0-100 across 6 dimensions (Housing / Income / Benefits / Debt / Scam exposure / Paperwork). Animated SVG dial + sparkline history. Save to Passport.
/today rebuilt as Mission Control Live — time-aware greeting + 4-cell glance strip (deadlines / money waiting / Sorted Score / streak). Pulls from saved cases + Opportunity Engine snapshots + standing UK deadlines.
Sitewide trust ribbon in footer Live — 3 compounding moat counters visible on every page: Public corrections + Outcomes recorded + UK official sources (45+).

25 May 2026 (evening)

Trust upgrades + Sort My Problem + Need Food Now.

Need Food Now Live — new emergency page at /need-food.html. Enter your postcode to get the nearest UK food banks with opening hours, phone, address, directions, and referral info. Uses the free GiveFood directory which covers Trussell Trust, the Independent Food Aid Network, and many independent food banks. Always-visible national helplines for anyone in immediate crisis. Why it matters: people in hunger need the nearest help in seconds, not a five-tab search across charity websites.
"Sort My Problem" smart router Live — new big search box at the top of the homepage. Type or paste anything — a letter, a scam text, a postcode, a problem — and Sorted routes you to the right tool automatically. Detects 6 crisis patterns (eviction tonight, bailiff at door, domestic abuse, suicidal thoughts, no food, child at risk) and surfaces the right UK helpline before any tool. 100% client-side, no AI key needed.
Built-by-one-person note Live — homepage acknowledges this is built and maintained by one person, explains the why behind it, and links to the changelog and corrections log. Addresses the “polished but faceless” critique without putting personal details on the public site.
Mission page updated Live — added a “Who is building this” section that's honest about stage: one person, no company yet, no investors, no team. Honest beats polished.
This changelog Live — because a site that shows what it ships every week reads as alive, and the strongest trust signal a new site can offer is transparency about its own stage of development.

25 May 2026 (morning)

Phase 1: Trust Trinity live.

Check This Firm Live — new tool at /check-firm.html that cross-checks any UK company against both Companies House and the FCA Register, producing a Green / Amber / Red verdict with every claim sourced. Why it matters: scammers often use real-looking company names that ARE registered, but lack FCA authorisation to handle money. Sorted catches the trap.
Postcode intelligence Live — /find-local.html now shows your council, constituency, MP, police force and NHS area when you enter a postcode. Uses postcodes.io and the UK Parliament Members API. No login, no profile.
Behind the scenes Security — rotated all live third-party API keys after a session-end audit, hardened environment-variable scoping in Netlify, and confirmed every key is locked to server-side functions only (never the browser).

In progress this week

Phase 2: Decode v2.

Smart letter decoding In development — a rebuild of /decode.html where you paste any UK letter and Sorted extracts the sender, the deadline, what it actually means in plain English, what happens if you do nothing, the safest next action, a confidence score, and a personalised draft reply. AI-assisted structured extraction. The current picker-based decoder stays available as a fallback.

22–24 May 2026

Public launch.

Eight core tools live Live — Decode a letter, Check a scam, Appeal a parking ticket, Know my rights, Find local help, Letter writer, Sorted Passport, and Calm mode.
Connected Risk Engine Live — the Passport recognises patterns across your saved cases and flags situations the law gives you specific rights about (e.g. bailiffs, deposit disputes, council-tax errors). Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Sorted Life Timeline Live — every saved case gets a chronological timeline so you can see what happened when, what you tried, and what's still outstanding.
"Continue my situation" homepage widget Live — if you've saved an active case, the homepage now picks it up and offers to resume.
Hero photo + design system finalised Live — Cormorant Garamond serif display + Inter sans body. Consistent across every page.
Privacy promise locked in Live — no logins, no profile, no email collection, no third-party analytics on user data. Everything saveable is stored locally in your browser. Read the policy →

What's next.

An honest list of what we're building. No "coming soon" theatre — just an ordered backlog. Items move up the list when feedback tells us they should.

Letter photo scanner

Take a photo of any UK letter on your phone, and Sorted runs it through the Decode v2 engine automatically. OCR + the existing consequence engine.

Conversational benefits eligibility engine

Smart benefits checker — not a calculator, a conversation. Asks rent / children / work / disability / caring / savings / immigration / postcode, then returns "you may be entitled to…" with estimated monthly amount, confidence level, and evidence needed. Will use real 2026/27 GOV.UK rates and be properly audited before launch — wrong-money advice to vulnerable people is unacceptable.

Deadline tracker inside Passport

"3 days left", "Reply by Friday", "Evidence missing" — every saved case gets a priority count-down driven by the decoded deadline.

Planned

Crisis intercept for vulnerable users

When a letter relates to eviction, bailiffs, domestic abuse, child protection, or imminent self-harm risk, urgent helplines surface FIRST, before any tool output. (Already wired into Decode v2 below the fold — this expands it sitewide.)

Planned

Reply builder with tone modes

"Make it polite", "Make it stronger", "Ask for more time", "Challenge this decision", "Escalate to the ombudsman" — one-click rewrites of any draft Sorted produces.

Planned

Live UK change feed

Daily intelligence: DWP rate changes, HMRC penalty updates, Ofgem cap moves, FCA warnings, new scam patterns. So Sorted notices things before you do.

Planned

Benefits & grants discovery

Find money you may be missing: benefits, council tax reduction, energy grants, pension credit, childcare support, Turn2us-style grant routing.

Planned

Explain-Like modes (accessibility)

Toggle on any result: Simple English, Stressed mode, Elderly mode, Immigrant new-to-UK mode, Legal-detail mode. Plus dyslexia-friendly font and read-aloud.

Planned

Court Finder + Find Case Law

Look up your nearest court (HMCTS) and search UK case law by keyword. Free government APIs, no login.