Run monthly payroll for your team in minutes. PayAdjust calculates PAYE, National Insurance, pensions and statutory pay, files with HMRC in one click, and gives every employee a payslip they can actually understand.
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Most payroll software for small business is a cut-down version of something built for payroll departments. PayAdjust starts from the other end: a UK employer with a handful of people, no accounting background, and better things to do on the last Friday of the month.
You set up your PAYE references once, invite your team, and run payroll monthly. Tax, National Insurance, workplace pension contributions, student loans, sick pay and maternity pay are all calculated for you with the current year’s rates. Your Full Payment Submission goes to HMRC in one click, and the acceptance is stored against the run. Employees get their own login for payslips, P60s and pension changes, so the questions stop landing on you.
Rates and thresholds are updated for you each tax year. PayAdjust is recognised by HMRC for RTI, so your FPS and EPS go straight to the Government Gateway.
Runs in the browser on any laptop. No desktop licence, no annual update disc, no one PC that holds the only copy of your payroll.
£15/month includes 10 employees, then £2/month each. Every feature is included. There is no Essentials tier that leaves out the thing you need.
Payslips, P60s, holiday requests, expenses and pension changes all happen in the employee portal, not in your inbox.
The legal baseline is the same for a two-person café and a fifty-person agency. Here is the list, and how PayAdjust handles each item.
A tax engine built against HMRC’s own specifications, covering every tax code (including Scottish and Welsh), NI categories A to M, and student loan plans 1, 2, 4, 5 and postgraduate.
SSP, SMP, SPP, SAP, ShPP and parental bereavement pay are calculated with the right waiting days and rates, and statutory recovery is filed on your EPS.
Every employee is assessed against the auto-enrolment thresholds each month. Opt-outs, refunds and three-year re-enrolment are tracked, and a contribution schedule is produced for your provider.
One-click FPS filing with HMRC’s response shown in seconds. EPS for Employment Allowance, no-payment months and statutory recovery, all from the same screen.
Generated automatically, emailed when ready, and available in the employee portal for as long as they work for you.
A BACS file in Standard 18 format for your bank, a payment summary CSV, and a status for every employee. You stay in control of when money moves.
Holiday requests with live balances, carry-over rules, absence recording and a company calendar that shows pay days and HMRC deadlines.
Invite employees by email. They fill in their own address, NI number and bank details, so you never chase a form.
Create the month and every payslip is calculated: PAYE, National Insurance, pension, student loans and statutory pay.
Release payslips for preview. Employees see their pay before payday and can adjust pension contributions with live tax impact.
Approve the run, file the FPS with HMRC in one click, download the BACS file and pension schedule. Done until next month.
Everything included
Includes 10 employees, then £2/month each. Pay annually and save 40%.
| Employees | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | £15/mo | £108/yr |
| 10 | £15/mo | £108/yr |
| 25 | £45/mo | £378/yr |
Most small businesses sit inside the included seats, so the monthly cost is the base price. Leavers stop counting the month they leave.
Full pricing detailsIf you employ anyone who earns at or above the Lower Earnings Limit, has another job, or receives a pension, you have to operate PAYE and report to HMRC in real time. That means a Full Payment Submission on or before every payday. Doing that by hand is not realistic, so your real choice is between three things: an accountant or bureau who runs it for you, HMRC’s free Basic PAYE Tools, or payroll software you run yourself.
Paying an accountant works well when payroll is complicated or you never want to look at it. The trade-off is cost per month and a delay every time something changes. HMRC’s own tool is free but built for employers with fewer than 10 employees, does not assess workplace pensions, and gives your staff nothing to log in to. Payroll software you run yourself sits in the middle: a fixed monthly cost, full control, and the compliance work done for you.
Pricing shapes vary: some products charge per employee per month, some charge tiers that unlock features, and some bundle payroll into accounting software you may not want. PayAdjust is one plan: £15/month including 10 employees, £2/month for each additional employee, with every feature included. Annual billing is cheaper again. Full details are on the pricing page.
Software is only part of the cost of employing someone. Use the employer cost calculator to see salary plus employer National Insurance and pension contributions for a given role.
The cleanest time to switch is the start of a tax year on 6 April, or the moment you first register as an employer. You enter your PAYE reference and Accounts Office reference, add your Government Gateway credentials for filing, invite employees, and run your first month. If you are mid-way through a tax year, get in touch before you start so we can talk through year-to-date figures.
We would rather tell you now. PayAdjust runs monthly pay periods, so if you pay weekly it is not for you yet. There is no Construction Industry Scheme support beyond reporting CIS deductions suffered, no built-in accounting ledger, and we are built for employers of roughly 1 to 100 people. If any of those are deal-breakers, our comparison of UK payroll software names the products that will serve you better.
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