80 plain-English guides that explain how the numbers work, with worked examples and a free calculator for each.
Tax and pay
- UK income tax explained: bands, allowance and how it's worked out
- National Insurance for employees: what you pay and why
- How to work out your take-home pay from a UK salary
- Net pay, salary sacrifice or relief at source: how pension contributions affect your pay
- Student loan repayments explained: plans, thresholds and what you'll pay
- VAT explained: adding and removing VAT
- Hourly rate to salary, and how to work out overtime
- Capital gains tax explained: rates, allowance and how to work it out
- Inheritance tax explained: bands, gifts and how much your estate could pay
- Dividend tax explained: rates, allowance and a worked example
- Self-employed tax explained: income tax, National Insurance and payments on account
- Statutory redundancy pay explained
- Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay explained
- UK holiday entitlement explained
- £25,000 salary after tax in the UK
- Tax codes explained: what 1257L means
- £35,000 salary after tax in the UK
- Emergency tax code: why you are on it and how to fix it
- £30,000 salary after tax in the UK
- Self Assessment deadlines and checklist
- £40,000 salary after tax in the UK
Property
- Stamp Duty, LBTT and LTT explained
- How mortgage repayments are calculated
- How much mortgage can you afford?
- Council tax bands explained
- Buy-to-let yield explained
- First-time buyer costs: the full checklist
- Stamp duty on additional homes and second properties
- How to save a mortgage deposit faster
- Buy-to-let tax and the Section 24 mortgage interest rule
- Capital gains tax when you sell a property
- Fixed vs tracker mortgages explained
Money
- Compound interest explained, with examples
- How long to reach a savings goal
- Loans, APR and car finance: comparing the real cost
- Percentage change, increases and discounts
- Break-even point and profit margin: how to work them out
- Debt snowball vs avalanche: which method suits you?
- Credit card interest explained: APR, minimums and payoff time
- UK inflation explained
- The 50/30/20 budget rule explained
- ISA allowances and types explained
- How big should your emergency fund be?
- How to plan and save for a Christmas budget
Health
- BMI explained: what it tells you and what it doesn't
- Calories and TDEE: how many calories do you need?
- Macros for beginners: protein, carbs and fat
- Body fat percentage: how it's measured and what's typical
- How much water should you drink each day?
- Sleep cycles: how to choose a bedtime or wake-up time
- Due dates and pregnancy weeks, including IVF
- Running pace and race finish times explained
- Heart rate zones explained: how to find your maximum and train by zone
- Alcohol units explained: how to count units in your drinks
- One-rep max guide: how to estimate your 1RM and use it in training
- What is a healthy weight range?
- Waist-to-hip ratio explained
Dates and time
- UK bank holidays and how to count working days
- Time zones explained: how to convert times without mistakes
- How to count down to an event or deadline
- Week numbers and ISO weeks explained
Travel
- How flight times are worked out
- Fuel cost and mpg: UK gallons, litres and trip costs
- Planning meetings across time zones
- How to estimate flight time from distance
Home and cooking
- How much paint, wallpaper or tile do you need?
- How much does an appliance cost to run?
- Cooking conversions and oven temperatures
- How much concrete do you need for a slab or post holes?
- How to measure for flooring and fencing
- Christmas dinner quantities and timings
- Party catering: how much food per person
- How to calculate roof pitch
Maths
- How to calculate percentages
- Percentage increase and decrease, and reverse percentages
- Standard deviation explained, with a worked example
- How to calculate reverse percentages
Business
- Mark-up vs margin: the difference and how to convert
- VAT for small businesses: registration and what to charge