Five per cent of a 180 appointment week is £345 of takings gone, or £17,940 a year of chair nobody paid for
No-Show and Deposit Calculator
The product was never used, but the slot, the stylist and the chair were all paid for. Put your appointment volume, average value and no-show rate in, and see what the gaps cost, what a deposit recovers once VAT comes out, and what a lower no-show rate is worth.
No-Show and Deposit Calculator
Empty chairs priced honestly, and what a deposit policy actually recovers once the VAT on kept deposits is done right.
What the empty chair really costs
The demo diary: 180 appointments at £46 with 5 per cent not arriving is £345 of ex-VAT takings a week, £17,940 a year, walking past the window. The product was never used, but the chair, the stylist and the slot were all paid for.
A kept deposit is still consideration, so it keeps its VAT: £15 kept banks £12.50. Deposits recover a slice; their real work is deterrence, because the no-show rate falls the day card details are taken.
Late-cancellation windows, reminder messages and deposits on long treatments first: colour and balayage slots cost the most to lose, which the Treatment Price and Margin Calculator prices per hour.
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