How we sorted a Weymouth seafront business's tax for £7,500 saving
Client K runs a seafront cafe and holiday flats in Weymouth, with strongly seasonal income peaking over the summer. The business was run as a sole trader, the holiday-let treatment hadn't been reviewed since the Furnished Holiday Let rules changed, the seasonal cash flow caused tax-payment stress, and there was no structure for the spouse who worked full-time in the business.
We reviewed everything in light of the abolition of the Furnished Holiday Let regime from April 2025, the lettings now fall under the standard property rules, so we re-based the treatment, captured all the legitimate running costs, modelled whether incorporating made sense, brought the spouse into a proper structure, and set up a cash-flow plan to smooth the seasonal tax payments.