Royal Mail OBA invoice audit

Royal Mail may have overcharged you. We get it back.

Clawback audits your Royal Mail business (OBA) invoices for billing errors, files the claims, and recovers your refunds. You keep 70%. If we recover nothing, you pay nothing.

No win, no fee You keep 70% Independent of Royal Mail UK-based
The problem

Royal Mail invoices are harder to check than they should be — so errors often go unnoticed.

If you ship through a Royal Mail Online Business Account (OBA), your invoices run to hundreds of lines: weight bands, format bands, surcharges, fuel adjustments, VAT. Mistakes hide in that detail — a parcel billed a band too high, a Large Letter charged as a parcel, a guaranteed delivery that arrived late and was never refunded, an "unreadable barcode" surcharge you can't verify. Individually they look like pennies. Across a month of volume, they add up quietly — and they keep recurring until someone catches them.

16%

Royal Mail's fuel & energy surcharge on contract parcel services reached 16% in May 2026.

~£1.10

A relatively new "unreadable barcode" charge per item has become a widely-disputed cost for senders.

£878m

A group claim alleging large-scale bulk-mail overcharging is currently before the courts — a sign these billing disputes are far from rare. (The claim is an allegation and has not been decided.)

How it works

Three steps. You do almost nothing.

STEP 01

We audit your invoice — free

Send us one recent OBA invoice. We check it for the billing errors that most often hit senders like you, and tell you straight what's recoverable. If there's nothing there, we say so.

STEP 02

We file and chase the claims

We prepare the claims, submit them to Royal Mail, and chase them through to a decision — including re-submitting where it's worth it. You don't lift a finger.

STEP 03

You get refunded. You keep 70%

When Royal Mail confirms a refund, you keep 70% of it. Our fee is 30%, and only ever on money actually recovered. No recovery, no fee.

↳ Start as a one-off on a single invoice. If it's worth it, we can monitor every invoice going forward.

What we check

The billing errors we look for

Weight-band overcharges

Items billed against a higher weight band than they should be.

Format misclassification

A Large Letter charged at the higher parcel rate.

Late guaranteed delivery

Special Delivery that arrived late and is owed a refund.

Duplicate charges

The same item billed twice.

VAT on exempt services

VAT added to a service that should be zero-rated.

Invalid surcharges

Unreadable-barcode, manual-handling and correction charges applied in error.

Billed-but-undelivered

Postage charged on items that were returned or never delivered.

Why no win, no fee

The risk is entirely ours.

We only earn when you do. The audit is free, we do all the work, and our 30% fee applies only to money Royal Mail actually pays back — confirmed by Royal Mail, never self-reported. If we find nothing, or a claim is refused, it costs you nothing. The worst case for you is a clean bill of health on your postage.

Our fee is charged only on amounts Royal Mail confirms and refunds. No recovery, no fee.

Who it's for

Built for UK businesses that ship in volume.

If you post through a Royal Mail OBA — e-commerce brands, online retailers, subscription boxes, makers shipping hundreds of parcels a month — your invoices are complex enough to carry errors worth recovering. The more you ship, the more there usually is to find.

E-commerce brands

Online retailers

Subscription boxes

High-volume makers

Trust & independence

Independent, transparent, and on your side.

Independent of Royal Mail

Clawback is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting for Royal Mail. We act for you.

Your data stays yours

We use your invoice data only to find and recover your refunds, and we handle it under UK GDPR.

A real, named person

Clawback is run by Saul Davis. You deal with a human who only gets paid when you get paid.

About
Royal Mail bills high-volume senders through a system that's almost impossible to check by hand — and the errors quietly cost UK businesses money every month. Clawback was built to close that gap: the tedious, specialist work of auditing those invoices and recovering what's owed, on terms where the business takes no risk. We focus on one thing — Royal Mail OBA billing — and we do it properly.
— Saul Davis, Founder
FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

What is Clawback?
Clawback is a UK service that audits Royal Mail business (OBA) invoices for billing errors and recovers the refunds on a no-win, no-fee basis. The audit is free; we take 30% of what we recover and nothing if we recover nothing.
How much does it cost?
The audit is free. If we recover money for you, you keep 70% and our fee is 30%. If we recover nothing, you pay nothing.
What is a Royal Mail OBA invoice?
OBA stands for Online Business Account — the system Royal Mail uses to bill higher-volume business senders. OBA invoices are itemised by service, weight, format and surcharge, which is why billing errors can be hard to spot.
What kinds of overcharges do you find?
Common ones include weight-band overcharges, Large Letters billed as parcels, late guaranteed deliveries owed a refund, duplicate charges, VAT added to exempt services, invalid surcharges such as unreadable-barcode charges, and postage billed for items that were never delivered.
Do I have to do any work?
Almost none. You send one recent invoice. We do the audit, file the claims, and chase Royal Mail to a decision. You keep 70% of whatever comes back.
Is Clawback part of Royal Mail?
No. Clawback is independent and not affiliated with Royal Mail. We act on your behalf.
Is it a one-off or ongoing?
It starts as a one-off check of a single invoice. If it's worthwhile, we can monitor every invoice going forward so overcharges are caught before you pay them.
How do I start?
Send one recent Royal Mail OBA invoice to saul@clawback.uk and we'll tell you what's recoverable.

Find out what you're owed.

Send one recent Royal Mail invoice. We'll check it free and tell you straight what's recoverable. No obligation, no risk.

Email saul@clawback.uk
Free check · No win, no fee · Independent of Royal Mail