> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/applicant/contracts.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

> This page uses Backed's default terms, such as Funding Round and Application Template. An organisation may rename them, so read each as your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.

After you accept an offer, the organisation may send you a contract to sign. `Contracts` lists
every contract sent to you or to your organisation. This appears only when it is turned on for
your organisation.

Labels that name `Contract`, `Milestone` and `Application` use your organisation's own term if
you've renamed it.

## The contracts list

Each contract shows its status. One waiting for you carries `Awaiting your review`, and the bell
at the top turns red while a contract is waiting for your signature.

| Status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `Awaiting signatures` | Sent, and waiting for its signatories. |
| `Awaiting counter-signature` | You've signed; the organisation signs next. |
| `Signed` | Signed by everyone. |
| `Completed` | Finished. |
| `Declined` | A signatory declined it. |
| `Withdrawn` | The organisation has withdrawn it. |
| `Terminated` | The organisation has ended it. |

While the organisation is withdrawing or ending a contract, it keeps showing its earlier status
until the letter is sent.

## Review and sign

1. Open the contract. The page shows the `Contract number`, `Applicant`, `Amount` and when it was
   `Sent`, then the contract document.
2. Read it. `Download Contract` saves a copy.
3. Select `Approve and Sign`.
4. Under `How you sign`, choose one of the ways the organisation allows: `Upload a photo`,
   `Type your name` or `Type your initials`. With a photo, you can `Use my saved signature` from
   `My profile`, or `Upload a new photo` and trim it.
5. Enter `Your role`, for example Director or Chief Executive. It is printed under your name.
6. Select `Sign Contract`. You see `You have signed this Contract.`

If you can read a contract but not sign it, the page says `You can read this Contract. Its
signatories sign it.` If it says `Set your password to sign`, finish setting up your account from
your invitation email first.

## Decline a contract

Select `Decline`, then `Decline Contract`. This tells the organisation you will not sign it. Nobody
else can sign it afterwards, and you can't undo this. `Keep reviewing` closes the dialog.

## Milestones and letters

A signed contract lists its `Milestones` in the order they appear in it, with their due dates. If
the organisation withdraws or terminates the contract, its letter appears on the page; select
`Download letter (PDF)` to keep a copy. `Conversation` opens your messages with the organisation
about the contract, when it uses them.

## Make a request

Once a contract is in place, you may be able to ask for a change, such as more time for a
milestone.

1. On the contract, select `Make a request`.
2. Choose the `Type of request`. Some types are open only until a date.
3. If the request is about milestones, tick each one; for more time, give the new due date.
4. Select `Start request`, answer the request's questions (they save as you go) and submit it.

`Requests` on the contract shows each request's status: `Draft`, `Submitted`,
`More information requested`, `Approved` or `Declined`. When more information is asked for, open
the request, update your answers and select `Resubmit`.

### Change your bank details

To have payments made to a different account, make a `Change of bank details` request. The
organisation reviews the new account before it is used, and payments keep going to the account it
holds now until the review is approved. If the review is declined, nothing changes. Once you submit,
the request shows only the last digits of the account number.

## See also

- [Milestones](milestones.md)
- [After you submit](after-you-submit.md)
- [Your profile](your-profile.md)