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Budget Planner

Map monthly take-home income against regular and irregular spending to see your buffer or shortfall.

Your budget

Start with your monthly take-home income, then add regular and irregular spending.

View as

£

Your take-home pay after tax and deductions.

£
£
£
£
£
£

Monthly surplus

£700.00

Total income

£2,800.00

Total spending

£2,100.00

Monthly surplus

£700.00

Surplus as % of income

25.0%

Where your money goes

Essential spending
£1,730.00
Flexible spending
£370.00
Debt repayments
£0.00
Monthly buffer
£700.00

Monthly money split

Chart view

Annual & irregular costs

Enter larger less frequent costs. We convert them to a monthly amount to set aside.

What do you want to do with your surplus?

Optional — default is fully unallocated. Allocations do not move money automatically.

£
£
£
£
Available surplus
£700.00
Allocated
£0.00
Still unallocated
£700.00

Your budget at a glance

  • Housing & bills are 39% of your net income.
  • Flexible spending is £370/month.
  • You currently have a £700 monthly buffer.

What changes your budget?

Scenario illustrations only — your base budget is unchanged unless you edit it.

Saved budgets

Save different budgets and compare changes in income, spending and monthly surplus.

This planner is for budgeting estimates only. It does not assess affordability, creditworthiness or whether a financial product is suitable for you. Your actual income and spending may vary from month to month.

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Put your monthly surplus to work

Explore tools to model savings or investments. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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