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Most Recruitment Agencies Are One Audit Away From a Problem.

AWR rights kick in at 12 weeks. Holiday pay must include overtime. From April 2026, umbrella tax failures become your liability.

Most agencies are not tracking any of this. A generalist accountant cannot do it for you. That is the gap.

Who This Is For

Built for Four Types of Recruitment Business.

Weekly payroll. Live placements. AWR clocks running.

You are the legal employer. You run weekly payroll, track variable hours, and manage AWR clocks across every live placement. You need payroll that keeps up, not one that creates problems.

Complex commissions. Lumpy fees. VAT timing.

Your consultants are on your books and their commission structures are complex. Add VAT timing on fees and rebate provisions and you need someone who understands recruitment income, not just basic bookkeeping.

Two models. Two cash flows. One set of accounts.

Two revenue models, two completely different cash flow patterns, one set of accounts. If you cannot see which desk is profitable and which clients are worth keeping, you are making every decision blind.

IR35 exposure. Outside-IR35 risk. PSC compliance.

You place contractors working through their own limited companies. IR35 determinations, off-payroll rules, and right-of-substitution clauses create liability at every engagement. You need more than a payroll run.

Transparent Pricing

Find Out If Your Payroll Is Actually Compliant.

Most agency owners have never had a straight answer to this. Here it is.

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What type of recruitment agency are you?
How many workers do you place per month?
Who currently handles your payroll?
How do you currently pay your workers?
Do you track when temp workers hit their 12-week AWR threshold?
Have you reviewed your compliance position ahead of the April 2026 payroll changes?
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Free Compliance Health Check

What Does Specialist
Recruitment Payroll Actually Cost?

Answer six questions and get your compliance risk score and a confirmed pricing estimate instantly.

Basic Bureau Generalist Accountant E2E Specialist Payroll
Weekly payroll processing ✓ Sometimes ✓
AWR tracking & alerts ✗ ✗ ✓
Holiday pay compliance Basic only Basic only ✓ Full calculation
Umbrella supply chain audit ✗ ✗ ✓
IR35 process support ✗ ✗ ✓
April 2026 liability readiness ✗ ✗ ✓
Real-time management accounts ✗ ✗ ✓

Common Questions

Straightforward Answers.

What is the AWR 12-week rule?

Once a temp worker has been in the same role with the same client for 12 continuous weeks, they’re entitled to the same basic pay and conditions as the client’s comparable permanent staff. You’re responsible for tracking this across every active placement and adjusting rates before the threshold arrives — not after. Missing it creates backdated liability and tribunal exposure.

From April 2026, if an umbrella company in your supply chain fails to pay PAYE and NI to HMRC correctly, the liability passes up to your agency — even if you had no knowledge of the failure. Every recruitment agency using umbrella companies needs to audit their supplier list before this deadline.

For variable-hours temp workers, holiday pay must be based on average weekly earnings over the previous 52 weeks — including overtime and shift premiums, not basic rate alone. Most agencies calculating on basic rate only are creating underpayment liability without knowing it.

A generalist handles year-end accounts and basic payroll. What they can’t do is proactively track AWR across live placements, audit umbrella suppliers, show you gross profit by client and consultant, or represent you in a recruitment-specific HMRC investigation. The question isn’t whether a generalist can do the basics — it’s whether the basics are enough right now.

Employment tribunal claims, HMRC penalties of up to 200% of underpaid NMW per worker, public naming on HMRC’s non-compliance list, backdated PAYE liability, and from April 2026 — inherited liability for umbrella company failures in your supply chain.

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