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Sickness Cost Calculator
Calculate exactly how much sickness is costing your organisation — and how a Brighter Being subscription can help cut that cost.
1 Client details
We'll email a copy of your results here — nothing else, no spam.
2 Company profit
UK corporation tax has three bands: 19% up to £50,000 profit, a sliding scale between £50,000–£250,000, and 25% above that. Enter the company's annual profit and this works out which band it's in and the exact rate.
3 Sickness absence cost
4 Presenteeism cost
Presenteeism — staff who are at work but not performing at full capacity because they're unwell — is a separate cost.
If an employee works 260 days a year but operates at only 80% capacity because of a chronic illness, stress, or anxiety, they've effectively "lost" 20% of their annual productivity:
260 working days × 20% productivity drop = 52 days lost.
The work often still gets delivered — just later, at a lower quality, or at a higher hidden cost to the business.
Not sure? A rough guess is fine, or tap the UK average below.
5 Pricing tiers
Tap the group the company falls into — it's matched automatically from the employee count above, but you can pick a different one by hand at any time. Use the pencil to edit a tier's range or rate.
5 Cost
Corporation tax relief brings the real cost down by —
6 Result
These are hypothetical scenarios to help gauge value, not a guaranteed outcome.
7 Wider business impact
Some of the biggest returns from workplace wellbeing are harder to put a single number on — but they're well evidenced. These are independent third-party findings, shown as context rather than a projection for your business.
of UK employees under 35 say company culture matters more to them than salary — 52% of over-45s agree too.
Glassdoor / Harris Poll, 2019
Estimated cost of losing one average employee — covering lost productivity while the role sits vacant and while a replacement ramps up, plus recruitment and training, based on the salary figure used in card 3. Typical estimates range from around half to one-and-a-half times annual salary, more toward the higher end for skilled or specialist roles. If Brighter Being helps you retain just one more person a year than you otherwise would, this is roughly what that's worth.
Range reflects commonly cited benchmarks (Gallup; Oxford Economics). 53% of UK employees say they're likely to be job-hunting within the next year — Drewberry Employee Benefits & Workplace Satisfaction Survey, 2025
of UK employees say they'd be more likely to leave a job that didn't support their wellbeing.
Executive Development Network, 2023 — 1,000 UK employees & 300 decision-makers
Real Sessions, Real Impact
If health fails, everything else follows. That’s why at Brighter Being, we build resilient bodies, minds and organisations-laying the foundation for long-term success are reducing the risk of chronic disease in your people.
Wellbeing of future generations act
Brighter Being is committed to protecting our people, our planet and our health. Read more about our commitment to a Brighter future.
Why Brighter Being?
Your people are facing greater health challenges than ever before. One in five has diabetes or pre-diabetes, one in three is in the early stages of fatty liver disease and each week 12 people under the age of 35 die from a heart condition. Unsurprisingly, sick leave is now at a ten-year high and even the most resilient of employees struggle to perform under the unbearable weight of disease, directly affecting both individual performance, sickness pay and workforce moral.
How can we help you?
Lifestyle-related diseases are on the rise
Poor diet and lifestyle choices have fuelled a surge in lifestyle-related diseases. Today, one in five adults is affected by diabetes, while one in three face fatty liver disease. Rates of cancer, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease are also skyrocketing among working-age individuals. Even the most resilient employees can find themselves struggling to function - both at work and in life - under the heavy burden of disease. For organisations, this translates into long-term sick leave, workflow bottlenecks, and performance declines.
Poor health is costing your organisation more than ever
Sick leave is at 15 year highs, with an average of almost two weeks lost per employee per year - people above a healthy body weight are up to 147% more likely to take time off work. The cost of employee sickness reached £103 billion in 2023 - a £30 billion increase since 2018.
Boosting Performance Through Well-Being
Research from Oxford University found a strong positive relationship between employee well-being and the firm’s performance. The research simulated a portfolio of the top 100 publicly listed US companies ranked highest for employee well-being, which outperformed the S&P 500 by 11%. Research concluded that “higher levels of well-being generally predict higher firm valuations, higher return on assets, higher gross profits, and better stock market performance”.
Happy, Healthy Teams Breed Success
Investing in your team matters - to your people and your performance.
58% of employees value workplace happiness over salary, and happy employees are 13% more productive and far less likely to leave. That matters, because replacing a single employee can cost between 6 and 9 months of their annual salary.
How we help your organisation!
Brighter Being Workplace Seminar’s What to expect?
At Brighter Being, we believe education is the foundation of lasting health. That’s why our workplace seminars are designed to empower your team with the knowledge and tools to build stronger, more resilient bodies and minds - preventing illness and supporting health for decades to come.
Next, we provide personalised development plans with one-on-one guidance - setting clear goals and tracking progress to elevate your team’s health, well-being, and performance. So, what can you expect after choosing Brighter Being?
The Brighter Being effect
Our strategies enhance your immune system, lower your risk of illness and reducing absenteeism. We open the door to evidence based strategies that can prevent short term illness and long term chronic disease. We enlighten you with strategies proven to reduce the risk of cancer by 30–50%, Alzheimer’s disease by 60–90%, and heart disease by up to 80%.
Brighter Being’s workplace seminars and development plans provide a simple yet powerful way to, strengthen team bonds, enhance relationships, boost performance and retain your most valuable asset - your people!
We bring people together, foster meaningful, lasting connections and help combat the growing mental health crisis. By pushing health and well-being up the list of organisational priorities, we help you create a culture you’re proud to be part of - one that supports individuals and drives collective success.
We guarantee you will leave feeling inspired, informed and empowered to take control of your health.
Delivery options
How we deliver
We deliver our seminars online or in person at your workplace to foster meaningful engagement and develop in house relationships within your teams. At Brighter Being, we focus on creating lasting change for decades to come - where healthy practices are understood, implemented, and embedded into everyday working life.
We achieve this through our three-stage process. Stage one focuses on educating and inspiring; stage two centres on developing your own personal health plan; and stage three involves monitoring and evaluating results. We value our relationships and are committed to providing ongoing support for both individuals and your organisation as a whole - guiding you on the path to healthier living and working. As part of our visit, we also install visual health prompts around your office - simple, effective reminders designed to reinforce long-term healthy habits results.
Seminar options
Brighter Being support can range from group sessions to one to one guidance that includes weekly calls, personalised advice, and access to our expert team. Brighter Being also runs initiatives both in and out of the office to inspire health beyond the workplace. Our mobile application is the perfect tool to support lasting results, offering individually calibrated calorie goals as well as integrate healthy recipes - scientifically backed to help prevent disease and promote long-term health.
For a deeper dive on our science backed strategies and how we transform your organisations download our guide or get in contact with us.
We offer a variety of seminar options and support packages. Seminar sessions can range from just 30 minutes, to one hour to a half-day or full-day workshop. Whether you have a small team of 1–5 or a large group of 50+, our seminars are tailored to your needs.
“I feel a weights been lifted now I know I’m doing all the right things to build long term health”
Keith Finley
“We feel educated and empowered to achieve long lasting health”
Monet Goode
“You can feel the change in the office, people are inspired to change their health trajectory ”
Channing Lee
Contact us.
We create happy, healthy organisations. If you’d like more information on what we do and the impact we make , leave your details and we’ll be in touch with resources and can arrange a meet up. We look forward to making your organisations future a Brighter one.