Workaholic Engine & Indicative Specialist Price Guide

Two operating models. Zero junior bloat.

  1. Workaholic Engine (GB£1.75 per ledger entry — UK Only): Our standardised processing and output engine for individuals, Self-Assessment taxpayers, and small businesses without their own full financial control systems (not available for Hong Kong or Australian domestic bookkeeping).
  2. Indicative Specialist Price Guide (Task-tiered hourly guide): Time-based consulting, non-standardised international accounting and compliance, and hands-on engineering or assistance—including work performed directly inside the customer's own systems.
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Workaholic Engine — Standardised Product & Per-Entry Calculator

What Workaholic Engine outputs: Standardised general ledger, trial balance, multi-currency reconciliation schedules, cryptographically indexed document archive (Tool 04 MD5/SHA-256 Client Vault), and statutory tax/VAT return data packs.

Monthly ledger entry estimator · UK only

For personal income, property, dividend, capital gains, and non-resident individual tax matters. Accounted for and billed on a separate schedule from self-employed trading matters, as personal matters carry different tax treatments and (where cross-border residence applies) different billing locations.

71 entries / month3,000 entries / month
71 entries × per-entry rate

GB£1.75 per ledger entry + applicable taxes

Monthly processing total + applicable taxes

GB£124.25 + applicable taxes

Retainer & Non-Refundable Allocation Terms: Deducted from a prepaid retainer balance held on account. Monthly minimum allocations (71 entries / GB£124.25 for Personal or Self-Employed schedules; 150 entries / GB£262.50 for Companies and VAT-registered entities) are included but non-refundable and do not roll over—covering active Client Vault archival hosting, standing retainer access to our desk for basic enquiries, and readiness to scope and quote specialist services. Personal Self-Assessment and Self-Employed trading matters are billed separately due to differing tax treatments and billing jurisdictions.

Workaholic Engine is available for UK matters only, not Hong Kong or Australian domestic bookkeeping. Pricing applies where client records are supplied in compliant digital formats or standard feeds for processing inside the Engine. Unordered paper/PDF cleanup or work inside a customer's own external software is guided under the Specialist Price Guide.

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Indicative Specialist Price Guide (Time-Based Consulting & Client-System Work)

Principal (Guide Rate)

~GB£580|~HK$5,800|~A$1,150(or ~US$750 | ~SG$1,000 | ~€700 across all jurisdictions)

Per hour — plus applicable taxes.

Including, for example, high-stakes advisory and architecture, multi-jurisdictional group and trust restructuring, complex regulatory, tax, and immigration appeals or contentious representations, high-value commercial negotiations, mission-critical client systems rescue and architecture, and priority out-of-hours or urgent partner-level intervention.

Director (Guide Rate)

~GB£380|~HK$3,800|~A$750(or ~US$490 | ~SG$650 | ~€450 across all jurisdictions)

Per hour — plus applicable taxes.

Including, for example, advisory and architecture, strategic cross-border tax and corporate structuring, complex regulatory and immigration representations, financial audit analysis, enterprise systems architecture on client infrastructure, custom API engineering, and priority director-level intervention.

Technical Execution (Guide Rate)

~GB£240|~HK$2,400|~A$475(or ~US$310 | ~SG$415 | ~€290 across all jurisdictions)

Per hour — plus applicable taxes.

Including, for example, hands-on configuration, accounting, or development inside the customer's own systems (bespoke applications, Claris FileMaker, client-owned Xero/ERP, Stripe/Airwallex/Wise API integrations), financial modelling, accounting review, and substantive casework such as regulatory and visa submissions, corporate resolutions, and formal correspondence.

Where a Director or Partner elects to personally undertake technical execution or casework for operational efficiency, time is guided at this lower task rate rather than the Principal Advisory rate.

Document Normalisation & Administration (Guide Rate)

~GB£140|~HK$1,400|~A$275(or ~US$180 | ~SG$240 | ~€170 across all jurisdictions)

Per hour — plus applicable taxes.

Including, for example, the formatting, collation, and normalisation of unindexed client documentation (including preparing raw files prior to Workaholic Engine ingestion or client-system entry), enforcement of digital record standards, coordination of certified translations and notarisations, routine company secretarial filings, and portal data administration.

Clients supplying properly ordered, compliant digital files via our Client Vault minimise administrative billing. Where a Director or Senior Consultant elects to perform administrative or normalisation tasks directly, time is guided at this support rate.

Services are contracted via Workaholic Limited (UK), Workaholic Limited (HK), or Workaholic Pty Ltd (AU) depending on jurisdiction and matter nature; all guide figures are exclusive of applicable taxes (such as UK VAT or Australian GST) and fixed disbursements.

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