Running costs calculator
Add up the bills your business pays whether you sell anything or not, and see how much you need to sell each month just to cover them. Fill in the ones that apply and skip the rest. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
Your costs
Enter each cost the way you pay it: weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly. Ingredients and packaging aren't here because they belong in each recipe's cost.
Your kitchen
Rent or kitchen hire
Your unit, a shared kitchen, or hourly hire.
£
Business rates or property tax
Whatever your council or local area charges.
£
Gas and electricity
If you work from home, the extra you use for the business.
£
Water
£
Waste collection and cleaning
Bins, cleaning products, cloths, a cleaner.
£
Pest control
£
Running the business
Insurance
Public and product liability, contents, equipment.
£
Licences, registration and training
Food business registration, hygiene certificates, alcohol or market trader licences.
£
Accountant or bookkeeper
£
Software and subscriptions
MakrPrep, accounts software, design tools.
£
Phone and internet
The business share.
£
Website and domain
Hosting, online shop fees, your domain name.
£
Bank and card fees
Account fees and card machine fees. Make a monthly estimate.
£
Selling
Market and event pitch fees
Add up a typical month.
£
Marketing
Ads, printing, samples, photography.
£
Delivery and fuel
Couriers, postage, fuel and parking.
£
Vehicle costs
Insurance, tax, servicing, repairs.
£
Equipment
Loan or finance repayments
£
Equipment hire or leasing
£
Repairs and replacements
Money put aside so a broken mixer doesn't stop you.
£
People
Staff wages
Including employer taxes and pension.
£
Your own pay
What you need to take home each month. Add it so your target pays you too.
£
Money put aside for tax
Income tax or self-employment tax on your profit.
£
Anything else
Your running costs
- Each month
- £0.00
- Each week
- £0.00
- Each year
- £0.00
How much you need to sell
£
For example a £3.50 brownie with £1.00 of ingredients leaves £2.50.
Not sure what's left per item? Work it out with the recipe cost calculator.
In MakrPrep your running costs sit next to your orders. Every order you take shows how much of this month's costs you've covered, and every price shows what it pays you per hour.
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