Freelance rate

[ZippyDoodle]

A local business has asked me to do some ad hoc work for them.

It's not what I normally do and it would only be minimum wage but they wants me to freelance and invoice them. I'm fine to register as self employed and do that but not sure what to charge them. It's an area I want build skills so it would be a good arrangement for me.

Any idea what to charge for minimum wage job so that pension, holiday, sickness, etc. is covered? I think +30% was mentioned on a previous thread somewhere but just wanted to check.

Min 30% yes but this is for contractors not for ad-hoc freelancers. Contractors working is usually for several months at a time. tbh i would say plus 50% at the very least personally. Freelancers shouldn't be getting minimum wage especially if it's essentially a zero hours contract.

I freelance and charge £27 per hour for design and technical drawing work.

Well, it very much depends on the work. And your qualifications. I charge £30 an hour for admin va type work. My other half gets £900 a day for consultancy.

Thanks both

It's actually for the village florist so essentially retail. I know the lady who owns it and it would just be to do a few random hours to help them in the lead up to Christmas.

Floristry seems to be low paid. Looking online it's minimum wage or not far off. Sounds like it will be serving customers, prepping flowers and cleaning buckets but she said she will teach me a few bits too.

I thought it sounded quite fun but obviously my time isn't free and want get the numbers right at the start if it turns into an ongoing arrangement.

Are they essentially just asking you to work in the shop as needed, on a zero hours contract type basis? But to declare yourself self employed? Do you do any other self employed work?

I strongly suggest you use the tool here to determine if you would actually be considered self employed for tax purposes before you agree to anything: www.gov.uk/guidance/check-employment-status-for-tax

Yes, random ad hoc hours rather than anything set. Just when they need an extra pair of hands.

I have a job which is 30 hours per week employed. No other freelance work.

The calculator has come back as employed for tax purposes. I guessing she would need to employ on zero hours contract?