Managed payroll services
Outsource your payroll to our CIPP and IPASS-accredited experts. We process payroll for over 10% of the UK and Ireland workforce with 99.98% accuracy, helping organisations reduce risk, stay compliant and pay employees on time, every time.
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Outsourced payroll services
Fully managed payroll service
Our fully managed payroll service handles everything, from processing starters, leavers, and deductions to running calculations, submitting statutory filings, and generating reports. Your payroll is always accurate, compliant, and on time.
We also manage HMRC enquiries, employee queries, P60/P45 distribution, court orders, pension notifications, BACS payments, and system administration.
Payroll processing
This service ensures reliable payroll while you maintain control over data preparation, HR tasks, and employee management. You provide the validated data, and we handle gross-to-net calculations, statutory deductions, tax, pensions, RTI submissions, payslip distribution, and year-end P60s.
We also ensure compliance and accuracy, reviewing variances and pay reasonableness. We manage employee enquiries while you’re responsible for data entry, reporting, and BACS management. Perfect for businesses with strong payroll systems seeking expert support.
BACS and payslips
Our BACS and payslips service is designed for businesses that handle their payroll in house but want a reliable partner for the final steps. While you manage payroll preparation, validation, calculations, statutory submissions, and reporting, we step in to securely transmit payments and deliver payslips on time.
This service is perfect for organisations seeking control over their payroll process while ensuring a smooth, efficient payment stage. It provides the essential outputs you need without extra processing or admin support.
Pensions service
We offer three options: remittance service, admin service, and a combined remittance and admin service. Our remittance service ensures pension data matches payroll, submits it to your chosen fund, includes year-end reporting, and handles remittance queries.
The admin service manages starter, leaver, and change submissions, addresses related queries, generates auto-enrolment letters, and completes required forms. The combined service provides full support, covering both.
Emergency payroll
Our emergency payroll service is here to support you when unexpected challenges arise. Whether due to system failures, staff shortages, or other disruptions, we step in to ensure your payroll is processed accurately and on time.
From gross-to-net calculations to statutory submissions and payslip distribution, we handle the entire process seamlessly. This service provides peace of mind, keeping your payroll running smoothly when you need it most.
Goodbye compliance issues. Goodbye single points of failure. Hello payday.
Let the experts handle your payroll
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Time is money
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Our experts will take the most cumbersome parts of payroll off your hands, saving you a huge amount of time with every payroll run. With 100% of our team producing payroll on schedule, you’ll have peace of mind and enable your team to focus on the bigger picture.
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Industry-leading precision
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We’re accredited by the CIPP through their Payroll Assurance Scheme, representing the gold standard in payroll services. With our team of experts on hand for all your needs, you’ll keep on top of shifting legislation and stay accurate, with your reputation and bottom line intact.
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Fuss-free payroll
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Get accurate results every time that won’t disrupt the flow of your business. Our team slots into your existing setup completely naturally, feeling like an extension of you. This also helps you reduce risk.
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Compliance
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Our expert team can stay on top of compliance requirements, so you don’t have to. They’ll also free you from relying on single points of failure, so no matter what happens your people will get paid on time.
Here's why you can trust us:
A wealth of knowledge
Our outsourced payroll customers trust us to deliver knowledge and expertise – after all, we successfully resolve 10,000 of their employees' queries every month. That’s one query answered every 4.3 minutes!
Delivering accuracy
With our team nailing a 99.98% accuracy rate, you can rest assured knowing your payroll is in safe hands.
Leave it to the experts
We handle £15 billion worth of payments per year, delivering accurate payroll and speeding up pay cycles for our customers.
Here for the long haul
With a 98.6% contract renewals rate, we’re committed to delivering exceptional service and building long-lasting relationships with our customers.
“Our decision to outsource our payroll to MHR was much more sophisticated than fast and simple cost savings. It was about remaining in control but utilising MHR’s expertise and experience.”
“Our long-term partnership with MHR has grown from strength to strength and has continued to provide us with the best possible service over the last decade and beyond. MHR’s team are always there when we need them.”
“We feel our payroll is secure with MHR and will be managed properly, we’re comfortable that if any issues arise, they’ll be dealt with. We’re also comfortable with the security in place – data is protected appropriately during transmission and when managed.”
“Working with MHR is really easy; they work as an extension to our team.”
“MHR gives a great level of service and we really appreciate the ability to customise the system for our organisation's specific requirements.”
“It's not just getting a great service; it's getting a relationship”
Payroll outsourcing FAQs
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Why should we outsource our payroll?
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Key benefits of outsourcing payroll include:
- Save time
- Reduce costs
- Get industry-leading accuracy and precision
- Reduce risks, including compliance-related risk
- Support compliance
- Access to expertise
- More time to focus on core business activities
Depending on your internal resources and structure, processing payroll in-house can be complicated and time-consuming. The devil is in the details, and your internal teams need to grapple with ever-changing legislation to avoid possible censure, penalties or fines.
By outsourcing your payroll, you free your team from these responsibilities and risks. You leave your payroll processing in the expert hands of specialists with the expertise to ensure that your employees are paid accurately on time, every time, and in line with current legislation.
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What type of managed payroll service is right for us?
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While the benefits of outsourcing your payroll are clear, we understand that every business's challenges are different. That's why we offer managed payroll services that can adapt to your organisation, whatever your needs.
Our payroll processing service provides expert support to in-house payroll teams who want to retain some control and responsibilities. While our fully managed payroll service takes the whole process off your hands. We also offer an emergency payroll service, which fills gaps for businesses that need short-term, immediate help, and helps to ensure that your people are paid correctly and on time.
Whatever your requirements, budget, size and sector, we can find a support package to suit you.
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Do you offer payroll bureau services?
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Yes. Our Payroll Processing Service is essentially a bureau service providing expertise and support to your internal payroll teams, letting you keep some control over the payroll process.
We keep our finger on the pulse with legislative changes, so we can be an extension of your team and support with compliance aspects as well.
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How secure is my employee data with your outsourced payroll?
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Security is of paramount importance to us and we go to great lengths to ensure that your employee data is safe and secure. We are fully certified against SOC2, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 standards, and we're members of Cyber Essentials Plus.
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What is an iPASS professional?
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An iPASS professional is a payroll professional who’s been certified by iPASS, one of Ireland’s leading payroll qualifications.