About

Independent, plainly-written UK admin.

UKDesk is an editorial site covering UK immigration, tax, property and council-level admin. We translate dense official rules into plain English so applicants can decide before they spend time or money on a form.

01, The team

Who writes the content

UKDesk Editorial

Editor & Researcher

Reads gov.uk, HMRC and ONS source pages, verifies every figure, and writes the plain-English explainers on UKDesk.

UKDesk was founded in 2026 to make UK immigration rules, tax thresholds and council-level lookups understandable without legalese. Every figure on the site is traced back to the cited gov.uk page on the day it is published, and re-verified at each fee uplift. Not a solicitor and not an OISC-regulated adviser, UKDesk is editorial research, not legal advice.

Areas researched

  • UK visa routes (Skilled Worker, Student, Family, Health & Care, Talent, Graduate, BN(O), ILR, Citizenship)
  • UK tax & take-home pay (HMRC PAYE, NI, Self Assessment, IHT, CGT, dividends)
  • UK property finance (Stamp Duty / SDLT, mortgage affordability, rental yield)
  • UK administrative lookups (postcode → council / NHS / police / MP, council tax bands)

02, Scope

What UKDesk is & isn’t

What UKDesk is

  • Editorial research compiled by a named editor
  • Source-first, every figure links to its gov.uk page
  • Updated within 7 days of every fee uplift
  • Free to read; no paywall, no signup

What UKDesk isn’t

  • Not the UK Home Office or gov.uk
  • Not legal advice, we are not OISC/SRA regulated
  • Not a paid-placement site, ads do not influence content
  • Not anonymous, the editor is named on every page

03, How we work

Editorial methodology, in short

  • Source-first. Every fee, threshold and rule on this site traces to a gov.uk, HMRC or ONS page. The full bibliography lives at /sources.
  • Re-verified at each fee uplift. The entire site is re-audited within 7 days of a Home Office fee table change. Every article carries a visible “Verified” date.
  • Plain English, not paraphrased. We rewrite from the applicant's decision path, we do not copy or restate the gov.uk text verbatim.
  • Open to correction. Spotted an error? Email contact@ukvisainfo.co.uk corrections within 48 hours for material errors.

Full editorial policy

04, Independence

How UKDesk is funded

UKDesk is reader-supported through Google AdSense display ads and clearly-marked affiliate links to services applicants commonly need (English-language tests, money transfer, document scanning). Advertising has zero influence on which visa routes we cover or how we describe them. The full advertising disclosure is in the Terms of Use and the funding model is detailed in the editorial policy.

05, Contact

Reach us

Editorial queries & corrections

contact@ukvisainfo.co.uk

Suggest a correction, propose a topic, or flag a stale figure. Responses within 48 hours (Mon, Fri, UK).

Privacy & data requests

privacy@ukvisainfo.co.uk

UK GDPR subject-access requests, data-removal requests, advertising opt-outs.