GUIDES

Payroll guides for startups and scale-ups

Practical, plain-English guides for founders and finance teams, written by a Chartered payroll professional.

FUNDRAISING Payroll due diligence: what investors check before your next round What investors' accountants look at in a UK startup's payroll during due diligence, the red flags that slow a deal down, and how to fix them early. Read the guide → PAYROLL SET-UP Setting up payroll for your first UK hire: a startup checklist A step-by-step checklist for UK startups setting up payroll: registering as an employer, RTI, paying HMRC, Employment Allowance and pension auto-enrolment. Read the guide → UK PAYROLL CHANGES Payrolling benefits in kind from April 2027: what employers need to do HMRC's phased move to mandatory payrolling of benefits in kind starts on 6 April 2027. What's changing, which benefits are affected, and how to prepare. Read the guide →