Payroll

SCEPTRE provides fully compliant, online outsourced payroll for small and large businesses. Outsourcing your payroll gives you back the time spent wrestling with PAYE — and the confidence that your people and HMRC are both being paid correctly and on time.

What our payroll service includes

• Payslips for every employee, every pay run — weekly, fortnightly or monthly
• Real Time Information (RTI) submissions to HMRC on or before each payday
• Calculation of PAYE and National Insurance, with payment reminders so you never miss HMRC’s deadline
• Starters and leavers handled, including P45s
• P60s for every employee at the end of the tax year
• Statutory payments — sick pay, maternity and paternity pay — calculated correctly
• Auto-enrolment workplace pension assessments, deductions and submissions to your pension provider

Why outsource payroll?

Payroll rules change every April — tax codes, National Insurance thresholds, minimum wage rates, pension contributions. Getting it wrong means unhappy staff or HMRC penalties. For most small businesses, outsourcing costs far less than the time it takes to do it properly in-house.

Payroll pairs naturally with our bookkeeping and management accounts services — one team, one view of your staff costs.

Frequently asked questions

I only have one or two employees. Is it worth it? Yes — small payrolls carry the same compliance obligations as large ones. RTI submissions, pension duties and year-end returns apply from your first employee.

Can you take over mid-year? Yes. We will collect your year-to-date figures from your current arrangement and carry on without interruption.

Ready to hand payroll over? Contact SCEPTRE for a free consultation.