Your day doesn't start at zero

What's the minimum buy-in to play the game of life?

Before you spend a penny today, rent, bills and the costs you can't avoid have already spent some for you. Find your number, and how many hours you work just to cover it.

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The hidden numbers

Money numbers that usually stay hidden, made visible.

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Checksistence

What it costs you just to wake up, per day.

For everyoneFind your number →
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True Hourly Rate

What an hour of app work really earns after fuel, tax and NI.

Delivery and gig workersWork it out →
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Recruitment calculators

Contractor margins, placement fees, day rates, holiday pay, umbrella take-home.

Agencies and contractorsOpen the toolkit →
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Value IQ

Break-even: what a placement or contract really has to earn.

AgenciesOpen →
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Subscription Audit

What your subscriptions really cost a year, and per use.

Everyone
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Tax set-aside

How much of each payment to put aside for your tax bill.

Self-employed
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Making Tax Digital checker

Does MTD for Income Tax apply to you, and from when?

Sole traders and landlords
Better together

Your cost of existing ÷ what an hour really earns = the hours you work just to exist.

Work out your True Hourly Rate and save it, and Checksistence uses it automatically.

How we work

Simple to read. Honest underneath.

The answerOne number in plain words, in pounds you'd recognise.
How we got thereA receipt using your own numbers, so you can check every line.
The rulesWhat we assumed and the official rates we used, linked to GOV.UK.
Your data stays yoursThe tools run on your device. Nothing you type is sent to us or anyone else. We may count visits, never what you enter.