This free calculator estimates the annual cost of manual admin by multiplying the people doing it, the hours each spends per week, their hourly cost and 52 weeks. It's a rough figure to start a conversation - most businesses are surprised how quickly repetitive data entry and spreadsheet wrangling add up, and how fast custom software pays back when it removes even half of it.

£16,848

estimated cost of manual admin per year

A rough estimate to start a conversation, not a quote. Custom software rarely removes every hour - but recovering even half of this typically pays for the build within the first year.

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How to read the number

If the figure is in the thousands, a focused custom tool (often £3,000-£8,000) that removes much of that admin typically pays for itself inside a year - then keeps saving every year after. If it's small, you may not need bespoke software yet, and we'll tell you so.

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Tell us which process eats the most time and we'll suggest the highest-return place to start.