Small business payroll
Payroll for businesses too small for a payroll department
Past the point where a director should be doing it on a Sunday. Not yet at the point of hiring someone to do it full time.
Overview
The awkward middle, where payroll costs more than it looks.
Small business payroll rarely fails dramatically. It fails slowly — an hour here, a missed submission there, a tax code nobody checked, a leaver processed late, and a director spending evenings on something that is not the business.
Outsourcing it is usually cheaper than the time it currently consumes, and considerably cheaper than getting it wrong.
- Monthly, four-weekly, fortnightly or weekly runs
- PAYE and RTI submissions
- Digital payslips
- Starters, leavers and P45s
- Tax code changes applied correctly
- Holiday and statutory pay
- Director payroll
- Workplace pension contribution data
- Year-end submissions and P60s
- Payroll journals for your bookkeeping
- A named contact rather than a ticket queue
What it replaces
The hidden cost of doing it yourself.
Most owners underestimate this because the time is spread out.
Processing time
The run itself, every period, without fail.
Keeping current
Rates, thresholds and rules that change and do not announce themselves.
Employee queries
Payslip questions that need a considered answer, not a guess.
Software cost
Licences, updates and the learning time attached to them.
Correction time
Fixing a run after submission takes far longer than preparing it.
Cover
What happens to the pay run when the person who does it is away.
Next step
Get a small business payroll quote.
Tell us headcount, frequency and what is currently taking the time. Small payrolls get a quick, clear price.
Get a payroll quote
Three steps. We price on what your payroll actually involves, not a headcount guess.
Your payroll enquiry has been received.
We will review your requirements and come back with a written quote and a proposed switching timetable. If your next pay run is at risk, call us and say so.
Questions
Common questions
Often yes, because the fixed work of a pay run barely changes with headcount. Small payrolls are quick for us and disproportionately time-consuming for owners.
We handle the payroll element. Where dividends and profit extraction are involved, that sits with your accountant and we work alongside them.
The process scales. Moving from ten to fifty employees changes the volume, not the method.
If you want them to. Some clients route payslip queries to us; others keep it internal. Either works, agreed at the start.
Everything Managed. Nothing Overlooked.
Everything managed. Nothing overlooked.
One accountable team across property, payroll, people and contracts.