Liverpool waterfront at sunset
Slf:mde

Financial infrastructure for creative professionals

Your freelance
operating system

Most creative professionals live in financial fragments. Slf:mde brings that into one calm, clear space — so you can see where you are now, and where you're heading.

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Slf:mde is proud to serve Liverpool's creative communities
The problem

The tools weren't built for how you work

Creative professionals earn real income, manage real clients, and contribute billions to the economy. But the financial systems around them assume a salary, a single employer, and a predictable month.

The result is financial fragments — invoices in email, numbers in spreadsheets, income tracked in memory. Even when you're earning well, it feels unstable. Not because it is. Because it's not clearly structured.

4.2m
Self-employed in the UK13–14% of the workforce operating without financial infrastructure built for them.
£120b
UK creative industries annuallyThe sector is economically significant — yet its workers remain institutionally invisible.
8/10
Freelancers report cash flow problemsNot from lack of income — from lack of clarity about that income.
The solution

Calm. Clear.
Connected.

Slf:mde doesn't add to the noise. It replaces fragmentation with structure — combining income visibility, invoicing, pipeline planning and long-term financial outlook in one quiet, design-led space.

Momentum
Where you are and how you're moving — a live signal combining received, invoiced and pipeline income.
Horizon
Where you're likely heading — scenario-based financial outlook from 3 months to 5 years ahead.
Slf:mde Momentum screen — rolling green hills at sunset
Slf:mde
This month
£4,180
Steady · outlook holding
Signals
Received
Invoiced
Pipeline
Slf:mde Horizon screen — snow-capped mountain range
Horizon
3 months
Range of likely paths
Things continue well
£5,640
Current pattern holds
£4,180
Quieter period ahead
£2,850
What's inside

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Invoicing
Create professional invoices in seconds. Add a gig to your calendar and a draft invoice is offered immediately — pre-filled and ready to send.
Calendar sync
One entry updates everything — your Momentum signal, your Horizon outlook, and your invoice pipeline. Lean management built in.
Goals & planning
Set savings targets, pension contributions and income goals. Track progress in real time and see how your current work connects to your long-term life.
Cash tracking
Log cash payments instantly. Every entry updates your Momentum reading immediately — no spreadsheet, no duplication.
Designed for clarity
Neurodivergent-friendly reading modes, colour overlays, spacing controls and font options — because clarity should be accessible to everyone.
Built to grow
Email-to-invoice automation, bank feed integration and HMRC readiness coming in future versions. The infrastructure is already designed for it.

"Instead of guessing your stability,
you can see it. Instead of reacting
to payments, you contextualise them."

Slf:mde — 90 Second Walkthrough

Your starting point

What does a sustainable
year look like for you?

There's no right answer here — and no pressure. The most useful starting point is whatever feels honest and achievable based on your recent work, not an aspirational figure that adds to the noise. Slf:mde is here to help you move toward your goals steadily, not to set unrealistic benchmarks.

My realistic annual earnings goal
£28,000
Based on your recent work and what feels genuinely achievable
£8k £120k
Monthly target
£2,333
What a steady month looks like
Weekly average
£538
Across a typical working week
Quiet month buffer
£4,667
Two months reserve — a calm baseline
A gentle starting point — Slf:mde helps you build toward this steadily, without the anxiety of watching every number.

Slf:mde tracks where you actually are against where you want to be — calmly, clearly, without judgment.

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Beta programme — Liverpool 2026

Be among the first.

Slf:mde is entering beta with a small group of creative professionals in Liverpool. Join the list and we'll be in touch when a place becomes available.

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