While employed

An IR35-era side business in the UK—commercial first, tax status with your adviser

Searching IR35 usually means: I contract or I am employed, and I want a business of my own without making a tax mess. We build the business. We do not advise on IR35.

We build operational businesses. Start the Launch Plan — £295 — with an idea, a skill, an interest, or none.

Launch profile assessment

Your launch profile

Idea, skill, interest — or none. Three short steps, then we build the business with you.

  1. 1Starting point
  2. 2Income ambition
  3. 3Timeframe
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Your starting point

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Income ambition

Complete step 1 to continue.

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Launch timeframe

Complete step 2 to continue.

No polished pitch needed · No payment until you choose to book

A side business is a customer, an offer and a way to get paid in the hours your job allows. That is commercial work. IR35, PAYE, and whether a limited company helps are questions for an accountant or tax adviser.

We can explain practical setup steps at a high level. Registration, status determinations and tax filings remain yours. What we deliver is the operational extra-income business: direction, brand, website and journey.

Check your employment or contracting terms before you launch. Typically 4–6 weeks after direction is approved. No guaranteed earnings.

Searching IR35 in the UK usually means: I contract or I am employed, and I want a business of my own without making a tax mess. Those are two different jobs. IR35 is a tax-status wrapper around how contracting is taxed. An extra-income vehicle is a customer, an offer and a way to get paid in the hours your job allows. We build the second. We do not advise on the first. The Launch Plan is £295. If you continue within 14 days, the operational build is £2,495 with that fee credited. Typical delivery is four to six weeks after approval. No guaranteed earnings. Billed in GBP. Founder-led.

A side business is commercial work. IR35, PAYE, umbrellas, personal service companies and whether a limited company helps are questions for an accountant or tax adviser. We can explain practical setup steps at a high level. Status determinations and filings remain yours. Check your employment or contracting terms before you launch. What we deliver is the extra-income business: direction, brand, website and journey — not a determination letter. Take the finished vehicle to an accountant. Do not start with the wrapper and hope an offer appears.

Do not let a tax acronym delay a clear offer

If nobody would pay you yet, IR35 is not the bottleneck. The offer is. We start there.

Side business, not a disguised second employment

The model has to be a real business you operate—not copying your employer’s work. We keep the commercial boundaries explicit.

IR35 is a tax wrapper — a UK side business is a customer and an offer

If nobody would pay you yet, IR35 is not the bottleneck. The offer is. People delay for months on forums about inside and outside status while still having nothing a buyer can purchase. We start with the commercial case. When it holds, you take the vehicle to an accountant and ask how to hold it. Reversing that order produces a dormant company and a Slack argument. Extra income does not appear because a wrapper exists.

We will not tell you whether you are inside or outside IR35. We will not tell you to leave an umbrella, form a PSC, or invoice through a friend. Those sentences are tax advice. We do not give it. If a contractor wants a second line of work that is a real business — different buyers, different promise, operated by you — that is the product. If they want a second contract that looks like employment, that is not this service.

A side business while contracting in the UK is not a disguised second employment

The model has to be a business you operate: your offer, your site, your delivery, not copying the end-client’s work under another logo. We keep those commercial boundaries explicit. Your contracting terms and any agency agreements may restrict outside work. Read them. Legal advice stays with you. We design hours around the contract week you actually have, which is often feast-and-famine rather than a tidy 9–5. IR35 is a tax-status wrapper. A side business is a customer, an offer and a way to get paid.

Employed people searching IR35 sometimes mean ‘I am PAYE and I want a limited company on the side’. Same split: we build the extra-income offer; your accountant deals with the wrapper. Second-job policies still apply. Do not assume a company number makes moonlighting allowed. It does not. We will not tell you whether you are inside or outside. That sentence is tax advice. We do not give it. Forum threads about umbrellas will not find your buyer. An offer will.

The IR35-era extra-income vehicle — and what we will not file

Offer, brand, website, customer journey, payments. Typically four to six weeks after you approve. Joshua works with you. You operate after launch. We do not take a revenue share. We do not complete status questionnaires for your end client. We do not speak to HMRC on your behalf. A 30-day support window covers the commercial handoff. First customers are not guaranteed because you already invoice as a contractor. An offer will.

The £295 credits toward £2,495 within 14 days if you continue. Seven-day cooling-off before we meet. No lock-in. If the side-business idea is just ‘more of the same contracting’, we will say so. Productising a different extra-income offer is the point. Another day-rate is not a side business. It is more of the wrapper you already have. A second day-rate is not a side business. After the IR35-era extra-income vehicle — and what we will not file, the artefact is the Opportunity Decision Brief: go, redirect or stop, with no lock-in to the £2,495 build.

IR35 forums will not find your buyer — stop letting the acronym delay the offer

Contractor forums are useful for tax questions you should still take to an adviser. They are a poor place to choose a product. We develop opportunities from your skills and constraints, then we build if the case holds. Formation, VAT, CIS and IR35 stay with your accountant. We are not a formation agent. We are not a tax boutique. We are a founder-led extra-income builder billed in GBP. An offer will.

If you have no idea yet, we still start from a profile. If you already freelance, we may productise. If you only wanted a company because a forum said so, read the limited-company page: filing is not a launch. This URL is for people who searched IR35 and still need something customers can buy. After iR35 forums will not find your buyer — stop letting the acronym delay the offer, the artefact is the Opportunity Decision Brief: go, redirect or stop, with no lock-in to the £2,495 build.

Who this is for

  • UK contractors and employees who want a side business and will take tax advice separately
  • People who searched IR35 and still need something customers can buy

What you leave with

A UK extra-income vehicle you can take to an accountant — customer, offer, site — while IR35 status stays with your adviser, not with this service.

One-to-one with the founder. Start with an idea — or with none. Typically 4–6 weeks after direction is approved. Income goals are ambitions, not guarantees. We help you build a credible business ready to reach customers—not promise specific earnings.

Common questions

Will you advise me on IR35?

No. IR35 and tax status are for your accountant or tax adviser. We build the extra-income business: offer, website and customer journey.

Can I start a side business while employed in the UK?

Often yes, if your contract allows it and the work is not your employer’s. We build the commercial side. Legal and tax checks stay with you.

Can I start a side business while contracting or employed in the UK?

Often yes, if your contract allows it and the work is not your employer’s or end-client’s. We build the commercial side. Legal and tax checks stay with you. Extra income is not guaranteed. The Launch Plan is £295. Continue within 14 days and it credits toward the £2,495 operational build.

Should I form a limited company before I have an offer?

Usually no. Decide the customer and the offer first. A company is a wrapper. We build the vehicle. Formation remains yours. The Launch Plan is £295; the build is £2,495 credited if you continue within 14 days. Different buyers and a different promise, operated by you — that is the extra-income test.

Start Your Launch Plan — £295

We build the operational business with you. Start with an idea — or with none. Business Opportunity & Launch Plan from £295. Change your mind within 7 days, before we meet — full refund, no lock-in.