About Skilful Designers

Skilful Designers is a free set of calculators, templates and guides for freelance designers in the UK. It covers the parts of freelancing that design school skips: setting a rate that pays the bills, quoting a project without underselling it, invoicing correctly, chasing late payers and keeping on top of tax.

Tax and VAT tools use the published HMRC rates for the 2026/27 tax year and say which rates they use. They are a guide to plan with, not tax advice. For anything complex, speak to an accountant.

Who builds it

Skilful Designers is built by Sumair Roudani, founder and CEO of the software company Avancera Solution and a PMP-certified project manager who has scoped, priced and delivered client projects for more than 13 years. More about Sumair Roudani.

How we build and check the tools

• Every tool runs entirely in your browser: fast, free and private.
• Each page shows the formula it uses, so you can check the maths yourself.
• We test results against worked examples and published references before a tool goes live, and review pages regularly.

Get in touch

Suggestions and bug reports are welcome at hello@skillfuldesigners.co.uk.