Chair rent, tracked automatically
Set up your weekly chair or station rent once. Billdr logs it every week as a tax-deductible expense. £150/week = £7,800/year you should be claiming.
Built for self-employed stylists, barbers, tattoo artists & beauty professionals
Your chair rent is worth £1,500+ in tax relief. Are you claiming it?
Billdr tracks your chair rent, station costs, and appointment income automatically — so you know what you actually earn, what you owe in tax, and what you're leaving on the table.
- Chair rent auto-logged weekly
- Fresha & Square import
- MTD-ready for 2027
Works alongside Fresha, Square & SumUpNHBF & BABTAC member discountsConnects to FreeAgent for MTD
You're running a business from a rented chair. But your finances still live in your head.
You pay chair rent or station rent every week. You buy your own products, ink, and supplies. You take cash and card from clients. You're a sole trader — but you don't have a single tool built for the way you work.
£7,800
Average annual chair rent
£3,600
Typical annual product spend
£0
What most stylists use for tracking
Features
Supply costs in 10 seconds
Photograph your receipt. Billdr categorises it — colour, ink, tools, PPE, training. Every receipt logged is money you don't pay tax on.
Log appointments between clients
One tap: client, service, price, cash or card. Done before your next client sits down. No invoices, no forms, no jargon.
See your real profit
Income minus chair rent minus supplies minus expenses. Your actual take-home — not what your card reader says. Updated in real time.
AI business insights
Every month, get a plain-English summary of how your business performed. Which services earn the most per hour. Which clients haven't been back.
MTD-ready for 2027
Quarterly digital filing becomes mandatory from April 2027 if you earn above £30,000. Billdr connects to FreeAgent and handles it.
Chair rent tax calculator
Slide your weekly chair rent to see what you could claim back through your tax return at basic and higher rates.
£50£350
- Annual total
- £7,800
- Basic rate (20%)
- £1,560
- Higher rate (40%)
- £3,120
| Category | Example saving |
|---|---|
| Chair rent | £1,560+ |
| Supplies & products | £800+ |
| Training & CPD | £400+ |
| Insurance | £300+ |
| Combined (example) | £2,500+ |
Billdr costs £84/year. The tax savings pay for it 30x over.
Trusted by self-employed stylists
“I had no idea my chair rent was worth £1,500 in tax relief. Billdr set it up in two minutes and now it just logs itself every week.”
“I was doing everything in my head. Now I log every cut in 10 seconds and my accountant gets a clean year-end pack. Saved me about £200 on his fee.”
“I spend a fortune on ink, needles and supplies every month. Turns out that's nearly £2,000 a year in tax deductions I wasn't claiming.”
Prove you're genuinely self-employed
HMRC pays close attention to chair-rental arrangements. Disjointed bank feeds and paper bags of receipts don't tell your story.
Your Billdr records prove:
- You buy your own professional products and supplies
- You maintain your own independent client base
- You set your own prices and schedule
- You have your own supplier relationships
- You carry your own professional insurance
Your Billdr records show the full picture — not just rent leaving your account.
Simple pricing
Monthly
£7/mo
Full access to Billdr Stylist — chair rent, expenses, appointments, and MTD sync.
Start free trialNHBF and BABTAC members: use codes NHBF3FREE or BABTAC3FREE for 3 months free, then £5/month.
FAQ
I already use Fresha / a booking app+
Keep it for bookings. Billdr is for your money. Your booking app handles appointments — Billdr handles your chair rent, expenses, and tax. They work alongside each other.
My accountant sorts all that+
They can only work with what you give them. Clean categories and receipts beat a shoebox every time.
I mostly deal in cash+
Log cash in one tap with the client and amount. You stay honest without a late-night spreadsheet.
I tried a bookkeeping app — too complicated+
Billdr Stylist is built for chair renters, not accountants. Fewer fields, clearer language.
I don't earn enough+
The trading allowance is only £1,000. If you're above that, you need proper records anyway — might as well make them easy.
Stop leaving money on the table
Your chair rent, your supplies, your training — every expense you don't track is tax you overpay. Set up Billdr in 2 minutes and see your real numbers.
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