Budget 2026 impact calculator for hospitality

Your business

Number of sites One Two to five Six to ten Eleven or more

Weekly takings, ex VAT

£

Your yearly figure appears here.

Food share of sales

50% food, 50% drink

Gross profit margin optional

%

Across food and drink. Used for the extra takings figure.

EBITDA margin optional

%

Shows how much of your profit the changes take.

Average spend per head, ex VAT optional

£

Used for the covers and spend per head figures.

Your team

Hours a week paid at the legal minimum

21 and over

18 to 20

Under 18 and apprentices

A typical week from your rota.

Hours a week just above the minimum

Supervisors and anyone you’d lift to keep pay gaps.

Pay gap for those hours Keep the same gap Leave their pay as it is

Yearly employer NI bill, before the allowance Over £10,500 Under £10,500 Not sure

Labour cost as a share of sales optional

%

Including NI and pension. Shows the takings needed to keep it there.

Your premises

2026/27 rates bill, pubs and live music venues

£

Pubs, social clubs and live music venues with the 15% relief on this year’s bill.

2026/27 rates bill, all other sites

£

Restaurants, bars, cafes and nightclubs without the pubs relief.

Your drinks

Optional. A typical week, used for alcohol duty.

Pints of draught beer or lager

Pints of draught cider

Bottles or cans of beer

Bottles of wine

Four large glasses make about one bottle.

Spirit measures, 25ml

Duty is worked out at 4.5% ABV for beer and cider, 12.5% for wine and 40% for spirits, assuming suppliers pass changes on in full.

VAT change

Share of the VAT cut passed on in lower prices

0% to customers

Budget 2026 impact calculator

Your business

Your team

Your premises

Your drinks

VAT change

Closing the gap

Your saving

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