Episode 02 · Hospitality
Nobody warned me about VAT
Crossing the VAT threshold cost Tom a quarter of his profit overnight. A frank conversation about the tax cliff nobody plans for, and what he would do differently.
10 July 2026 · 43 min
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Nobody warned me about VAT
43 min listenRecorded in one sitting, unedited answers
- Guest
- Tom Beasley, Founder
- Business
- Beasley Coffee Co
- Sector
- Hospitality
- Stage
- Year 3
- Based
- Sheffield
- Numbers
- £240k turnover, 8 staff across two sites
Session notes
Tom explains how he restructured pricing after registration and why he now forecasts VAT from day one.