Our Background
up Payroll was built by professionals with deep experience in payroll operations, compliance, audits, and contingent labour supply chains.
We understand:
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How HMRC assesses payroll compliance
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The operational burden created by audits
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What defensible assurance looks like under JSL
Experience That Matters
up is led by a former HMRC Inspector who spent his career enforcing PAYE compliance and leading specialist investigations into PAYE and National Insurance evasion. He later joined a Big Four accountancy firm’s Tax Dispute Resolution team, managing high-profile and complex PAYE cases.
This insight is embedded directly into the system.
Our Team
Our wider team brings over 50 years of combined experience, including:
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Running daily umbrella payroll operations
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Developing payroll software at scale
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Managing payroll for large employers
up is built by people who understand real-world payroll risk, not theoretical compliance.
Our Core Principles
Compliance by Design
up is built so compliance is embedded into every payroll calculation, workflow, and HMRC submission, not added later or reviewed in hindsight.
If it can’t be evidenced in real time, it isn’t compliant.
Total Transparency. One Source of Truth.
up provides direct, system-level visibility across the entire supply chain, from contractor onboarding to RTI submission and payment confirmation.
What is processed is what is visible.
What HMRC receives is what you see.
Real-Time Assurance, Not Retrospective Audits
Joint and Several Liability demands certainty now, not reports later.
up replaces historic audits and periodic checks with live, verifiable data, giving agencies and end clients confidence as payroll happens.
Evidence That Stands Up to Scrutiny
Every payroll run, RTI submission, HMRC receipt, approval, and message is time-stamped, auditable, and permanently linked.
Reasonable care isn’t assumed. It’s proven.
Built by People Who Understand Real Risk
up is designed by payroll, compliance, and former HMRC specialists who understand how payroll is examined, challenged, and enforced in practice.
We build for scrutiny, not marketing
What clients say
Praise for Speed & Efficiency
I can't praise this payroll software and CRM enough! The speed is
unbelievable. It effortlessly handles and processes thousands
of contractors, without a hitch. No other system has worked this well
for us, and the customer support is truly exceptional.
I highly recommend UP.
Game-Changing System
The customer care is second to none!
You've truly gone above and beyond my expectations. It feells like our very
own system with it appearing in our brand colours. The payroll is
exceptionally quick. The automated timesheet-to-invoice process is fantastic.
It’s been a game-changer for us.
All-Encompassing Payroll
up is all-encompassing. For the first time, we are able to work from one
system so our payroll, emails, client files and text services are handled
and saved in one place. Having a single system instead of relying on
disparate systems, has meant quicker payroll processing and better outcomes.
