Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: alanwilson on May 23, 2009, 03:13:47 pm
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following on from the wages topic I thought I would post a thread on operating expenses.
so to give newbies a REAL insight into what it costs to operate as a SOLE trader I have worked out costs to be £6500 per year (obviously this will vary from person to person)
so what does it cost you to operate every year?
are some of us working harder, not smarter?
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If I could turn the clock back I would have gone limited before things got too big. That way I would have made the best use of the ependature against tax, before things like payment on account and class 4 NI got in the way.
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fair point robin but all I'm wanting to do here is let newbies see where the costs are, especially as some just see us spraying water on a window.
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one man one van rough guide
public liability £150
phone £360
fuel £2160
ins £750
equipment ins £75
vehicle tax £180
mot and service£250
general vehicle costs £600
resin £240
general equipment £300
uniform £120
stationary £300
accounts £300
this is my rough guide, with an employee you can add
Wages £14000
employees ins £500
ni class 4£1500
extra fuel £1200
uniform£120
paye accounts and p60 return £120
extra equipment £500
this is all very rough and iv prob forgot things amd not including a van and reach and wash system
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ronnie you must use a lot of resin - 3 bags?
we get through a bag a year between 2 men, ro water first then di into holding tanks. Use approx 3000ltrs per week per van.
I suppose if you are on a water meter then you would need to factor the cost of water in too.
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Id say without even checking my accounts, its easily over £4000.
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i think we should all make our running expenses a bit higher like the MP s do
new televisin £1200
gardening work £2000
new boiler £1500
im sure you get the jist and if we play it right we wont of made anything and so wont pay any tax , happy days ;D ;D ;D
only problem is we would end up in jail and they wouldnt be happy with us saying we wernt any good at accounting but will pay it back ??? ???
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Hi
Perhaps it would be better to show costs as a percentage of turnover.
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one man one van rough guide
public liability £150
phone £360
fuel £2160
ins £750
equipment ins £75
vehicle tax £180
mot and service£250
general vehicle costs £600
resin £240
general equipment £300
uniform £120
stationary £300
accounts £300
this is my rough guide, with an employee you can add
Wages £14000
employees ins £500
ni class 4£1500
extra fuel £1200
uniform£120
paye accounts and p60 return £120
extra equipment £500
this is all very rough and iv prob forgot things amd not including a van and reach and wash system
Looks Ok to me Ronnie, only difference is for me would be, I am on a water meter and a hard water area too. Cost per 1000 ltr here is about 4 quid (Gurmany.)
The NI costs here are alot higher too but whatever. By the way I'm trad and am thinking of going WFP this year. That's why I am interested in this thread. :)
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one man one van rough guide
public liability £150
phone £360
fuel £2160
ins £750
equipment ins £75
vehicle tax £180
mot and service£250
general vehicle costs £600
resin £240
general equipment £300
uniform £120
stationary £300
accounts £300
this is my rough guide, with an employee you can add
Wages £14000
employees ins £500
ni class 4£1500
extra fuel £1200
uniform£120
paye accounts and p60 return £120
extra equipment £500
this is all very rough and iv prob forgot things amd not including a van and reach and wash system
If one man one van why the employee insurance? ??? ??? ???
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Off the top of my head I think my expenses were over €7000 last year. :(
It adds up real quick,..
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one man one van rough guide
public liability £150
phone £360
fuel £2160
ins £750
equipment ins £75
vehicle tax £180
mot and service£250
general vehicle costs £600
resin £240
general equipment £300
uniform £120
stationary £300
accounts £300
this is my rough guide, with an employee you can add
Wages £14000
employees ins £500
ni class 4£1500
extra fuel £1200
uniform£120
paye accounts and p60 return £120
extra equipment £500
this is all very rough and iv prob forgot things amd not including a van and reach and wash system
If one man one van why the employee insurance? ??? ??? ???
read properly ;)
the resin is for di only water is only 45 ish
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Hi
Perhaps it would be better to show costs as a percentage of turnover.
I've got last years expenses down to just over 10% of total income. My accountant will of course add more so i reckon around 15% would be my operating costs.
2/3 of it on fuel.
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non working 30-35% working 70-75%