Payroll & PAYE Services in Bristol & Across the UK

When you start employing staff, which can include paying yourself a salary as a company director, you'll need to register as an employer with HMRC before your first payday. You can't register more than two months before you start paying people, and HMRC sends your employer PAYE reference by letter, so it pays to plan ahead. Our guide to setting up PAYE and payroll walks through everything to do before your first employee starts.

Before someone starts work, you'll also need to check they have the right to work in the UK, and most employers must have Employers' Liability insurance. Each new employee should receive a written statement of their terms of employment from their first day, and our HR service can prepare employment contracts for you.

• PAYE Income Tax, National Insurance and pension calculations
• Real Time Information (RTI) submissions to HMRC
• Payslips for every employee
• Starters and leavers
• Workplace and occupational pension contributions
• Year-end payroll reporting

• Personal Allowance: £12,570 a year
• Employee National Insurance: 8% on earnings between £12,570 and £50,270 a year, and 2% above that
• Employer National Insurance: 15% on earnings above £5,000 a year
• Employment Allowance: up to £10,500 off your employer National Insurance bill, if you're eligible
• National Living Wage (aged 21 and over): £12.71 an hour from 1 April 2026

Our guide to the cost of employing staff in 2026 explains what these figures mean for your overall costs.

Your pension duties start from the day your first employee starts work. Staff aged between 22 and State Pension age who earn at least £10,000 a year and normally work in the UK must be automatically enrolled, with a minimum total contribution of 8% of qualifying earnings, at least 3% of it from you as the employer. Workplace and occupational pensions are part of our payroll service.

We run payroll for employers across north Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and the rest of the UK, working with software including Moneysoft Payroll Manager and BrightHR. Payroll for up to 5 employees is included in our Limited Company plan, from £150 a month (exc VAT), and our Growth & Advisory plan includes full payroll, National Insurance and PAYE administration.