Meet the CalcHub Editorial Team
CalcHub.uk is researched, written and reviewed by a small, named editorial team specialising in UK personal finance. Every calculator, guide and article on this site carries a byline, and every figure we publish is traced to a primary source — HMRC, Revenue Scotland, the Welsh Revenue Authority, Ofgem, DWP, the Bank of England, ONS, NHS or DVLA. We run a full content review every 6 April when the UK tax year turns over, with event-driven updates within 7 days of a Budget, Autumn Statement, MPC base-rate decision or new Ofgem price cap.
The team
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Editorial TeamThe CalcHub Editorial team researches, writes and reviews every calculator, guide and article published on CalcHub.uk. Our remit is to translate the rules that govern UK personal f…
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UK Tax WriterEmma Clarke has been writing about UK personal tax since 2018, with a particular focus on Self Assessment, PAYE coding and the practical mechanics of how HMRC actually applies the…
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Property & Mortgage WriterJames Morgan has been writing about UK property and mortgages since 2016. He covers the full purchase journey — affordability checks, mortgage product comparison, the deposit and l…
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How we recruit and vet writers
CalcHub recruits writers from the UK personal-finance journalism community. Every candidate is expected to have demonstrable UK personal-finance writing experience — typically a minimum of three years writing for established consumer-finance publications, with published bylines covering income tax, mortgages, pensions or savings. We ask for a portfolio of at least five published long-form pieces that cite primary sources (HMRC manuals, Finance Act schedules, FCA handbook, Bank of England statistical releases) rather than secondary press write-ups.
Before a writer publishes their first piece on CalcHub, they complete a mandatory editorial-standards training pack covering: how to read HMRC technical manuals; how to verify a worked example against an HMRC reference calculator; the rules on affiliate links (we do not accept affiliate commission on regulated products — mortgages, investments, pensions, insurance); and the corrections policy. We do not accept paid editorial placement, and writers sign a declaration that they have no undisclosed commercial relationship with any product mentioned in their copy.
First-year writers have every piece sub-edited and peer-reviewed by the editor-in-chief before publication. Established writers retain bylines but are still peer-reviewed for pillar guides and any article involving a regulated-product decision (pension transfers, mortgage product switches, ISA transfers).
Editorial governance
The CalcHub editor-in-chief is responsible for the overall editorial line — site tone, the no-affiliate-on-regulated-products rule, the primary-source citation policy, and final sign-off on every pillar guide. Day-to-day, the editor-in-chief reviews every new pillar guide before publication, spot-checks programmatic calculator outputs against HMRC reference tools, and triages corrections received via the corrections inbox.
Peer review applies to every long-form guide: a second team member with subject-area expertise reads the draft and verifies all primary-source citations, then signs off with a dated review note in the article’s git history. Calculator outputs are cross-checked to within £1 of the HMRC reference calculator where one exists (Income Tax, NI, SDLT, Self Assessment), and against worked examples in legislation or HMRC manuals where no reference tool exists.
CalcHub runs a full annual content review every 6 April, when the UK tax year turns over and HMRC publishes the new rates, thresholds and statutory pay figures. Outside the annual cycle, we apply event-driven updates within 7 days of: a Spring or Autumn Budget; an MPC base-rate decision; a new Ofgem price cap; and any in-year change to a statutory rate (minimum wage, statutory sick pay, maternity pay, state pension). The dated change history is published on the Changelog page.
Related pages
Team page reviewed 2026-05-24.