Parental Leave Cash-Flow Planner

This is a monthly budget estimate, not a statutory-pay or entitlement calculator. Use expected take-home pay after deductions, confirmed with payroll where possible. Published statutory rates can be gross.

1. Choose your planning window

First calendar month

Number of whole months (1–24)

Opening cash earmarked for this plan (£)

2. Enter your pay phases

Each phase is your combined expected net employer/statutory pay. Do not enter enhanced and statutory pay twice. Dates are inclusive and phases must not overlap. Enter £0 for an unpaid phase. Any uncovered days are reported as £0 scheduled pay.

Add pay phase

3. Add household income and spending

Partner/other net household income per month (£)

Household spending per month (£)

Include housing, bills, food, debt repayments and ongoing family or childcare costs in spending. Enter only confirmed other income. Do not repeat either figure in your pay phases or one-off costs.

4. Add one-off costs, if needed

Use your own amounts and dates for equipment, a deposit or other costs. Leave this section empty if there are none.

Add one-off cost

Calculate leave budgetReset all figures

Weekly pay is allocated across seven calendar days. Monthly pay is allocated across the actual days in each calendar month. The result is rounded per phase/month, not based on bank payment dates. Actual pay dates can cause an earlier shortfall within a month. No statutory eligibility, tax, NI, pension effects, benefits, interest or inflation are calculated.

Your entries are calculated in this browser. They are not saved or sent to us. Print or download a local copy if you want to keep them; leaving or resetting the page clears the plan.