About

Kitchen Table Finance exists because everyone points to products but no one tells you how to work out if they're right for you.

That’s why I’m here — to make it make sense, by showing you my real numbers, real variables, real wins, real losses and how you can work it out for yourself. Because it’s about time someone did.

I’m Lisa — social worker, investor and mother of two who once spent two weeks trying to understand the real numbers for a salary sacrifice car that nobody else could explain to her. I got a £65,000 Mercedes for £234 a month. Then I wrote it all down, step by step, so you wouldn’t have to figure it out alone.

Every piece on this blog starts with a real decision, a real number and a real kitchen table.

Welcome to mine.