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I depends if you have registered part of your home as an office - the rules on this are complex!
My understanding is somewhat out of date but is as follows - someone will correct me I'm sure if I am wrong :)
If you want to claim part of the household bills as expenses of business then you need to have an agreement with your council that you work from home using a percentage of your home exclusively for work - a home office.
The percentage is calculated on how many living spaces there are in your house and what percentage of the living space you use is set aside as work only space. You also need to show if the space allocated is used 24/7 or only for part of the day.
say you have a 3 bed house with lounge, dining room and kitchen - a total of 6 living spaces - and you use 1/4 of your dining room as your office - allowing your kids access to the space after school as a homework desk. You routinely work evenings after the kids are in bed (so you use heating and lighting).
suppose further that you work 40hrs a week.
If your electricity bill for one week was £100 you can posibly claim 1/6 x 1/4 x 40/168 (hours used) which is about £1 and you now need to consider that the council may charge you office rates for that space!
In otherworks - don't bother.
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