James Warren

Money Metrics & Insights

See where your money is going, how much debt pressure is weighing on your month, and what it takes to build real financial breathing room. A practical UK-focused toolkit for clearer cash flow, stronger decisions, and steadier momentum.

Control | Clarity | Momentum

Core

Cash Flow

Enter income, bills, subscriptions, discretionary spend, and savings to see surplus, category split, emergency-fund coverage, and money-health signals.

  • Monthly cash flow overview
  • Essentials, wants, and savings split
  • Emergency fund coverage
  • CSV import and export
Planning

Debt Drag

Map each debt, see the share of income taken by minimum payments, and review zero-percent expiry timing, estimated interest, and neutral debt pressure notes.

  • Debt Drag score
  • 0% expiry analysis
  • Balance, APR, and payoff estimates
  • CSV import and export
Planning

Buffer Builder

Review buffer milestones, current savings coverage, and how sinking-fund targets affect the monthly amount available for resilience-building.

  • Starter, 1-month, and 3-month targets
  • Coverage and pacing scenarios
  • Sinking-fund planning
  • CSV import and export

Cash Flow

Most people have a rough idea of what comes in each month, but far less clarity on where it goes. This tool maps your income against your outgoings across every category - essentials, wants, savings, and subscriptions - then checks those proportions against common budgeting frameworks. The result is a clear monthly picture: your real surplus or deficit, how your spending is distributed, and whether your current position is building financial capacity or eroding it.

Money rule

A money rule is a percentage-based framework that divides your income into three broad categories: essentials (the things you need), wants (the things you choose), and savings (the capacity you are building). Different rules apply different weightings -- the right starting point depends on your income, cost of living, and current financial position.

Select the rule that best fits your current situation. Tap any option to compare benchmarks and open guidance.

Essentials ≤50%  ·  Wants ≤30%  ·  Savings ≥20%

Import previous results

Load a previously downloaded cashflow_summary.csv to prefill this form. Import runs locally in your browser only.

Local draft auto-saves on this device while you work. Export the CSV for a permanent record before clearing browser data or switching devices.


Monthly take-home income

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Your bank balance at the start of this month. Adds an end-of-month balance estimate to the live counter below.

Essentials

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Add each utility separately (gas, electric, water, etc.)

Utilities total: £0.00
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Add each policy separately (car, home, contents, life, pet, etc.)

Insurance total: £0.00

Add each transport cost separately (fuel, rail/season ticket, car payment, parking, etc.)

Transport total: £0.00
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Minimum required payment only - not overpayments

Anything not listed above (childcare, medication, school fees, road tax, etc.)

Other essentials total: £0.00

Subscriptions

Add each subscription separately (Netflix, Spotify, gym, etc.)

Subscription total: £0.00

Discretionary spending

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Savings & investments

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ISA, pension top-ups, regular savers, sinking funds

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Total saved for emergencies - used to calculate months of runway

Estimated monthly surplus / deficit
Updates as you type
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Debt Drag

Debt is rarely just a balance. It is a monthly cost, a percentage of your income, and a drag on everything else you could be doing with that money. This tool takes each debt you hold - balance, rate, and minimum payment - and turns it into a clear picture of the real pressure on your cash flow, how long repayment will take, and what happens if any 0% promotional rates expire before the balance is cleared.

Import previous results

Load a previously downloaded debt_drag_summary.csv to prefill this form. Import runs locally in your browser only.

Local draft auto-saves on this device while you work. Export the CSV for a permanent record before clearing browser data or switching devices.


Monthly take-home income

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Used to calculate your Debt Drag as a percentage of income

Your debts

Add each debt separately. Interest is auto-estimated from APR if provided - you can override it.

Total minimum payments: £0.00
Debt Drag estimate
Updates as you type · Requires income to be entered
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Buffer Builder

Financial resilience is built in two layers: a buffer for the unexpected, and a plan for the predictable. This tool helps you track both your emergency fund coverage measured in months of essential costs and sinking funds for known upcoming expenses like insurance renewals, car repairs, or annual bills. Enter your current savings and targets to see how far your buffer stretches today, and how much to set aside each month to hit every milestone on time.

Import previous results

Load a previously downloaded buffer_builder_summary.csv to prefill this form. Import runs locally in your browser only.

Local draft auto-saves on this device while you work. Export the CSV for a permanent record before clearing browser data or switching devices.


Your savings & income

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Optional - used to show your saving rate as a % of income.

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Committed monthly costs: rent/mortgage, bills, food, transport. Sets your 1-month and 3-month buffer targets.

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Amount set aside for unexpected costs - not counting money earmarked for specific sinking funds.

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Total you currently set aside each month across both buffer building and sinking funds combined.

Sinking funds (optional)

Add predictable non-monthly costs (holiday, car service, Christmas, insurance renewal, etc.). Enter the amount needed and optionally when it's due - the tool calculates the monthly target and checks whether your saving capacity covers it all.

Total sinking fund monthly target: £0.00
Buffer estimate
Updates as you type · Requires savings and essentials
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