Limited Company Guide

Privacy Policy

You don't need an account to use this site. This page explains, plainly, what happens to the figures you enter, what we keep when you buy something or contact us, and how analytics and advertising cookies work. Last updated 29 October 2026.

Written by James Whitfield · Last reviewed 29 October 2026 · Checked against 2026/27 HMRC rates · Editorial standards · Methodology

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  1. 1. Calculator inputs
  2. 2. Purchases
  3. 3. Messages you send us
  4. 4. Analytics and cookies
  5. 5. Your rights

Calculator inputs

The profit, salary and dividend figures you enter are used to produce your estimate and are not saved as records. Some calculators put the figures in the page address so a result can be reproduced or shared; our hosting provider's standard request logs record page addresses, so those figures can appear in its logs.

If you use the Director Pay Plan, your answers are sent to our server to produce the free result. If you buy the full plan (£4.99), your answers are stored with your order by our payment processor, Stripe, so the plan can be rebuilt each time you download it.

Purchases

Payments are taken by Stripe; we never see your card details. When you buy a pack, we keep the email address from your Stripe checkout with a download record, so we can give you your download link and help if something goes wrong. Stripe's own privacy policy is at stripe.com/gb/privacy.

Messages you send us

If you use the contact form, we keep your name, email address and message so we can reply, and the message is forwarded to us by email.

Analytics and cookies

We use Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are used. Its cookies are first-party and are only set after you accept them in the cookie banner. Your cookie choice is kept in your browser's local storage.

Where Google AdSense advertising is shown, Google and its partners may use cookies and similar identifiers to serve and measure adverts. You can manage personalised ads in Google's ad settings (adssettings.google.com). Advertising never affects our calculators' figures or our guidance. See the cookie policy for detail.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you can ask to see, correct or delete personal data we hold about you, such as a message you sent or the email address on an order. Use the contact page. If you're unhappy with our reply you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

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Estimate your limited company tax

The limited company tax calculator turns this guidance into a concrete estimate for corporation tax, dividends and personal take-home, based on 2026/27 HMRC rates.

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