The Runway
Karen Frith · Fractional First®
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The Runway

Your financial runway to fractional. Employee vs Contractor vs Fractional Consultant. Real numbers, editable, yours to keep.
HOW IT WORKS

Three scenarios, side by side. Edit any number: day rate, working days, tax, expenses, revenue mix. Watch the numbers shift live. All inputs stay in your browser: nothing is stored, nothing is shared.

Built by Karen Frith, founder of Fractional First®. The Runway shows you the money story before you commit. When you're ready to turn what you know into an offer someone will buy, the $47 / £37 Playbook takes you there.
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THREE SCENARIOS · SIDE BY SIDE SCENARIO 01 Employee Salary £100k Tax + NI −£31k NET INCOME £69k 69% of gross safe · capped no upside SCENARIO 02 Contractor Gross rev £150k Tax + costs −£41k NET PROFIT £109k 72% of gross one lever day rate × days SCENARIO 03 Fractional Gross rev £267k Tax + costs −£91k NET PROFIT £176k 66% of gross five levers time · outcomes · IP EDIT ANY NUMBER · SEE WHAT SHIFTS ↓

Why The Runway exists

Most people think going fractional means one thing: higher day rate. The maths says otherwise. Employees have one income stream, capped by their salary. Contractors have one income stream, capped by their hours. Fractional Consultants can have five: day rate, retainers, project fees, partnerships, and IP.

The Runway shows you what that actually looks like. Not as marketing figures, not as best-case scenarios. Real UK numbers you can edit against your own reality.

Use it before you commit. Use it when you're already fractional and want to model a new revenue stream. Use it to show a spouse or an accountant what you're actually planning. Everything stays in your browser. Nothing is stored, nothing is shared.

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The financial planning section of The Runway. Run your own numbers. See what shifts when you go from Employee → Contractor → Fractional Consultant. Real math, not a marketing sizzle reel.

Employee vs Contractor vs Fractional Consultant

Edit any field. Results update live. Numbers are indicative. Use for planning, not tax filing.
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SCENARIO 1
Employee
Total salary£100,001
NET INCOME
£68,558
69% of gross
SCENARIO 2
Contractor (Outside)
Total revenue£144,000
Gross£150,000
EBITDA
£142,500
95% of gross
SCENARIO 3
Fractional Consultant
Day rate revenue£144,000
Gross revenue£267,000
EBITDA
£228,500
86% of gross

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Numbers make sense. Now build the offer.

The Runway shows you the money story. The Offer That Travels shows you how to package what you know into a fractional offer someone else can understand, repeat, refer, and buy. Because a great model without a sellable offer is just a spreadsheet.

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