Salary vs Dividends — Ltd Company Director (2025/26)
Model your take-home for different salary/dividend mixes (rUK rates).
Take-home (salary + dividends)
£0.00
Company tax (CT + ER NIC)
£0.00
Personal taxes (PAYE + EE NIC + Div)
£0.00
Estimates only — excludes student loans, benefits and pensions. Uses 2025/26 rUK income tax, NIC and dividend rules.
Instructions of use
- Enter company profit before director pay. This is profit before salary and employer NIC.
- Choose a salary level (try the NI thresholds) and select if your company qualifies for Employment Allowance and how many associated companies you have.
- Decide whether to pay out all post-tax profit as dividends, or uncheck to model £0 dividends.
- Click Calculate (or Suggest optimal salary) to see:
- Director take-home (salary + dividends, after personal taxes)
- Company taxes (corporation tax + employer NIC)
- Personal taxes (PAYE, employee NIC, dividend tax)
- Results are estimates for England/Wales/NI (rUK) 2025/26 and exclude student loans, benefits in kind and pension effects.
