Director Pay Secrets: How to Pay Yourself Properly

For Finances Sake (FFS) · Mar 3, 2026 · 7m

How should you really pay yourself as a UK limited company director?

In this episode of FFS For Finance’s Sake, Chartered Accountant and Managing Director Rachael Chadwick-Harrison shares the March Tax Planning Secrets most business owners never hear.

Rachael explains why March is the most important month in the tax year, how to avoid the brutal 60% tax trap over £100,000, and why extraction planning should be done with precision, not guesswork. She breaks down the four types of company director, from the “lone wolf” to the “fully loaded”, and shows how employment allowance, corporation tax…