Payroll Management

Payroll is unforgiving. One wrong tax code, one late submission or one missed pension assessment and you have unhappy employees, HMRC penalties, or both. Our payroll management service takes over the whole cycle — from collecting your pay data to filing the final year-end submission — run by a UK-based team of CIPP-qualified professionals who manage payroll for more than 250 companies.

You get a named contact, fixed processing deadlines and reports designed to flow into your accounts. Your only job is to approve the pay run.

The Payroll Cycle, Fully Managed

Each pay period follows the same disciplined routine. You send us starters, leavers, hours and any changes; we calculate gross-to-net pay for every employee — including tax, National Insurance, student loans, pensions, attachment of earnings orders and salary sacrifice — and return a clear payroll summary for your approval. Once approved, we distribute payslips, file the RTI submission with HMRC and give you exact figures for salary payments, HMRC and your pension provider.

We process weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly and monthly payrolls, and handle bonuses, commission, overtime and back pay within the normal run — no surcharges, no drama.

RTI Submissions and HMRC Compliance

A Full Payment Submission (FPS) is filed with HMRC on or before every payday, and Employer Payment Summaries (EPS) are filed whenever you reclaim statutory payments, claim the Employment Allowance or report a nil month. Because submissions happen inside our pay-run process rather than as an afterthought, late-filing penalties simply do not arise. We also reconcile what HMRC believes you owe against what the payroll says, and resolve any discrepancies with HMRC directly.

Starters, Leavers and Statutory Pay

New employees are set up from their P45 or starter checklist so their tax is right from day one; leavers receive their final pay and P45 without delay. We calculate statutory sick pay, maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay correctly, apply HMRC tax code changes as they are issued, and keep the records that prove compliance if HMRC ever asks.

Auto-Enrolment and Workplace Pensions

Every UK employer must assess staff for automatic enrolment, enrol eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme and contribute at least 3% of qualifying earnings, with total minimum contributions of 8% (the 2026/27 qualifying earnings band runs from £6,240 to £50,270). We run the assessment every pay period, process opt-ins and opt-outs, calculate contributions, submit data to your pension provider, and handle your declarations of compliance with The Pensions Regulator — including the re-enrolment exercise required every three years.

Payslips, Reports and Journals

Employees receive secure cloud payslips they can access at any time, with historical payslips archived — no more reprint requests landing on your desk. You receive payroll summaries, departmental cost reports and accounting journals formatted for your bookkeeping software, so payroll costs flow into your management accounts without rekeying.

Year End Without the Panic

At year end we file the final Full Payment Submission, produce and distribute P60s to all employees by 31 May, prepare P11Ds for benefits in kind by 6 July where needed, and roll the payroll forward with the new year's thresholds, rates and tax codes applied. Year end becomes a routine month rather than an annual crisis.

Switching Your Payroll to Acumon

Moving payroll provider feels risky; in practice it is a well-trodden path. We gather your existing payroll data and year-to-date figures, rebuild your payroll on our systems, and run a parallel pay run alongside your current arrangement to prove the numbers match before going live. You can switch at any point in the tax year — a new tax year is the tidiest moment, but mid-year transfers are routine — and most clients are fully live within one pay cycle.

What You Get With Acumon

• Full gross-to-net processing at any pay frequency
• RTI submissions (FPS and EPS) filed on or before every payday
• Auto-enrolment assessments, pension submissions and triennial re-enrolment handled
• Statutory sick, maternity, paternity and shared parental pay calculated correctly
• Secure cloud payslips with archived history for every employee
• Departmental reports and journals ready for your accounts software
• P60s, P11Ds and final submissions completed at year end
• Named UK-based payroll contact who knows your business

Why Acumon for Payroll Management?

• Payroll managed in-house for 250+ companies
• All payroll staff hold Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) qualifications
• All payroll team members are based in the UK

Get a Fixed-Fee Quote

Tell us what you need and we'll come back within one business day with a clear scope and a fixed price — no hourly-rate surprises. Call 020 8567 3451 or use the form and we'll be in touch.