Nobody hands you a checklist.
You decide to work for yourself and suddenly you’re supposed to know how to register, what records to keep, when tax is due, what you can claim, how to invoice people and approximately 47 other things nobody mentioned.
So we put the important stuff in one place.
No business jargon. No enormous ebook. No disappearing down a GOV.UK rabbit hole at 11pm.
Just straightforward answers, useful tools and the practical bits you need to get yourself sorted.
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Five sections. The important stuff, sorted.
Not another ebook to download and forget about.
Short guides you can bookmark, checklists you can actually use, templates you can download and simple tools to help you get organised.
01 – START HERE
The first things to sort.
• Your first 10 things to sort
• First-month checklist
How to get started
02 – HMRC & Tax
Get your head around the tax stuff.
• Do I need to register?
• Your Self Assessment timeline
• How much should I save for tax?
Get to grips with tax
03 — Money
Get your money organised.
• Income & expenses tracker
• Tax pot calculator
• Getting paid
• Business bank accounts
Organise your money
04 – ADMIN
Sort the boring-but-important bits.
• What records should I keep?
• Invoice template
• Simple record-keeping system
Sort the boring bits
05 — Useful Stuff
Make life easier.
• Questions to ask an accountant
• Official links worth bookmarking
• Tools we actually recommend
Make life easier
✱ ONE LESS THING TO FIGURE OUT. There’s enough to get your head around when you start working for yourself. The Starter Pack puts the practical stuff in one place, so you can find what you need, sort it and get back to the work you actually want to be doing. No endless Googling. No business jargon. No wondering what you’ve forgotten.
Who IT’S FOR?
Thinking about working for yourself?
You’re in the right place.
Whether you registered yesterday or you’re still figuring out if you need to — the Starter Pack meets you where you are.
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Just starting out
You’ve taken the leap. Now you need to sort the practical stuff.
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Already started, slightly panicking
You’ve been going for a while + have a sneaking suspicion there are things you’ve missed.
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Thinking about it seriously
You want to know exactly what’s involved before you hand in your notice.
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