IPSE membership
Essential
£8.50
Pay monthly
Or £90/annum
Access tools business growth plus money-saving offers and wellbeing services.
✓ IPSE Tax and legal helplines
✓ IPSE Partner Offers
✓ Discounted business insurance
Join Essentials
IPSE is the UK's only not-for-profit membership organisation for the self-employed. Protect your business and join the community today.
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Here for you
An IPSE membership offers you access to tax and legal helplines to calm any worrying thoughts, as well as wellbeing services through our partners. We also offer events, awards and networking opportunities so you never feel alone.
Here for your business
We want to see your business succeed. An IPSE membership offers you up to £10,000* in cover for if a client, umbrella company or agency goes into administration, tax investigation cover and so much more.
Here for the self-employed
We work tirelessly behind the scenes for you and every self-employed business, such as successfully campaigning for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
*Subject to T&Cs
Select your package
Our three membership plans have been designed by the self-employed, for the self-employed.
With the right protection for your business, you can focus on what you do best.
Essential
IPSE membership
Standard
£21
Monthly instalments
Or £225/annum
Everything in Essentials plus more business cover, including:
✓ Up to £750 contract failure cover
✓ Tax Investigation Cover
✓ Access to IPSE Group Pension
Join Standard
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IPSE membership
Plus
£30.50
Monthly instalments
Or £325/annum
IPSE's full suite of protection and support
✓ Up to £5k Jury Service cover
✓ Up to £100k Tax Investigation Indemnity
✓ Up to £2k Illness and Injury Cover
Join Plus
Membership Comparison Table
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| IPSE Group Life Assurance |
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£5,000* |
| Tax Pre Dispute Cover | - | - |
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| Tax Investigation Cover | - |
Up to £100k indemnity £250 per day of loss of earnings |
Up to £100k indemnity £500 per day of loss of earnings |
| End Client, Umbrella and Agency Default Cover |
- | Up to £2,500 for end client, agency default not included, umbrella default not included |
Up to £10,000 for end client, |
| Contract Failure Cover | - | Up to £750 | Up to £1,000 (NA for umbrellas) |
| Jury Service Cover | - | Up to £1,500 per claim | Up to £5,000 per claim (£2,500 for umbrellas) |
| Illness and injury Cover | - | - | Up to £2,000 for full 3 weeks |
| Annual RRP (ex. VAT) | £72 | £180 | £260 |
| RRP (incl. VAT) | £8.50 / month (£90 annual) |
£21 / month (£225 annual) |
£30.50 / month (£325 annual) |
*First £5,000 of life insurance included free of charge.
Peace of mind
IPSE protects its members with a range of essential benefits, from tax investigation cover to illness and injury cover.
✓ IPSE Tax Pre dispute cover
✓ IPSE Tax Investigation cover
✓ End client, umbrella and agency default cover
✓ IPSE Contract Failure
✓ IPSE Illness and Injury cover
✓ IPSE Jury Service cover
✓ Discounted Business Insurance
✓ IPSE Group Pension
✓ IPSE Life Assurance
Be your own boss
To help our members' self-employed businesses thrive, we have a huge resource centre, dedicated events and a benefit platform to rival any large corporation.
✓ IPSE Tax and Legal helplines
✓ IPSE Rewards: with thousands of money saving offers
✓ IPSE Partner Offers
✓ IPSE Discounted Contract Review Service
✓ IPSE Templates and Guides
✓ IPSE Magazines and Newsletters
Shaping the future of self-employment
We're ensuring politicians recognise the importance of the self-employed community by highlighting their need for flexibility and freedom, and their overwhelming contribution to the UK economy.
Campaigns: Our Policy and External Affairs team work with Government, Parliament and right across the political landscape to make the UK a fairer place to be freelance or self-employed.
Research: Our Research team works to shed light on the reality of self-employment in the UK. With surveys and reports, they help us understand your needs and interests so we can champion them in government and across the business landscape.
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Like-minded professionals
When you join IPSE, you join a supportive community of people who have chosen to be their own boss, just like you. Events, forums and our online groups, all help you get to know other IPSE members from a range of industries.
✓ Webinars
✓ Online networking events
✓ Private LinkedIn group
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What our members say
"As an IPSE Plus member I rest easy knowing that support is just a phone call away. The tax and legal helplines have solved quite a few issues for me over the years, they have saved me a lot of pain and even got me a VAT refund!"
Tim Bradburn
Blue Cricket, Founder
"IPSE gives freelancers the support they need to thrive in today's market. For me, the best part of IPSE membership is attending the organised events as I always learn something new and make useful connections."
Luke Nicholson
Improve Your Accent, Founder
"Being a member of IPSE has plugged me into a fantastic array of resources that I wouldn't be able to access otherwise. I've also been given access to really useful perks normally only available to full-time employees."
Iona Bain
The Young Money Blog, Founder