What would you keep running your own care work?
You set your rate. We take 6% for the paperwork, insurance and invoicing, and you keep the rest.
Now
£20,280
a year
£390
a week
On Selotape you keep
£32,712
a year
£705
a week
You'd keep
£12,432 more
a year, or £315 more in a working week.
£25 an hour less our 6% is £23.50 an hour for you.
“I'd keep £12,432 more a year running my own care work.”
Self-employed means no sick pay, no holiday pay and no guaranteed hours. A year here counts 5.6 weeks off on both sides: paid by an agency, unpaid on your own.
Both figures are before tax. On your own you pay your tax and National Insurance through Self Assessment, not out of each pay packet, so set some aside every month. Your costs, like insurance (about £120 a year) and travel between clients, come out of what you keep.
We've taken the full 6% off every hour. It stops at £60 a month per client, so you may keep more. £13 is average care worker pay (Skills for Care, 2025/26). How self-employment works
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