50 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
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
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
Maths
- How to calculate percentages
- Percentage increase and decrease, and reverse percentages
- Standard deviation explained, with a worked example
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
Dates and time
- UK bank holidays and how to count working days
- Time zones explained: how to convert times without mistakes