Break-even calculator (UK)
The break-even calculator works out the covers or orders a day a UK food business needs to cover every cost. Enter your monthly fixed costs, your variable costs as a % of sales and your average spend. It shows the break-even point, profit at your trade now and the effect of delivery-app commission, and downloads a free P&L template.
- Time
- 10 min
- Updated
Work out your break-even point
Open the break-even calculator. It is free, needs no sign-up and works on a phone.
Step 1: Add your fixed costs
Choose Detailed or Simple at the top, or press Example: restaurant or Example: takeaway. Under 1. Fixed costs enter each cost and pick a month, a quarter, a year or a week. Press Add cost for more. Under the salaried staff line, Work it out from salaries, with NI and pension adds employer NI and pension for you.
Step 2: Add your variable costs
Under 2. Variable costs enter Food and drink cost, Packaging, Hourly staff, Card fees and Other variable as a % of sales without VAT. Press Add a delivery app to add up to three apps with their Share of orders and Commission. Turn VAT-registered off if you are not registered.
Step 3: Add your sales and read the result
Under 3. Sales pick the Business type, then enter the Average spend including VAT and the Trading days a month. Add Your trade now and a Target profit if you like. The result shows the covers or orders a day you need, the sales a month without VAT, profit at your trade now and the margin of safety, with a chart and a what-if table.
Step 4: Download the P&L template
Press Download the P&L template (Excel) for a monthly profit and loss sheet with your fixed costs filled in, Download these figures (CSV), or Copy a link to these figures to open them again on another device.
Questions
Should my average spend include VAT?
What if I keep the same hourly staff whatever the trade?
Can I take orders without app commission?
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